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Thursday 26 August 2021

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Weatherbys Bloodstock Pro Novice Stakes

Off time: 14:33 | Winning time: 2m 38.17s

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(4)

Chess Player²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: C Brace⁽³⁾| T: B Pauling

100/1

Modest maiden hurdler, well held in handicap last time. Makes little appeal on Flat debut.

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(6)

Leroy Brown²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: S Hitchcott| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

100/1

Bumper winner and fair maiden hurdler. Improved on debut form in this sphere when fifth in 11.6f novice at Bath last month, but still only ran to a modest level.

Form: 75

(2)

Raased^t1³⁹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Rossa Ryan| T: M F HarrisWS

40/1

Showed ability when third of 10 in 12.2f novice at Wolverhampton on debut. Off 13 months. First run for yard after leaving Saeed Bin Suroor. Open to improvement (had wind op). Wears tongue tie.

Form: 3-

(7)

Relative²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: K Shoemark| T: M Meade

11/1

€80,000 yearling, Sea The Stars filly who was very green on debut at Windsor 24 days ago and can do much better here.

Form: 7

(3)

Golden Crusader^h1⁶⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: David Probert| T: A M Balding| OR: 77

7/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Seventh of 9 in maiden at Salisbury (9.9f, good to soft, 8/1) on return 64 days ago, finding little after pulling hard. Up in trip in first-time hood, and may yet do better.

Form: 835-7

(8)

Legend Of Dubai³⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: R Varian| OR: 85| BF

2/7

Well-bred son of Dubawi who was placed all 3 starts at 2 yrs showing fairly useful form, and is bred to do suited by middle distances. The one to beat.

Form: 322-

(1)

Tendentious²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Jason Watson| T: D O'Meara

14/1

Ran to a similar level as on debut when third of 9 in novice event at Doncaster (10.2f, good) 26 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Each-way claims again.

Form: 33

(10)

Theonlywayiswessex²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: M Harley| T: A King

33/1

Twice-raced maiden. Sixth of 11 in novice event (22/1) at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 27 days ago.

Form: 66

(9)

Absolutely Divine²²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: R Kingscote| T: E Walker

18/1

Twice-raced maiden. 6/1, still needed experience when sixth of 11 in novice event at Kempton (12f) 22 days ago. May do better still.

Form: 66

(5)

Juscominpasty¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Darragh Keenan| T: R Brisland

150/1

Well held in maiden/novice event. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 55

Forecasts

Legend Of Dubai (2/7), Golden Crusader (7/1), Relative (11/1), Tendentious (14/1), Absolutely Divine (18/1), Theonlywayiswessex (33/1), Raased (40/1), Chess Player (100/1), Leroy Brown (100/1), Juscominpasty (150/1)

LEGEND OF DUBAI boasts some very strong 2-y-o form so should prove hard to beat if anywhere near that level on this return to action. Relative was too green to do herself justice on debut at Windsor, but she didn't go unbacked, so could be the type to take a big step forward with that initial outing under her belt. Golden Crusader and Tendentious can emerge as best of the rest.