Unibet Novice Stakes

Off time: 19:40 | Winning time: 2m 32.14s

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Away He Goes¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: S M Levey| T: I Mohammed

11/8

Built upon debut promise behind the hugely talented Logician when going one better to deny the debutante Passion And Glory. Must give 6lb away to that rival now which won't be easy, but he still retains plenty of potential moving forward.

Form: 21

(1)

Adonijah

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Jason Watson| T: H Candy

7/2

Sea The Stars colt who made 325,000gns as a yearling. Likely to have a bright future but this is a fair race to start off in. By far and away the pick of the two newcomers in this contest.

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(5)

Passion And Glory¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: T P Queally| T: S bin Suroor

15/8

Debut run was full of promise when a half-length second behind Away He Goes (who had the benefit of experience) at Newbury (1m2f; good to firm). Now 6lb better off with that rival and should reverse the placings.

Form: 2

(3)

Seventeenpointfour

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: George Wood| T: Miss A Murphy

20/1

Son of Le Havre who has been gelded ahead of making his debut. Best watched on debut in what is a hot race to start off in. Form of the yard is a bit of a worry too.

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(6)

Persepone²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: H Palmer

8/1

Showed a bit more without threatening when stepped up to this trip on AW debut at Kempton (1m4f; standard to slow). Still needs to step up by some way on what she has shown so far to get involved.

Form: 04

Non-Runners

(4)

Baltic Song¹⁵⁴

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: J & T Gosden J: N Mackay

(2)

Red Secret⁸

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: E A L Dunlop J: James Doyle

Forecasts

Away He Goes (11/8), Passion And Glory (15/8), Adonijah (7/2), Baltic Song (4/1), Persepone (8/1), Seventeenpointfour (20/1), Red Secret (20/1)

Without a doubt, this has the look of a three horse race. Although the form of the race he broke his maiden duck in is nothing to shout about, the manner in which Baltic Song mowed his opposition down late on at Lingfield was very likeable and he is a fascinating contender on his turf debut. Away He Goes got the better of PASSION AND GLORY when the pair met at Newbury last time, but the Godolphin representative is fancied to reverse the form given he now has experience on his side and receives 6lb from the former. It is likely the pair will be hard to split, but the latter is narrowly preferred with more in his favour.