Central Taxis - Faster,Greener,Safer Novice Stakes

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(2)

Colonel Forster¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: P Mulrennan| T: C Grant

100/1

Drops markedly in trip for his Flat debut having made little impact in three bumpers the latest at Newcastle (Tapeta) coming after a 654 day break.

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(3)

Soldier's Minute²³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Connor Beasley| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 97| CD

30/100

Costly Breeze-Up purchase (€85,000) who built on a promising first effort when scoring in taking style over C&D still looking inexperienced but winning in taking style. Ran with credit in Listed class (7f) after that; sets the standard on his return.

Form: 414-

(1)

Dazzle Gold¹⁹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: J Fanning| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 75| BF

3/1

Looked last year as though he's work in progress shaping well on his first two starts particularly his second outing over 7f on the AW. Disappointed back over a mile at Kempton on his last start; fairly rare runner for the yard here (0/5 past year).

Form: 537-

(5)

Claire Underwood¹⁹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey

14/1

Shaped well enough in two efforts in the autumn when trained in Ireland when with Willie McCreery (7f/1m; AW/heavy). Should show some improvement having joined a top yard but looks one for handicaps after this.

Form: 80-

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(4)

Lady Grigio¹²¹

Weight: 8-11| Age: 3

T: I Jardine J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Soldier's Minute (30/100), Dazzle Gold (3/1), Claire Underwood (14/1), Lady Grigio (14/1), Colonel Forster (100/1)

Unless Claire Underwood has improved significantly this looks to boil down to a match between SOLDIER'S MINUTE and Dazzle Gold. The former has by far the better form so far having already scored in taking fashion over C&D and taken 4th in a Listed contest at Doncaster. There’s no doubt that the latter will improve especially if repeating his second run but that still leaves him short of the form already shown by the likely market leader.