18:10 Kempton

Wednesday 10 October 2018

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Close Brothers/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (Div 2)

Off time: 18:16 | Winning time: 1m 25.94s

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(6)

Amjaady

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Jim Crowley| T: Owen Burrows

3/1

$400,000 yearling; third foal; brother to the 1m AW winner Althaaqib; dam (Prize Catch) a 1m US turf winner.

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(5)

Blame It On Sally

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott

66/1

Seventh foal; brother to the 1m4f-1m6f winner Praeceps; stablemate of Road To Paris, but the choice of stable jockey Luke Morris.

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(12)

Current Option

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Oisin Murphy| T: W J Haggas

5/1

62,000gns yearling; third foal; half-brother to a winner in Italy, but comes from a fairly moderate dam (placed over 7f-1m).

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(3)

Dancingwithwolves^h1

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Edward Greatrex| T: E A L Dunlop

33/1

45,000gns foal; €125,000 yearling; seventh foal out of a 1m winning Listed-placed dam (Clodovina); half-brother to French winners Canndal (1m2f) and Clariyn (1m2f); hooded for debut.

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(2)

Darwin Dream

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: David Probert| T: D R C Elsworth

16/1

Unraced fourth foal; half-brother to 7f winner Snow Squaw; dam (Snoqualmie Girl) a 7f-1m4f winner (including at Listed level).

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(1)

Kings Royal Hussar

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Tom Marquand| T: R Hannon

25/1

€40,000 yearling; third foal out of a middle-distance French maiden (Ile Rouge); races from a handy inside draw.

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(10)

Magnetic

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: L P Keniry| T: J S Moore

100/1

£7,000 (vendor) yearling; dam a 5f-6f winner; half-brother to three winners in Italy including Jackville Go (6f-1m2f).

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(7)

Road To Paris

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Ryan Tate| T: Sir Mark Prescott

66/1

27,000gns yearling; fifth foal; closely related to the 7f-1m winner Smugglers Moon; stable jockey Luke Morris prefers Blame It On Sally.

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(8)

Sovereign Grant²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: W Buick| T: Sir Michael Stoute| BF

15/8

Kingman colt; half-brother to winners Merlin (6f-7f) and Sharp Practice (1m); shown a respectable level of form so far, despite being beaten at odds of 4/6f (by 1L) in a 7f Yarmouth maiden last month.

Form: 43

(11)

Te Amo Te Amo

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Harry Bentley| T: S Dow

50/1

75,000gns foal; 100,000gns juvenile; second foal out of a 1m2f placed dam who was a sister to the 6f-1m1f+ GB/Qatar winner Defendant.

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(9)

Ever Changing^h¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden

5/1

Second foal from a 7f-1m+ winning dam (Rainbow View); half-sister to various winners including Wissahickon (1m-1m2f); hood (retained) also worn when very green throughout (including pre-race) on debut at Newmarket (1m) last month.

Form: 9

(4)

Red Romance

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: H Crouch| T: C G Cox

12/1

22,000gns foal; €135,000 yearling; first foal out of a 7f placed dam who was a sister to the 1m Flat/2m hurdle winner Turning Gold.

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Forecasts

Sovereign Grant (15/8), Amjaady (3/1), Current Option (5/1), Ever Changing (5/1), Red Romance (12/1), Darwin Dream (16/1), Kings Royal Hussar (25/1), Dancingwithwolves (33/1), Te Amo Te Amo (50/1), Road To Paris (66/1), Blame It On Sally (66/1), Magnetic (100/1)

Far less to go on than in Division 1 with ten of the 12 declared runners experiencing competitive racing action for the very first time with the pedigree pick of those newcomers arguably the Owen Burrows trained Amjaady. Ever Changing was literally clueless on her debut at Newmarket last month, and she'll need to have drawn plenty from that lacklustre effort in order to be a winner at the second time of asking (AW debut), so the safest option is the Sir Michael Stoute-trained SOVEREIGN GRANT despite his odds-on reverse in a 7f Yarmouth maiden last month.