18:50 Haydock

Friday 10 August 2018

All17:4518:1518:5019:2019:5520:30

Smarkets EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10)

Off time: 18:51 | Winning time: 1m 27.29s

1^st

(6)

Nayef Road

29-2

8/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: F Norton

Bumped start, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, quickened to lead and edged left inside final furlong, ran on well op 7/1

2^nd

2 ½

(3)

Commanding Officer

29-2

4/1

T: K R BurkeJ: D Tudhope

Led, ridden 2f out, headed and not pace of winner inside final furlong op 9/2 tchd 3/1

3^rd

1 ¼

(7)

Zoffee

29-2

5/4f

T: Tom DascombeJ: R Kingscote

Pressed leader, ridden over 1f out, not quicken and lost 2nd inside final furlong, just held onto 3rd post op 13/8 tchd 7/4

4^th

(4)

Illusions

28-11

33/1

T: R A FaheyJ: T Hamilton

Bumped start, held up, ridden 3f out, headway 1f out, stayed on, almost took 3rd post op 25/1

5^th

4 ½

(9)

Bullion Boss

29-2

11/4

T: M DodsJ: Callum Rodriguez (3)

Towards rear and pushed along, driven and well behind over 2f out, kept on final furlong, no chance with leaders op 5/2

6^th

(2)

Archies Lad

29-2

16/1

T: R A FaheyJ: Barry McHugh

Held up, ridden in 4th over 2f out, one pace and no impression, weakened from over 1f out op 14/1

7^th

(8)

Orrell Angel

28-11

33/1

T: D LoughnaneJ: B A Curtis

Slowly into stride, always in rear, well beaten final 3f

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Non-Runners

(1)

Motafaawit¹⁵

Weight: 9-8| Age: 2

T: R Hannon J: Dane O'Neill

(5)

Edgewood

Weight: 9-2| Age: 2

T: J D Bethell J: A Elliott

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.30Pl:£5.40, £1.90EX:£42.00Trifecta:£86.20SF:£39.44Swingers:£4.70, £2.60, £1.50

Forecasts

Zoffee (5/4), Motafaawit (13/8), Bullion Boss (11/4), Commanding Officer (4/1), Nayef Road (8/1), Archies Lad (16/1), Edgewood (20/1), Illusions (33/1), Orrell Angel (33/1)

MOTAFAAWIT has made a nice impression in two starts to date and chased home a potential Group horse of John Gosden's at Newbury and he gave the winner a real fright too. This looks a nice opportunity for him to add a second success. Mark Johnston's Nayef Road was only beaten 1¼L by the selection on their respective debuts so he must be respected now in receipt of 6lb but unlike the selection he didn't show improvement in his second start. Zoffee could prove a big threat and he was notably unlucky in running when third at Ffos Las, the best of him is surely still to come.

Motafaawit
Zoffee
Nayef Road

Previous Winners

2017

Exhort

Weight: 8-11 |Age: 2

J: P Hanagan | T: R A Fahey

4/9

Prize Money

1st: £7,116.002nd: £2,118.003rd: £1,058.004th: £529.00