8 races 88 runners First off 17:25
SR 53 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Two wins (one for this jockey) and a second since asked to go beyond an extended 1m; has form at shorter but wide draw could put him on the back foot early; one of three runners for John Butler.
SR 54 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 60 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 54 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
SR 65 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Very pleasing return from 275-day break at Leicester this month; lacked a change of gear at Newmarket (also 7f) subsequently and returning to 1m looks in his favour; draw hasn't been kind, though.
SR 53 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
SR 56 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 57 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 57 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
Won't be justifying her seven-figure yearling price but has joined the yard who trained her winning sisters (including Saffron Beach, who struck twice at the top level) and she showed enough at Southwell last month to suggest a win or two is achievable; didn't see 1m2f out at Yarmouth last week; due 2lb drop; first-time cheekpieces replace hood.
SR 53 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 60 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 66 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
£190,000 yearling; third foal; dam 7f/1m winner (including Swedish Listed), half-sister to two French winners out of 1m winner; yard 18% with 2yos last year and she's an interesting newcomer.
SR 66 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 66 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
SR 66 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
SR 48 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
Well-connected colt; easy to back for recent Leicester debut (7f; 13-2) where he raced freely/erratically and had no answer to a more experienced rival in the closing stages; the bare form puts him in the picture and he should know more this time.
Dam won at up to 2m; 125-1 shot for recent 1m debut on Lingfield AW where he lost his position in the closing stages; major query about the drop to 7f and handicaps look the next step.
Two promising 7f runs on turf this spring, keeping on well into third at Leicester on debut and pressing a useful previous winner at Newbury 12 days ago; may appreciate an extra furlong in due course but has shown enough to think he can win over today's trip at this level.
40-1 for last week's Lingfield debut over 6f where he ran green and was beaten a long way in last of six.
SR 62 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 38 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
SR 49 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
SR 61 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 39 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
SR 47 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
SR 47 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
SR 47 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
SR 47 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
Two promising runs as a juvenile, at 7f and about 1m, but they were on good to soft and soft ground and he may have been feeling the good to firm surface when hanging under pressure on his Leicester return; should be capable of much better; cheekpieces fitted.
SR 47 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
Dam was Group and Listed-placed at up to 1m1f in France; 13-2 for Newbury debut (extended 6f, soft) in October where he only reluctantly gave up his lead (to one who was close up in a Group 3 this spring) before coming back for more late on; has very different conditions today.
SR 45 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
Ran a long way below market expectations when beaten over 14l at Doncaster (6f; favourite) in April and comes here with plenty to prove over an extra furlong with a hood fitted.
SR 50 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
SR 51 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
SR 31 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
SR 72 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 52 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
Slowly away and trailed in last on debut at Nottingham 18 days ago (8.3f; 66-1); surely needs more time.
Fifth foal; closely related to 1m3f Listed winner Lionel, half-brother to 1m6f Group 2 winner Gregory; dam 14.5f Group 2 winner from classy family; market highly informative on debut, particularly in relation to stablemate/previous winner Water To Wine; non-runner at Haydock on Thursday due to the ground.
SR 49 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
Finished fifth on debut at Newmarket and still looked in need of the experience when filling the same position, and recording the same RPR, at Chester 19 days ago (upped from 1m to 12.2f); headgear (cheekpieces) could help to focus him but he's another who will likely come into his own once handicapping.
SR 49 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
SR 33 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
SR 45 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
SR 68 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Beat one who is now on a mark of 95 off level weights at Southwell in October (7f); blotted his copybook by playing up before breaking out of the stalls on intended return/handicap debut in 1m contest at Ascot this month (11-2 at the time of withdrawal); cheekpieces replace blinkers; has the talent to play a major role.
SR 75 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 75 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Drawn widest at Chester last time and was returning from 200 days off there the time before, but few positives can be gleaned; watching brief advised stepping up to 7f for AW debut.
SR 78 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 71 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 68 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
SR 77 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Form of Lingfield novice win in January (7f) reads well but he flopped when sent off 13-2 and 9-2 in handicap company since; perhaps 6f, then racing freely over 1m when tackling turf for the first time, can partially explain those outcomes; stall 13 might make life difficult tonight.
Struck at Chantilly in March (1m) but, along with Northern Empire and Exotic Baby, he struggled at Ascot 19 days ago when debuting in Britain for new connections (also 1m; 80-1); looks best watched.
Scored under Billy Loughnane at Southwell in September (1m) and ran well under a penalty over C&D next time; smidge disappointing in two handicap runs 132 days apart before stopping quickly on turf debut 19 days ago; much safer options elsewhere; cheekpieces introduced last time, retained.
SR 70 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 73 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Three times down the field in Bahrain for this yard and can't support with confidence, for all moving back up in trip should help.
SR 77 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Won over 1m in France; picked up for 72,000euros by these shrewd connections and wasn't disgraced when seventh of 14 on first start for them and for nearly a year at Ascot recently (1m4f; 50-1); cheekpieces retained; should step forward but has plenty of ground to make up on the second Bulletin.
SR 80 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Novice win came here; signed off for the Gosdens with two poor runs but his reappearance run at Newmarket 12 days ago, following a gelding operation, was promising and strongly suggested that the new trip of 1m4f is what he wants; Billy Loughnane, who is 1-2 for the yard, takes over.
Ready winner on debut last year (1m2f, Polytrack) and ran to an RPR in the 90s each start after; returned from nearly eight months off with lacklustre effort at Ascot and is suddenly best watched; cheekpieces return.
Yet to finish out of the frame and his last win was achieved here; stall 14 might not be terminal over this trip but the handicapper may now have his measure.
Won first two starts for this yard (1m2f/1m4f) last September; had a tough first handicap assignment and he may have found it all a bit much; sent off favourite for return at Newmarket 12 days ago and was bang there over 2f out before weakening (finished behind Ernst Blofeld); dropped 3lb and reunited with Rossa Ryan; looks set to leave that run behind.
SR 74 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at .
Very lightly raced 5yo who again showed improved form when tackling a (hot) handicap for the first time at Newcastle in January; new trip of 1m4f raises a question but she's a danger to all if seeing it out; holds Irish Group 3 entry over this trip next month.
SR 85 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 81 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
High marks for consistency of late and belatedly doubled his tally at Lingfield last month (1m4f, AW); better form when going down by a nose under same conditions next time and it wasn't much of a drop off when third at Windsor last week; hard to rule out.
Ernst Blofeld owns one of the strongest chamber scores in this field. The Balanced lens likes the blend of SR strength (57) and market confidence (77). The profile stays composed even after the chamber introduces race-day variance.
Finally off the mark in Britain in May 2024 and runner-up on next four starts, including when coming from well back over 2m4f at Glorious Goodwood; however, he flopped when just 9-1 for the Cesarewitch (soft) that October and not seen since; that was his only run in Britain on softer than good; well handicapped were he to return at his best on this AW debut after 588 days off; market may guide.
SR 62 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 68 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 72 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Two wins from five starts since joining Hayley Burton, with both the wins over 1m4f on Lingfield Polytrack (dictated the pace on penultimate start); back to turf for a lesser show on Saturday; while not dismissed due to this new trip, it is a sizeable step in the dark.
SR 71 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 69 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 74 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
SR 70 suggests ability but reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Bumper and pretty useful hurdle winner, including at Haydock in the prestigious 2m Swinton 18 days ago when tongue tied for the first time; Flat career of just four races, latest when fourth of eight from the back when joint-favourite on Flat handicap debut at Southwell (1m6f, AW) in April; has more to offer in this sphere and is one to note.
Won in April and creditable second early this month, both over C&D under Jack Dace; Gooloogong had his measure in no uncertain style in the latter race, however, and this ex-French 4yo needs to improve on those recent runs.
Yaa Min owns one of the strongest chamber scores in this field. The Balanced lens likes the blend of SR strength (48) and market confidence (82). The profile stays composed even after the chamber introduces race-day variance.