16:00 Lingfield

Thursday 23 May 2019

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Sky Sports Racing On Virgin 535 Novice Stakes

Off time: 16:07 | Winning time: 1m 21.16s

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(5)

Mutaraffa^h²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Dane O'Neill| T: C Hills| CD

1/5

70,000 gns yearling by Acclamation built on promise of Newmarket debut third over a mile when a convincing all the way winner over this C&D at the beginning of this month. Sets a clear standard and likely very hard to beat.

Form: 31

(1)

Aljari

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Gabriele Malune⁽³⁾| T: M Botti

8/1

Son of Quality Road cost £50,000 as a yearling increasing to €180,000 as a two-year-old. Stable in very good recent form and well worth a check in the market as a likely type on debut.

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(2)

Baalbek¹⁷⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: P J Dobbs| T: Owen Burrows

14/1

Son of Elusive Quality and a half brother to six winners. Showed pace but raced far too freely on AW debut in November. Likely improver for this yard with time but plenty more required to be involved.

Form: 9-

(4)

Basilisk^t1²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Adam J McNamara| T: H & R Charlton

8/1

Son of Speightstown well beaten on both AW starts in October and on return last month. Huge improvement required to be involved and remains best watched.

Form: 0-9

(7)

Confab¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Nicola Currie| T: George Baker

14/1

Gelded son of Exchange Rate cost 65,000 gns as a yearling. Didn't get a clear run when keeping on over this trip at Goodwood on debut. Looked likely to improve for the experience. Rates the main danger.

Form: 4

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Ecstasea

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: N Mackay| T: Rae Guest

33/1

Daughter of Born To Sea representing a stable going well on debut. Cost 6,000gns as a yearling and on breeding is probably one to watch in what rates as a stiff first task.

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(3)

So Claire¹⁵⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: M Dwyer| T: W R Muir

50/1

Out of a very useful mare from the immediate family of Deacon Blues and The Tin Man. Some moderate improvement from first to second start last year but huge improvement needed on season and turf debut.

Form: 97-

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(6)

Stormbomber²⁶

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: E Walker J: L P Keniry

Forecasts

Mutaraffa (1/5), Aljari (8/1), Basilisk (8/1), Stormbomber (10/1), Baalbek (14/1), Confab (14/1), Ecstasea (33/1), So Claire (50/1)

MUTARAFFA was so impressive in his success that it would take enormous improvement from a rival or a below par run to see him beaten and for that reason he's very difficult to oppose. Should he fail to run to that level then Confab is the most likely to benefit after not getting the run of things on debut. Stormbomber also has more to offer while Aljari must be noted in the betting.