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Unibet Horserace Betting-Operator Of The Year Nursery

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 1m 43.68s

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(2)

American Tale⁶²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-11| J: Tom Marquand| T: B J Meehan| OR: 62

13/8

Thrice-raced maiden. Sixth of 7 in minor event at Salisbury (6f, firm, 25/1) 62 days ago, left poorly placed. Significantly up in trip for this nursery debut and it wouldn't much of a surprise were he to take a step forward. Gelded.

Form: 776

(4)

Fullofbrightideas⁷⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-10| J: K T O'Neill| T: C Ellam| OR: 61

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, first run since leaving Martin Smith when last of 11 in minor event at Yarmouth (7f, good to firm) 74 days ago, slowly away. Readily passed over now pitched into a nursery.

Form: 700

(7)

Cherry Hill¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: Finley Marsh| T: D J S Ffrench Davis| OR: 60

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Pulled up in nursery (11/2) at Lingfield (7f, good to firm) 19 days ago. Showed ability prior to that but will probably need to improve for the switch to this surface if she's to emerge on top.

Form: 343P

(5)

Jakima⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: David Probert| T: A M Balding| OR: 58

10/11

Lightly-raced maiden. 14/1, good third of 9 in nursery at Chester (7f, heavy) 8 days ago. Bold show likely off the same mark in what is undoubtedly a weaker race.

Form: 4793

(3)

Regal Fighter¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: A J Farragher⁽³⁾| T: R Brisland| OR: 57

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 11 in maiden at Chepstow (6.1f, good to soft, 28/1) 17 days ago, heavily eased down. Significantly up in trip for this nursery/polytrack debut.

Form: 8250

(6)

Easel²⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Rhys Clutterbuck| T: J G Portman| OR: 56

14/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 28/1, ninth of 11 in minor event at Lingfield (6f, good) 27 days ago, not ideally placed. Yet to build on initial promise but perhaps this stiffer test will help her get back on track now that she makes her debut in a nursery.

Form: 579

Non-Runners

(1)

Macedonian King⁹

Weight: 8-8| Age: 2

T: Miss A Murphy J: L Morris

Forecasts

Jakima (10/11), American Tale (13/8), Cherry Hill (8/1), Easel (14/1), Regal Fighter (28/1), Macedonian King (80/1), Fullofbrightideas (125/1)

JAKIMA looks the way to go on the back of her improved nursery debut third upped to 7f in a stronger race than this at Chester. The Kodiac filly is likely to benefit from this further step up in trip and she handled polytrack perfectly well when fourth on her introduction at Lingfield in June. Second choice is American Tale, who can be expected to step up on what he's shown in 3 qualifying runs, though Easel would also be a threat if able to belatedly build on her debut promise.