16:15 Newmarket

Saturday 12 October 2024

All13:1513:5014:2515:0015:4016:1516:50

Godolphin Flying Start Nursery

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 1m 28.17s

(4)

Attack⁸⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: Oisin Murphy| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 88| D

11/4

€460,000 Wootton Bassett colt who built on earlier promise to land the odds in 10-runner maiden at Epsom (7f, good) 86 days ago by 1½ lengths from Spell Master. More to offer now handicapping. Big player.

Form: 271

(1)

Spell Master^b1³⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: C Lee| T: A M Balding| OR: 87| D

9/2

Got off the mark at Goodwood in August and has continued on the up in nurseries, cheekpieces on when second of 6 at Doncaster (7f, good) 30 days ago. Blinkers tried now and he merits consideration.

Form: 62142

(5)

Olympus Point¹⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: W Buick| T: C Appleby| OR: 87| C

11/4

Took a step forward when opening his account in 7-runner nursery here (8f, heavy) 16 days ago. Ought to be thereaouts despite taking a 9 lb weights hike.

Form: 2321

(6)

Siegen⁴⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: J P Spencer| T: R Hannon| OR: 80

40/1

Got off the mark at Sandown (5f) in June but not so good since, a below-form fourth of 13 in novice at Windsor (6f, soft) 49 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 541594

(9)

Aegean Sea^b1²²

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: R L Moore| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 78

15/2

Made a promising start when third in 7f Sandown novice in June but has failed to kick on and cheekpieces tried when 12th in 7f Newbury nursery 22 days ago. Has something to prove with blinkers now reached for.

Form: 3530

(2)

Hyperchromatic¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Marco Ghiani| T: M Botti| OR: 78| D

12/1

Advanced his form when getting off the mark in 13-runner novice at Chelmsford City (7f) 14 days ago. Much respected on his handicap bow.

Form: 341

(7)

Magic Love¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 8-9| J: T E Whelan| T: Harry Charlton| OR: 74

6/1

Much improved of late since sent handicapping, scoring at Thirsk (6f) before a very good second of 9 in C&D nursery 14 days ago. Up 3 lb but she can go well again.

Form: 55012

(8)

Matharu^b⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-8| J: Hayley Turner| T: R Hughes| OR: 73| BF| D

22/1

On the up since switched to handicaps/equipped with blinkers, going in at Kempton (7f) in August and an excellent second of 9 at Chelmsford City (7f) last time. One to consider.

Form: 652122

Non-Runners

(10)

Huscal³⁵

Weight: 9-9| Age: 2

T: C Hills J: James Doyle

(3)

Our Terms³⁵

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: R Hannon J: Non Runner

(11)

Green Icon²²

Weight: 9-2| Age: 2

T: Owen Burrows J: Tom Marquand

Forecasts

Olympus Point (11/4), Attack (11/4), Huscal (4/1), Spell Master (9/2), Magic Love (6/1), Aegean Sea (15/2), Hyperchromatic (12/1), Green Icon (20/1), Our Terms (20/1), Matharu (22/1), Siegen (40/1)

A highly competitive event but the Gosdens' progressive Wootton Bassett colt ATTACK looks to have got in lightly for his nursery debut on the back of his Epsom maiden victory and gets the vote. Andrew Balding's Spell Master brings some very solid handicap form to the table and heads the list of dangers, although the improving pair Huscal and Magic Love both enter calculations too. Course-winner Olympus Point completes the shortlist.