Maven Restaurant & Bar Now Open Novice Stakes

Off time: 17:03 | Winning time: 1m 39.49s

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(3)

Lord North¹⁹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden| D

1/6

Dubawi colt; half-brother to the 1m2f winner Chronicles; cosy debut winner at Redcar in October (1m, soft) beating the subsequent Chelmsford scorer Fox Leicester (third-placed Barys a French AW Listed winner); obvious chance despite the penalty.

Form: 1-

(1)

Neesaan

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: G Lee| T: S & E Crisford

7/2

New Approach filly; fourth foal; closely related to the 7f-1m winner Red Mist, half-sister to the 7f AW/1m turf winner Feedyah; this Newmarket-based trainer has a 21% strike-rate on the AW at Newcastle (7-34).

Form:

Non-Runners

(2)

Ayr Poet

Weight: 10-0| Age: 4

T: J S Goldie J: Phil Dennis

(4)

Mostawaa¹⁷³

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: H Main J: David Egan

Forecasts

Lord North (1/6), Neesaan (7/2), Mostawaa (9/2), Ayr Poet (25/1)

A poor turnout numerically, although each of the four declared runners are interesting horses. However, in terms of assessing today's race it's difficult to escape the all too obvious form-based claims of LORD NORTH, with his smooth Redcar win (1m, soft) boosted since by both the runner-up Fox Leicester and the third Barys. Furthermore, given his exceptional 36% strike-rate at Newcastle (32-88), it'll always takes a most intrepid punter to oppose a John Gosden-trainer runner at Gosforth Park.