18:20 Windsor
Monday 15 May 2017
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Weatherbys Racing Bank Novice Stakes (Plus 10)
- 2YO only | Class 3 | 5f 21y | Good (Good to Firm in places (Watered)) | 8 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 18:21 | Winning time: 1m 0.06s
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Missed the break on his debut but gained from the experience when making most and fighting back gamely when going down to a well backed winner two weeks ago. Sets a reasonable standard and could take some catching if setting similar fractions.
Has something to find with Choice Encounter judged on their race at Yarmouth. Sure to benefit from the experience but ran that day as though he would appreciate a stiffer test.
A head second in a division of the Brocklesby Stakes at Doncaster before suffering the same fate at Bath next time, having missed the break on both occasions. Yard are 14-66 with juveniles here.
Cost $335,000 as a two-year-old and is the first foal of an unraced dam. US sire does not have an exciting stud record and his progeny usually race over at least a mile. Interesting to see how the market assesses his chances as they are not that obvious based on pedigree. Stable's juveniles could not be in better form with Aqbaah on Saturday making it 4-4 for the season.
£36,000 yearling out of an unraced half-sister to 1m-1m4f winner Legend Has It out of a maiden full-sister to Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Trusted Partner. Attracted support on Leicester debut when soundly beaten in fifth. Stable have made an uncharacteristically slow start with it's juveniles.
Son of the speedy Kodiac out of an unraced mare. Half-brother to a winner in Ireland and market will be a guide to his chances.
Cheap buy at £1,800. Daughter of Monsieur Bond out of a dam who failed to make the frame in 13 starts.
Yard are 4-92 with two-year-olds in the last five seasons. This daughter of Kodiac, out of a dam who ran just once, fetched £38,000 as a yearling.
Forecasts
Last Voyage (11/10), Choice Encounter (7/2), Last Page (9/2), Straight Ash (9/1), Wildnightinvegas (10/1), Indian Warrior (14/1), Following Breeze (40/1), Bond Angel (50/1)
Last Voyage will attract plenty of pe-race attention given he represents a yard with a 100 percent strike rate in juvenile contests this season. The Godolphin runner does not have the most appealing pedigree so the market will be informative. Richard Hannon's juveniles are yet to fire but Straight Ash may do better for the experience gained on his debut when well backed. His future entries suggest he may have shown a bit more at home than his stable companion Wildnightinvegas. Last Page has gone down in two photo finishes having blown the start. The yard had a two-year-old winner at Chester last week and do well with this age group at this venue. CHOICE ENCOUNTER showed plenty of pace when attempting to make all at Yarmouth last time. He showed a gutsy attitude to come back once headed by a well backed favourite and a similar effort here would make him the one to beat.
- Choice Encounter
- Last Page
- Last Voyage
Prize Money
1st: £6,469.002nd: £1,925.003rd: £962.004th: £481.00
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