18:40 Newbury

Thursday 3 July 2025

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IRE Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 18:47 | Winning time: 1m 12.97s

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Affran¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: T E Whelan| T: Ollie Sangster

16/1

10/1, fourth of 6 in maiden at Chepstow (6f, good to firm) on debut 17 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 4

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(9)

Berlinetta

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Cieren Fallon| T: W J Haggas

3/1

Foaled April 5. 260,000 gns Pinatubo filly. Half-sister to useful 2-y-o 5f winner Shadow Army. Dam 6f winner (including at 2 yrs). Likely type on paper.

Form:

(8)

Concert^t1

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Mirai Iwata| T: W J Haggas

25/1

Foaled March 10. 125,000 gns Showcasing filly. Dam, unraced due to injury, half-sister to very smart 6f-1m winner Secret Weapon. Wears tongue strap on debut. Interesting to see how she compares in the betting to stablemate Berlinetta.

Form:

(4)

Dictal²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Colin Keane| T: A M Balding

10/11

2/1, shaped as if needing the run when fourth of 9 in novice at Windsor (6f, good, on debut 24 days ago. Likely to improve, possibly considerably so.

Form: 4

(3)

Hopeful Dream

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Rossa Ryan| T: R M Beckett

8/1

Foaled March 13. No Nay Never filly. Dam lightly-raced half-sister to useful winner up to 10.2f Midnight Mile. Noteworthy newcomer.

Form:

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Lope El Fuego¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Edward Greatrex| T: W Greatrex

11/1

0/1, fifth of 10 in novice at Bath (5f, good to firm) on debut 19 days ago. Open to progress.

Form: 5

(5)

Molly Mac

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Michael Keady

66/1

Foaled February 23. £30,000 2-y-o, Ardad filly. Closely related to 7f winner Acai and half-sister to US 4.5f-7f winner Newpark. Dam winner up to 1½m (2-y-o 1m winner). A watching brief is advised on debut.

Form:

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Moo Deng¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A Watson

28/1

Twice-raced maiden. Offered more than on debut when fourth of 8 in maiden at Chelmsford (6f) 14 days ago, pressing leader for a long way. Likely capable of better again.

Form: 64

(1)

Princess Petrol

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: George Downing| T: E Walker

18/1

Foaled February 18. 280,000 gns St Mark's Basilica filly. Half-sister to 1m winner Exactly Right. Dam, 2-y-o 7f/7.4f winner (won Oh So Sharp Stakes), half-sister to useful 1¼m-17f winner Movin Time. Another debutante who would need considering if the betting vibes are strong.

Form:

Forecasts

Dictal (10/11), Berlinetta (3/1), Hopeful Dream (8/1), Lope El Fuego (11/1), Affran (16/1), Princess Petrol (18/1), Concert (25/1), Moo Deng (28/1), Molly Mac (66/1)

The suggestion is DICTAL, who showed plenty of promise on last month's Windsor debut and Andrew Balding won this race last year. However, there are some likely types among the newcomers, including Hopeful Dream and William Haggas pair Berlinetta and Concert, so this is a race where the betting is likely to be informative.