16:40 Hamilton

Tuesday 5 September 2023

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Hamilton Park EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:41 | Winning time: 57.98s

(1)

Almarada Prince¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-10| J: S H James| T: Craig Lidster

6/4

Left debut well behind when winning 14-runner Thirsk maiden (6f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Penalty demands more but he may do better again.

Form: 61

(3)

Curious Rover⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Jason Hart| T: K Scott| D

1/1

Placed first 2 starts and found a bit more improvement when making all in 5f Catterick maiden 6 days ago. Might be capable of better again. Gets the vote.

Form: 321

(6)

Princess Alex¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: C Lee| T: K R Burke| OR: 76| D

13/2

Dark Angel filly who was much improved when scoring with something to spare at Pontefract in July. Failed to reproduce that at Beverley 18 days later but her stable's good recent record in this contest means it would be no surprise to see her bounce back with a bang.

Form: 4715

(4)

Circus Lion

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: G Lee| T: B Smart

12/1

£45,000 Aclaim gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to Prix Robert Papin winner Tis Marvellous. One to note in the betting on debut.

Form:

(8)

Haildor¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Amie Waugh⁽⁵⁾| T: H Graham & G Rutherford

250/1

200/1, last of 14 to Almarada Prince in maiden at Thirsk (6f, good to soft) on debut 18 days ago, slowly away. Can only watch after that.

Form: 0

(5)

Shatin Venture⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: J P Sullivan| T: Miss L A Perratt

200/1

Failed to beat a rival in 2 outings at Musselburgh last month.

Form: 78

(2)

Elegant Call

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Sean Kirrane| T: T D Easterby

33/1

Soldier's Call filly. Dam, 6f winner, half-sister to useful 6f winner (stays 1m) Thunderbear. Most from stable better for a run but still worth a precautionary betting check.

Form:

Non-Runners

(7)

Gladly Ever After²²

Weight: 9-3| Age: 2

T: A Watson J: Hollie Doyle

Forecasts

Curious Rover (1/1), Almarada Prince (6/4), Gladly Ever After (7/4), Princess Alex (13/2), Circus Lion (12/1), Elegant Call (33/1), Shatin Venture (200/1), Haildor (250/1)

A tight novice featuring 4 previous winners. CURIOUS ROVER was well suited by the drop to 5f at Catterick last week and might be able to follow up turned out again quickly. Karl Burke has a good recent record in this race so Princess Alex could be the one to give Katie Scott's charge most to do ahead of Gladly Ever After.