12:55 Pontefract

Friday 31 July 2020

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British Stallion Studs EBF Pontefract Maiden Stakes

Off time: 12:55 | Winning time: 1m 18.41s

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(13)

Artorious

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: D Tudhope| T: Tom Dascombe

16/5

€25,000 foal, £55,000 yearling; first foal from an unraced dam (half-sister to the Italian 1m Listed winner Monblue); is drawn widest of all in stall 13.

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(7)

Contact

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: R P Downey| T: T D Barron

18/1

€50,000 yearling; second foal from the French 1m-1m5f winner La Tulipe; half-brother to Just Hubert (1m2f-2m); on that basis is thought likely to need further in time.

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(11)

Dandini⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ben Robinson| T: Ollie Pears

50/1

Dandy Man gelding; low-key in two starts to date, including over this trip at Catterick (maiden) last week; stablemate of Northern Cracker.

Form: 75

(2)

Footstepstothehart¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Danny Redmond⁽⁵⁾| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 73

10/3

Camacho colt (from the 5f-6f winner Beach Candy); built upon a fair Hamilton debut when no match (third) for the speedy Spright at York (6f, good) 12 days ago; trainer John Quinn also saddles Umafika.

Form: 33

(5)

Northern Cracker

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: J P Sullivan| T: Ollie Pears

66/1

Fifth foal from the 1m4f AW winner Bond Casino (a half-sister to the useful sprinter Monsieur Boulanger); makes greater appeal than his more experienced stablemate Dandini, albeit others thought more likely.

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(4)

Shem

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: B A Curtis| T: C & M Johnston

9/4

Kodiac colt (38,000gns foal, 52,000gns yearling); ninth foal from the 7f-1m2f winner Noahs Ark; winning siblings include Temps Au Temps (7f Listed) and Immortalised (1m3f UAE); noteworthy newcomer.

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(1)

Favourite Niece

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: S A Gray| T: Mrs A Duffield

66/1

Fountain Of Youth filly (800gns vendor yearling); second foal from the 1m AW winner Ambella; safer to look elsewhere for the solution.

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(10)

Heat And Dust¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott

8/1

Oasis Dream filly; half-sister to Time Warp (7f-1m2f, inc HK Grp 1) and Glorious Forever (1m-1m2f); appeared raw and inexperienced on Chepstow debut (6f, good) when finishing 4¾L fourth to Shrara.

Form: 4

(8)

Jianzi¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: G Lee| T: Jedd O'Keeffe

16/1

Acclamation filly; second foal from an unraced half-sister to Huntsmans Close (6f); finished fifth (16-1) on debut at Hamilton Park (6f, good to soft) - has work to do in order to reverse placings with Footstepstothehart.

Form: 5

(9)

Perfect Sunrise¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: D Allan| T: J Tate

17/2

Third foal from a Listed-placed 5f juvenile winner (Umneyati); half-sister to a minor winner in Greece; essentially only moderate in two attempts on the track to date (at Windsor and Sandown).

Form: 60

(3)

Umafika⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Rowan Scott| T: J & S Quinn

100/1

First foal from the 5f AW winner Classic Image; raced keenly (always in rear) when finishing last on debut at Catterick (6f, good) last week; trainer John Quinn has a much stronger candidate with Footstepstothehart.

Form: 9

(12)

Zahrisa

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Barry McHugh| T: D Carroll

20/1

Harzand filly; first foal from an unraced half-sister to the useful Haafaguinea (6f-1m4f); trainer Declan Carroll is going through a quiet spell, but has been known to ready many a useful juvenile; merits a basic market check.

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(6)

Humid¹⁶

Weight: 9-0| Age: 2

T: R A Fahey J: P Mathers

Forecasts

Shem (9/4), Humid (5/2), Artorious (16/5), Footstepstothehart (10/3), Heat And Dust (8/1), Perfect Sunrise (17/2), Jianzi (16/1), Contact (18/1), Zahrisa (20/1), Dandini (50/1), Favourite Niece (66/1), Northern Cracker (66/1), Umafika (100/1)

The Kodiac colt Shem is a noteworthy newcomer for the Middleham maestro Mark Johnston, while the Harzand filly Zahrisa merits a basic market check on her debut for Declan Carroll. However, we'll focus on those with more experience in search of the winner. John Quinn's Footstepstothehart took a slight step forward (behind the speedy Spright) at York latest, but the form benchmark is clearly set by the Cheveley Park Stud-owned HUMID (Richard Fahey). She overcame clear and obvious signs of inexperience to finish a creditable fourth to Brazen Belle on debut at Catterick, and that winner wasn't beaten far (eighth) in the Newbury Super Sprint Stakes subsequently.