Betway Novice Stakes

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 1m 10.98s

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(1)

Acrion^t1¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: L Morris| T: B J Meehan

9/4

Once-raced maiden. Fifth of 9 in minor event at Southwell (7.1f, 9/1) on debut 16 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Open to improvement, so enters calculations in a thin race.

Form: 5-

(5)

Canzone^p³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Phil Dennis| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 60

11/8

Fair gelding. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, good fourth of 12 in handicap at Southwell (6.1f, 18/1) 3 days ago. Can't be dismissed.

Form: 86425-4

(6)

Footstepsintherye^h1,t1

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: K T O'Neill| T: M F Harris

16/1

€18,000 yearling, Footstepsinthesand gelding. Dam 7f-1m winner. Wears tongue strap. Well worth a market check for stable that's enjoying an excellent jumps campaign.

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(4)

Perfect Focus⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Connor Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: L Carter| OR: 72

3/1

Fair gelding. Eighth of 9 in handicap at this course (7f, AW, 13/2) 6 days ago. Obvious claims on his best form but needs to put a poor display behind him.

Form: 23/364-8

(3)

Butcherofstockholm³⁰⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Christian Howarth⁽⁷⁾| T: R Brisland| OR: 44

125/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 28/1, sixth of 7 in handicap at this C&D (AW). Off 10 months. Unlikely to feature.

Form: 686/86-

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Mahale¹⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: George Bass⁽⁵⁾| T: M R Channon| OR: 58

12/1

Fair filly. Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. 33/1, eighth of 12 in handicap at Kempton (6f). Off 142 days. Returns with a bit to prove.

Form: 352348-

Forecasts

Canzone (11/8), Acrion (9/4), Perfect Focus (3/1), Mahale (12/1), Footstepsintherye (16/1), Butcherofstockholm (125/1)

Although it's taken Footstepsintherye quite a while to get to the track, he's bred to have ability and represents a stable that has had several newcomers tuned up in bumpers so he's worth chancing in a race that looks weak on paper. Perfect Focus is the form pick, but has to put a poor run behind him,