Betfred 'Double Delight' Nursery

Off time: 13:45 | Winning time: 1m 25.50s

(1)

White Chapel Road²⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-10| J: S D Bowen⁽³⁾| T: P & O Cole| OR: 81| D

5/2

Improved when off the mark in 7f Brighton maiden (good to soft) 27 days ago, making virtually all. Very testing ground would be an unknown but his opening mark looks workable, particularly if Sean Dylan Bowen's 3 lb claim is taken into account.

Form: 2481

(2)

New Bombay^h¹⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Oisin Murphy| T: A M Balding| OR: 76| D

11/4

New Bay colt who landed 8-runner nursery at Chester (7f, good to soft) at the beginning of August. Creditable efforts on next 2 starts but needs to shrug off a below-par run at Sandown (1m, soft) 16 days ago.

Form: 691246

(4)

Graduated³⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Gina Mangan| T: Dr R Newland & J Insole| OR: 73| CD

12/1

Progressive in first 3 starts, culminating with a C&D maiden win on good to firm last month. Faced a stiff task in a 6f York sales race last time and capable of bouncing back switching to a nursery.

Form: 4210

(5)

Enchanted Eye^p¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 72

5/1

Fair maiden. Creditable 3 lengths third of 9 in 1m Lingfield AW nursery in first-time cheekpieces (retained) 18 days ago. Should be competitive from an unchanged mark.

Form: 642243

(3)

Pietro²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: Rhys Clutterbuck| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 72| CD

5/2

Improved to win an 8-runner C&D nursery (good to firm) last month and backed that up when second of 9 at Haydock (7f again) 24 days ago. Nudged up another 2 lb but it shouldn't prevent another prominent showing.

Form: 655412

Forecasts

Pietro (5/2), White Chapel Road (5/2), New Bombay (11/4), Enchanted Eye (5/1), Graduated (12/1)

If WHITE CHAPEL ROAD is in the same form as when making virtually all at Brighton last time he might be able to dominate this small-field nursery. Pietro has already won a similar race over C&D and looks the obvious threat.