18:30 Chelmsford City

Thursday 29 February 2024

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bet365 Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 18:30 | Winning time: 1m 39.43s

(2)

Adelabella

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: A J Farragher| T: M Wigham

150/1

Mukhadram filly. Half-sister to 2-y-o 6f winner Valpolicella and 6f winner Grand Cru Gaga. Dam unraced half-sister to useful 6f winner Chocoya.

Form:

(7)

Baby Belle¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Grace McEntee⁽³⁾| T: Martin Dunne

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. 250/1, fifth of 7 in maiden at Kempton (8f) 15 days ago, missing break. No appeal in this company.

Form: 85

(1)

Cocktail Dress⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Oisin Murphy| T: G Boughey

7/4

Half-sister to fairly useful 7f winner Counsel, from good family. Easy to back, head second of 6 in maiden at this course (7f, 9/2) on return 7 weeks ago. Open to further improvement.

Form: 4-2

(4)

Magical Hope

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: David Probert| T: C Appleby

11/8

Frankel filly. Dam smart 11f-14.5f winner who stayed 15.4f. From great family and of obvious interest for top yard who have had a number of winning newcomers again this year.

Form:

(3)

Moonlight Express^t²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J R Fanshawe

11/1

85,000 gns yearling. Half-sister to several winners, including winners up to 1¼m Coase and Cloudlam. Tongue strap on, sixth of 9 in maiden at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 18/1) on debut 23 days ago, having hopeless task from position. Can do better.

Form: 6

(5)

More Than A Feelin²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: K T O'Neill| T: Alice Haynes| BF

16/1

€55,000 yearling, Sea The Stars filly. Dam unraced half-sister to very smart 6f winner Lightning Moon. 9/4 fav, fourth of 8 in maiden at Newcastle (8f) on debut 21 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Open to improvement.

Form: 4

(6)

Orchard Keeper²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Raul Da Silva| T: R Varian

9/2

Promising individual. 4/1, much improved when second of 9 in maiden at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 23 days ago, caught further back than ideal. That race is working out and she can progress further. Leading claims.

Form: 72

Forecasts

Magical Hope (11/8), Cocktail Dress (7/4), Orchard Keeper (9/2), Moonlight Express (11/1), More Than A Feelin (16/1), Adelabella (150/1), Baby Belle (200/1)

The well-bred MAGICAL HOPE is taken to make a successful start. Orchard Keeper is a big player after her much-improved showing at Wolverhampton, while Cocktail Dress just failed on her return here last week having been easy to back and can progress further up in trip.