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Friday 3 November 2017

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32Red Casino Novice Auction Stakes (Plus 10)

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Wynfaul The Wizard²⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: P Makin| T: R C Guest

66/1

Trainer not noted for juvenile winners and finished last of six at Musselburgh (7f, good to soft) on debut last month. Attractive pedigree so not one to write off completely and may improve with time.

Form: 6

(10)

Contrebasse²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby

10/1

16,000 gns Champs Elysees gelding hasn't shown much in pair of turf starts over 1m and gets a watching brief on AW bow as a result.

Form: 76

(3)

Glacier Fox²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: J P Sullivan| T: T P Tate

9/4

Foxwedge colt who cost £15,000 as a yearling, two promising efforts on turf so far over this trip and liable to be in the mix if handling this surface first time.

Form: 24

(1)

Augenblick²⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: J Mitchell| T: R Varian| D

8/11

Epaulette filly made a winning debut over 7f at Kempton last month, beating a previous winner into second as she did. Likely to improve for that effort and has to be near top of any shortlist.

Form: 1

(11)

Riverside Walk¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: G Lee| T: K Dalgleish

10/1

A filly by Showcasing out of a dam who won over 1m3f. Cost 20,000 gns, made a decent if unspectacular start over 6f here last month and could improve now going up in trip.

Form: 4

(5)

Power Sail^b¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 8-10| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby

20/1

Sent off big prices and well held in all three turf starts at 7f/1m so far, though not devoid of some promise last time at Redcar (good to soft). Further improvement required.

Form: 084

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Dragon Tattoo²⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 8-7| J: Josephine Gordon| T: H Palmer

20/1

More than a dozen lengths behind Augenblick last time out at Kempton, related to mile-plus winners and may just need more time / longer trip.

Form: 69

(9)

Holte End

Age: 2| Weight: 8-5| J: Ryan Powell| T: K Frost

150/1

Stimulation filly, cost 3,500 gns as a yearling and half-sister to four winners, including Listed place Ghetto. Market should guide expectations on debut but yard not known for their first-time out winners.

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(2)

Ideal Candy¹³⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 8-5| J: S A Gray| T: K Tutty

66/1

Canford Cliffs filly out of a Galileo mare, and is clearly relatively well-bred on that basis. Well held on debut over 7f at Wetherby in June, off since and relocated to this yard. Needs to settle better, others preferred off the break.

Form: 6

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Luna Lady

Age: 2| Weight: 8-5| J: F Norton| T: Mrs A Duffield

33/1

Paco Boy filly makes debut for trainer that is 3-29 around here so far in 2017, market may guide but entitled to improve for this.

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Harbour Vision³⁶

Weight: 9-6| Age: 2

T: D H Brown J: T Eaves

Forecasts

Augenblick (8/11), Glacier Fox (9/4), Harbour Vision (5/1), Riverside Walk (10/1), Contrebasse (10/1), Dragon Tattoo (20/1), Power Sail (20/1), Luna Lady (33/1), Ideal Candy (66/1), Wynfaul The Wizard (66/1), Holte End (150/1)

Harbour Vision improved for the switch to an artificial surface when scoring at Chelmsford last time out and has to be considered on that evidence but conceding a penalty might be his undoing. The filly AUGENBLICK had a previous winner covered in second when making a winning debut at Kempton and any improvement from that effort ought to make her a tough nut to crack in this follow-up attempt. Glacier Fox has twice run well on turf and will be loitering with intent if handling this surfrace while Riverside Walk and newcomer Luna Lady are also worth a second glance in the betting.