16:20 York

Saturday 15 July 2023

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John Smith's Nursery

Off time: 16:22 | Winning time: 1m 12.28s

(7)

Onigiri²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: M Botti| OR: 78| D

5/1

Impressive winner of maiden at Redcar before facing a stiff task in Queen Mary at Royal Ascot. Remains with potential and opening mark looks more than fair.

Form: 10

(1)

Biloxi Boy¹⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: C Lee| T: K R Burke| OR: 78

15/2

Different proposition when landing 7-runner minor event at Ripon in June. Bit disappointing at Newcastle since but likely to get back on track.

Form: 314

(8)

Arc Shadowfax⁴⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: D Swift| T: S Spencer| OR: 76| D

9/2

Left debut form well behind when winning 6f maiden at Redcar in May. Creditable third under a penalty at Carlisle since and seems likely to take another step forward, so well worth considering.

Form: 413

(3)

Callianassa^h²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Ellison| OR: 76

11/1

Stepped forward from debut when sixth in a novice at Beverley last month. Out of her depth in Queen Mary at Royal Ascot since and opening mark looks fair.

Form: 460

(4)

Scoops Ahoy²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 75

4/1

Didn't need to improve to land the odds on third start at Hamilton, well on top at finish. Struggled in Windsor Castle at Royal Ascot since but remains with potential back in calmer waters.

Form: 2210

(6)

Ticktyboo²⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Rowan Scott| T: N Tinkler| OR: 74

6/1

Bettered debut effort when second in a C&D novice on second start and out of depth in Coventry at Royal Ascot since. Worthy of respect off a reasonable opening mark.

Form: 520

(11)

Neverstopdreaming¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Tom Marquand| T: James Horton| OR: 74| D

12/1

€220,000 No Nay Never filly who built on her opening Goodwood fourth when winning 6f Pontefract maiden last month. Lost all chance at start in listed company at Newmarket since but this is more realistic.

Form: 419

(12)

Classy Clarets⁵⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: 72

18/1

Left debut form well behind when third of 9 in minor event at Pontefract. Bit disappointing when only sixth in maiden at Hamilton 57 days ago but likely to have been primed for this nursery debut.

Form: 636

(2)

Specific Times²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: Jason Hart| T: C Johnston| OR: 67

11/1

Matched debut form when second in 4-runner Catterick maiden (5f) in May and considerately handled when fourth in similar event at Ripon 24 days ago. Remains with potential.

Form: 524

(5)

Havana Prince^p1⁶⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 8-9| J: T Eaves| T: T Coyle & K Wood| OR: 64

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Last of 9 in maiden (10/1) at Wetherby (5.5f, good to firm) 60 days ago. Showed modest form prior to that and might do better with cheekpieces tried for nursery debut.

Form: 549

(9)

Amayretto²⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 8-5| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 60

20/1

Just modest form on three outings to date but better than the result on each occasion, poorly placed when sixth in a novice at Thirsk last time. Type to do better off a lowly mark.

Form: 976

(10)

Sue's Little Angel^p1¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 8-2| J: Cam Hardie| T: R A Fahey| OR: 57

66/1

Yet to push on from a mildly encouraging debut but has cheekpieces applied for nursery debut, so might get back on track.

Form: 608

Forecasts

Scoops Ahoy (4/1), Arc Shadowfax (9/2), Onigiri (5/1), Ticktyboo (6/1), Biloxi Boy (15/2), Specific Times (11/1), Callianassa (11/1), Neverstopdreaming (12/1), Classy Clarets (18/1), Amayretto (20/1), Havana Prince (33/1), Sue's Little Angel (66/1)

The form of ONIGIRI's debut has a strong look to it and she's easily excused her only subsequent run at Royal Ascot, so she's fancied to get back to winning ways off an appealing mark. Arc Shadowfax seems likely to put up another solid showing and Classy Clarets deserves respect.