17:45 Doncaster

Saturday 27 April 2019

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Sky Sports Racing Virgin 535 EBF Maiden Stakes

Off time: 17:47 | Winning time: 1m 2.68s

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(10)

Dragon Command

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Harry Bentley| T: George Scott

9/1

War Command colt, cost 34,000 gns as a foal and €31,000 as a yearling. Dam a 7f winner and half-sister to a Listed winning juvenile sprinter. Interesting debutante and bred for this so worth a check in the market.

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(4)

Galactic Glow

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: David Probert| T: W Jarvis

2/1

No Nay Never colt, cost 160,000 gns as a yearling. Half-brother to four winners including a juvenile winner who went on to win in Listed company (1m). Dam a half-sister to 1m Group 1 winner. Well bred but may do better over further.

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(2)

Iva Reflection

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Jane Elliott⁽³⁾| T: Tom Dascombe

16/1

Ivawood colt, cost €10,000 as a foal and £40,000 as a yearling. Dam a 1m French winner and sister to a sprint winner. Yard capable of readying a debutante and worth a market check.

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(1)

Red Reflection

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: J Garritty| T: R A Fahey

13/2

Zebedee colt, cost €50,000 as a foal and £40,000 as a yearling. Half-brother to Australian Group 2 winner. Dam a half-sister to two Group 3 winners. Yard's debutantes are usually forward but this one may do better over further.

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(3)

Taxiwala

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: L Morris| T: A Watson

2/1

Holy Roman Emperor colt, cost €105,000 as a foal and 50,000 gns as a yearling. Half-brother to a 5f juvenile winner and dam a half-sister to three Pattern level winners including 7f Group 2 winner. Speedily bred and yard flying.

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(8)

Irish Eileen

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Nathan Evans| T: M & D Easterby

33/1

Coach House filly, cost £5,000 as a yearling. Half-sister to 7f juvenile winner and dam a half-sister to a winning 6f sprinter. Yard's debutantes often need the run.

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(9)

Ocasio Cortez

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon

8/1

Gutaifan filly, cost €20,000 as a yearling. Half-sister to two 6f juvenile winners. Dam a half-sister to three winning sprinters including a Group 3 winner. Speedily bred and yard capable of readying debutantes; fascinating contender.

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(6)

Purple Empress

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: T E Whelan| T: I Furtado

20/1

Mayson filly, cost £2,500 as a yearling. Dam related to some sprinters. Not an obvious type in a race of this depth first time out.

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(5)

Great Image

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: S bin Suroor J: K Stott

(7)

Mountain Dreams

Weight: 9-0| Age: 2

T: C & M Johnston J: Jason Hart

Forecasts

Taxiwala (2/1), Galactic Glow (2/1), Great Image (9/4), Mountain Dreams (4/1), Red Reflection (13/2), Ocasio Cortez (8/1), Dragon Command (9/1), Iva Reflection (16/1), Purple Empress (20/1), Irish Eileen (33/1)

Archie Watson has been enjoying a good spell with his juveniles and TAXIWALA looks like a fascinating debutante. He cost plenty as a foal and has a desirable pedigree for this test. Ocasio Cortez shouldn't be ruled out and many of her relations were to seen to best effect over sprint tips while Red Reflection represents a yard who do well with their first time out runners; he's worth a market check.