14:35 Lingfield

Tuesday 25 September 2018

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Bet & Watch At 188bet.co.uk Maiden Auction Stakes (Div 2)

Off time: 14:36 | Winning time: 1m 36.7s

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(9)

Usanecolt²³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: D C Costello| T: J A Osborne

50/1

£40,000 yearling; slowly away and never involved (50/1) on debut at Brighton (7f, good to firm) 23 days ago.

Form: 7

(5)

Sam Cooke¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: Harry Bentley| T: R M Beckett

2/5

€36,000 yearling; 6/1, and produced with a winning run between horses on debut at Kempton (1m) earlier this month, but ultimately no match for the more experienced winner Artois (Hugo Palmer); major player with that experience banked.

Form: 2

(6)

Beauty Concept²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Oisin Murphy| T: R Hannon| OR: 72| BF

5/1

Has plenty of racing experience after making six career starts; his best effort came when a neck runner-up to Silkstone at Leicester (7f, good to firm); possibly didn't quite stay over C&D latest.

Form: 843825

(2)

Hummdinger³⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: M Harley| T: A King

50/1

24,000gns juvenile; not made an overly positive impression in a couple of 7f novice events at Sandown and Leicester (both on good to firm); considerably more required on AW debut.

Form: 86

(1)

Twenty Years On

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: S W Kelly| T: R Hughes

20/1

25,000gns yearling; third foal; dam (Distinctive) was a 6f juvenile winner and a half-sister to the useful 5f winner Blue Aegean.

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(3)

Cheng Gong

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: J Mitchell| T: Tom Clover

25/1

€25,000 yearling; third foal; half-brother to winners Kinaesthesia (1m) and Kinetic Cross (Germany 7f); dam a 7f Listed juvenile winner; market informative with regards his winning chance; respected.

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(4)

Nina Petrovna^b1²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: Edward Greatrex| T: A Watson| OR: 76

9/2

Wasn't suited by the cut underfoot when comfortably beaten at Epsom (1m½f) last month; remains a maiden after seven starts (but has finished runner-up on three occasions); blinkers now applied.

Form: 522826

(8)

Ticklish

Age: 2| Weight: 8-9| J: S De Sousa| T: C & M Johnston

12/1

€22,000 yearling; first foal out of a 7f AW winning dam (Cosquillas); Silvestre De Sousa booked for debut; market the best guide to her chances.

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(7)

We Are All Dottie⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 8-6| J: Sophie Ralston⁽⁷⁾| T: P Phelan

66/1

£600 juvenile (vendor); started 100/1 when finishing tenth of eleven to Romola on debut over 7f here last week; very unlikely contender.

Form: 0

Forecasts

Sam Cooke (2/5), Nina Petrovna (9/2), Beauty Concept (5/1), Ticklish (12/1), Twenty Years On (20/1), Cheng Gong (25/1), Hummdinger (50/1), Usanecolt (50/1), We Are All Dottie (66/1)

Very similar to Division 1 of this contest, but perhaps slightly weaker overall on paper. The pick of the newcomers could be the Tom Clover-trained Cheng Gong, who is a half-brother to a couple of winners (7f-1m), and comes from a 7f Listed winning juvenile dam. However, the standout form contender is SAM COOKE. He was delivered with a winning run on debut at Kempton (1m) recently only to find the more experienced Artois (Hugo Palmer) stronger. Assuming that he's capable of putting that banked experience to good use, he should prove highly competitive under Harry Bentley.