Jordan Electrics Novice Stakes

Off time: 14:11 | Winning time: 1m 11.57s

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(6)

Volatile Analyst³²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: D Tudhope| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 102| CD

4/11

Overcome obvious inexperience to make a promising winning debut over C&D (good to firm) last July; more than held his own behind Friday's Commonwealth Cup winner Golden Horde in the Group 2 Richmond Stakes at Glorious Goodwood subsequently.

Form: 14-

(1)

Benefit Street¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Harrison Shaw⁽³⁾| T: K R Burke| OR: 68

4/1

Bettered his Newcastle debut (6f) when going down by a head to Ascraeus in a Wolverhampton maiden (7f) 12 days ago; possesses plenty of pace and promises to be favoured by dropping back in trip to 6f; player.

Form: 52

(7)

Dramatista³⁵⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: R Fell & S Murray

13/2

60,000gns yearling; raced once as a juvenile for Archie Watson (at Kempton last July); now in the care of a trainer who does well with cast-offs; still very early days in her racing career so a watching brief is advised.

Form: 5-

(2)

Grandads Best Girl²³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: G Lee| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 62

28/1

Stablemate of Beignet; made the frame at sizeable odds (40-1) on her AW debut at Newcastle (6f) in November; that form is broadly respectable in the context of this race; can she show further improvement back on turf off a 231-day absence?

Form: 573-

Non-Runners

(4)

Castle View

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: J S Goldie J: K Stott

(5)

Beignet²⁶⁷

Weight: 8-11| Age: 3

T: Miss L A Perratt J: Non Runner

(3)

Mazamix

Weight: 8-11| Age: 3

T: J S Goldie J: P Mathers

Forecasts

Volatile Analyst (4/11), Benefit Street (4/1), Dramatista (13/2), Beignet (16/1), Castle View (20/1), Mazamix (25/1), Grandads Best Girl (28/1)

Local handlers Jim Goldie and Linda Perratt are doubly-represented, but this winnable novice event lies between the penalised VOLATILE ANALYST and the dropped-in-trip Benefit Street. The selection is a C&D winner who can boast exceptionally strong juvenile form (fourth in the Group 2 Richmond Stakes at Glorious Goodwood) on his CV. Therefore, with a lofty BHA official rating of 102, he ought to prove more than capable of defying a 7lb penalty in this type of company.