14:10 Ascot
Saturday 7 September 2019
All13:3514:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:05
Royal Foresters British EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (Plus 10)
- 2YO only | Class 4 | 7f 213y | Good to Firm | 8 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 1m 44.44s
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First foal; dam unraced half-sister to Group 1 Fidelite. Yard have been having a good few weeks and do have some winning debutants but generally improve for the outing.
A daughter of Sea The Stars from last year's winning stable, her dam was a Listed-placed (1m2f/1m5f) winner over 1m4f. Well-bred and from an in-form team, she is not dismissed.
€270,000 purchase; dam unraced half-sister to Group 1 winner Saddex (1m2f/1m4f). Whilst they have the occasional newcomer win, the yard's only two-year-old winner this year was on second outing and, their juveniles tend to come on for the run.
Has improved with each run, most recently finishing third at Thirsk (1m, good) 8 days ago, beaten 2L. Likely to give her running once again but is vulnerable to opponents who are unexposed.
Half-sister to winners Desert Haze (7½f/1m), Felix The Poet (1m½f) and Unified (1m) who cost 190,000 gns. Stable's newcomers tend to benefit from the experience and aren't renowned for winning first time. Market positivity worthy of note.
Dam won over 1m2f in France, herself a half-sister eight winners. Sent off second-favourite at Yarmouth (1m, good to firm) on debut and shaped well to finish third, beaten 1¾L. Improvement likely and one for the shortlist.
First foal of a 1m½f Tapeta winner who is a half-sister to four winners including Group 2 winner Buratino. Yard have a good record with juveniles and plenty of newcomers who win so must be given strong consideration.
A cheap purchase by Lethal Force, her dam was a moderate AW winner. Yard can ready one for debut but may find the opposition a bit warm in this contest. Best watched.
Forecasts
Anastarsia (6/4), Pocket Square (9/4), Red Line Alexander (11/2), Expensive Dirham (8/1), Bharani Star (14/1), Al Gaiya (20/1), So Special (25/1), Kavadi (33/1)
Some choicely-bred fillies in this line-up and the experience of POCKET SQUARE gives her a strong chance of striking second-time out. The Gosden team continue to go well and Anastarsia is respected whilst similar comments apply to the Simon Crisford yard and their representative Red Line Alexander.
- Pocket Square
- Anastarsia
- Red Line Alexander
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £6,728.002nd: £2,002.003rd: £1,000.004th: £500.00
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