20:40 Wolverhampton

Friday 10 May 2019

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Sky Sports Racing Virgin 535 Novice Stakes

Off time: 20:41 | Winning time: 1m 28.17s

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(2)

Jalaad¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Thomas Greatrex⁽⁵⁾| T: S bin Suroor| D

5/6

Off the mark at the second time of asking when winning over this trip at Doncaster (good) last time out. One for the shortlist despite having to concede weight to all of his rivals.

Form: 2-1

(3)

Youthful¹⁷⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Hayley Turner| T: M L W Bell| CD

9/2

Broke his maiden when winning by a nose over C&D on debut last November. Gelded since and is one to note on seasonal debut for a yard with a 19% strike-rate (6/31) in recent weeks.

Form: 1-

(6)

Baraajeel

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Tom Marquand| T: Owen Burrows

9/4

Unraced son of Kodiac and a half-brother to high class pair Maasaat and Eqtidaar. One for the shortlist for leading connections on first racecourse appearance.

Form:

(4)

Jilbaab¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: J Fanning| T: B J Meehan

12/1

Shown ability in two starts so far most recently when 2L third over this trip at Salisbury (good-to-firm) last month. Likely more needed on AW debut however.

Form: 5-3

(5)

Huddle³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Harry Bentley| T: W J Knight

66/1

Finished fifth on both outings to date including when beaten 7L over this trip at Kempton a month ago. Likely to find a few too good once more.

Form: 55

(8)

Jojo²²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Georgia Dobie⁽⁷⁾| T: J Hughes| OR: 70

80/1

Best effort in three starts to date came when finishing fifth over 7f at Longchamp (good) last September. Well below that form at Chester subsequently and others make more appeal on seasonal debut.

Form: 656-

(7)

Lady Schannell²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Nicola Currie| T: M Botti

66/1

Promising third over this trip at Kempton in March but failed to back that up when well held over this C&D subsequently. Others hold stronger claims.

Form: 39

Non-Runners

(1)

Derry Boy¹³

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: P D Evans J: P Cosgrave

Forecasts

Jalaad (5/6), Baraajeel (9/4), Youthful (9/2), Derry Boy (13/2), Jilbaab (12/1), Huddle (66/1), Lady Schannell (66/1), Jojo (80/1)

JALAAD is lightly-raced for one his age but he looks capable of conceding weight to his younger rivals to take this novice event. The selection looked above average in breaking his maiden last time out and he can see off the well bred newcomer Baraajeel who can take second ahead of Youthful who was winner of his sole start last season.