17:05 Doncaster

Friday 26 June 2020

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(2)

Monjeni^v¹¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: Ian Williams| OR: 80

15/2

Boasts a fair AW strike-rate (4-13) yet isn't quite as prolific on turf (did finish third to stablemate Stars Over The Sea in the 2018 Cesarewitch Trial (2m2f, good); in full control when a 5L winner at Lingfield (2m) 118 days ago; 7b higher.

Form: 41/6451

(4)

Zuba¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: R L Moore| T: Mrs A J Perrett| OR: 80

9/5

Made an encouraging return to action when finishing runner-up to Mordred at Lingfield (1m4f, AW) earlier this month; seemingly has no issues with turf, despite a career record of 0-6; stamina to definitively prove (untested beyond 1m4f).

Form: 31550-2

(6)

Dubious Affair²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: S Donohoe| T: C Fellowes| OR: 79

5/4

Ex-Sir Michael Stoute; made a winning start for the in-form Charlie Fellowes when dispatching nine rivals (inc the subsequent Beverley scorer Wadacre Galoubet) in a Class 5 handicap at Yarmouth (1m6f, gd/fm) 23 days ago; 5lb higher.

Form: 24421-1

(3)

Dance To Paris^b¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: D C Costello| T: L Wadham| OR: 78

10/1

Generally held her form on the AW during the winter months (1m6f Wolverhampton winner); fair effort on return when finishing 6¾L fourth to the Northumberland Plate hopefuls Australis & Caravan Of Hope at Wolverhampton 17 days ago.

Form: 31-3254

(8)

Bear Valley^t¹⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Tom Marquand| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 76

10/1

Absent from the track since competing over hurdles here in January; rated 4lb lower than when last successful for former trainer Charlie Mann - over 1m6f on the Polytrack at Chelmsford (March 2018).

Form: 1588/08-

(5)

Dawn Trouper¹¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Rossa Ryan| T: N J Hawke| OR: 75

33/1

Won a Dundalk maiden (1m4f) for Jim Bolger in November 2018; unable to improve upon an encouraging start over hurdles (Newton Abbot); brought his overall record for this trainer to 0-7 on the Fibresand at Southwell (1m6f) in February.

Form: 122/69-7

Non-Runners

(9)

Nakeeta¹⁶

Weight: 9-4| Age: 9

T: I Jardine J: Non Runner

(1)

Rory And Me²⁴⁹

Weight: 9-1| Age: 5

T: Micky Hammond J: G Lee

(7)

Oi The Clubb Oi's³⁴¹

Weight: 8-11| Age: 5

T: Ian Williams J: B A Curtis

Forecasts

Dubious Affair (5/4), Zuba (9/5), Rory And Me (6/1), Oi The Clubb Oi's (13/2), Monjeni (15/2), Bear Valley (10/1), Dance To Paris (10/1), Nakeeta (14/1), Dawn Trouper (33/1)

An interesting finale which should yield a number of future winners, with Rory And Me (handicap debut) and Oi The Clubb Oi's both worthy of tracking and monitoring. However, the solution probably lies elsewhere with Zuba, Dance To Paris and DUBIOUS AFFAIR all possessing the distinct advantage of race-fitness. The selection (a Frankel filly) made a winning start for the in-form Charlie Fellowes at Yarmouth (1m6f, gd/fm) earlier this month, and that form was given a boost when the fourth-placed horse Wadacre Galoubet obliged at Beverley. A subsequent 5lb weights rise is far from prohibitive.