20:40 Leicester

Wednesday 31 July 2024

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Big Roar Property Investment Champions Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 20:42 | Winning time: 1m 24.11s

(7)

Ten Pounds³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: T E Whelan| T: Harry Charlton| D

1/9

Promising individual. Won 8-runner novice (4/5) at Newcastle (7.1f) 33 days ago. Looks a nice prospect and he should have little trouble taking this before presumably going on to bigger and better things.

Form: 41

(4)

American Riddle¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: C Hobson

80/1

Twice-raced maiden. First run since leaving Andrew Balding when last of 9 in novice (80/1) at Windsor (8.1f, good to firm) 16 days ago. Hard to recommend.

Form: 49

(2)

Calanthe

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Laura Coughlan⁽³⁾| T: A Watson

13/2

5,000 gns 3-y-o, Kingman gelding. Yard no stranger to success with newcomers but this one isn't overly appealing on paper.

Form:

(1)

Spellbinding²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Dylan Hogan| T: A French

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. Eighth of 9 in novice (150/1) at Doncaster (6f, good to soft) 20 days ago, missing break. Readily passed over.

Form: 58

(6)

Tilsworth Silver²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: J R Jenkins

125/1

Once-raced maiden. 80/1, sixth of 7 in maiden at this course (6f, good) on debut 25 days ago. Easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: 6

(5)

Velvet Vortex³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Paddy Bradley| T: M Murphy & M Keady

50/1

Once-raced maiden. 250/1, twelfth of 14 in novice at Newmarket (8f, good to firm) on debut 39 days ago. Best watched.

Form: 0

(3)

Cables Queen

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Liam Wright⁽⁵⁾| T: George Scott

12/1

22,000 gns yearling, Cable Bay filly. Half-sister to smart 1m winner New Graduate and 1¼m winner New Dayrell. Dam 6f-9.5f winner. If there is one who will make a race of it with Ten Pounds, it's likely that she will be the one to do so.

Form:

Forecasts

Ten Pounds (1/9), Calanthe (13/2), Cables Queen (12/1), Velvet Vortex (50/1), American Riddle (80/1), Spellbinding (100/1), Tilsworth Silver (125/1)

It's very difficult to look beyond TEN POUNDS, who shaped well on debut in a good Newbury novice in May prior to landing the odds with minimum fuss at Newcastle. He appeals as the type who will go on improving and looks destined for bigger and better things. Newcomers Cables Queen and Calanthe can fill the places.