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Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Nursery Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race)
Class 4, 1m1f (1m1f11y), Flat, 2yo, Rated 0-85, £10,468, 8 runners
- Going
- GOOD TO SOFT, Soft in places (GoingStick: 7.0)
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Dry & Cloudy
- Stalls
- 6f - Centre; Remainder - Inside
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Cloud Chorus gets the vote at Goodwood, where her progressive profile and a clock that backs up the form give her the edge over Persian Land, who is just three pounds better on our figures. She is level with Wise And Wonderful on 81, and she tackles the nine-furlong trip on good to soft today. Persian Land is the main danger as the top-rated runner, with Wise And Wonderful and Zarak Crown also needing to be respected in an eight-runner Class 4 field. Cloud Chorus is the selection.
Runners
James Doyle
Richard & Peter Fahey 5/42
Zarak Crown won last time out, after a fourth two starts back, and returns fresh after 24 days with experience of both today's trip and the going, making him a leading danger from draw 2. The main risk is the 135 lb on his back, with his official mark of 79 likely to be tested after that win.
- Sire
- Zarak (FR)
- Dam
- Mission Impassible (IRE) by Galileo
- Owner
- Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum
- Foaled
- 3 Apr 2024
- Stable
- Musley Bank, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 42 runs (12%)
- Trainer running to form
- 44%
- Ratings
- Perf 76
Oisin Murphy
Andrew Balding 10/74
Fit after 18 days off, she was second two starts back and won four starts back, and our rating of 81 ranks her second of eight from stall one; the main risk is that she was unplaced last time out and carries 131 lb.
- Sire
- Oasis Dream (GB)
- Dam
- Great And Small (GB) by Galileo
- Owner
- Nicholas Jones
- Foaled
- 21 Feb 2024
- Stable
- Kingsclere, Hants
- Trainer last 14 days
- 10 wins from 74 runs (14%)
- Trainer running to form
- 58%
- Ratings
- Perf 81, Speed 65
David Egan
Gary & Josh Moore 2/28
Cloud Chorus bounces back from a seventh two starts ago with a second last time out, and she returns fresh after 30 days, having run over today's trip and going before. Carrying 131 lb from draw 8, she is yet to win in her last three starts, but she looks a sound pick on profile.
- Sire
- Starspangledbanner (AUS)
- Dam
- I Am (IRE) by Galileo
- Owner
- Chris Stedman
- Foaled
- 10 Feb 2024
- Stable
- Lower Beeding, W Sussex
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 28 runs (7%)
- Trainer running to form
- 41%
- Ratings
- Perf 81, Speed 77
Tom Marquand
William Haggas 9/61
Under Arrest is yet to win in his last three, a third last time out following a fifth two starts back and another fifth three starts back, and 129 lb after 38 days off is a lot to ask. Our rating of 68 ranks him seventh of eight, so he is hard to fancy, though a third last time offers some encouragement.
- Sire
- Too Darn Hot (GB)
- Dam
- I'm So Fancy (IRE) by Rajj
- Owner
- Lael Stables
- Foaled
- 20 Jan 2024
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 9 wins from 61 runs (15%)
- Trainer running to form
- 49%
- Ratings
- Perf 68, Speed 66
Ashley Lewis (3)
Ed Walker 3/40
Isabella de Vega arrives fresh enough after 23 days, having finished a third two starts back and a third three starts back before an eighth last time out, yet she is winless in her last three. Our rating of 74 is a few pounds above her official 69, but fifth of eight in our ranking says she is a midfield type.
- Sire
- Lope De Vega (IRE)
- Dam
- Witches Brew (IRE) by Duke Of Marmalade
- Owner
- Opulence Thoroughbreds & Fermoir Limit
- Foaled
- 2 May 2024
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 40 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 52%
- Ratings
- Perf 74, Speed 63
Jason Watson
George Baker 0/16
Yet to win in his last two starts, Cashinoroyale was second last time out and a fourth two starts back, and he returns after 18 days having run over today's trip and going before. Still, our 58 ranks him last of eight, and 124 lb from stall 3 off an official 68 makes him hard to fancy.
- Sire
- Palace Pier (GB)
- Dam
- Queensferry (USA) by Flintshire
- Owner
- Trade Wins
- Foaled
- 23 Mar 2024
- Stable
- Epsom Downs, Surrey
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 16 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 57%
- Ratings
- Perf 58
John Egan
David Evans 0/19
Persian Land comes in fourth last time out, 15 days ago, and was second three starts back, having also run to that level six starts back, while he has previously run on today's going. Our rating of 84 tops the eight-runner field, but he is yet to win in his last six starts and the yard is 0/20 in the last fortnight.
- Sire
- Persian Force (IRE)
- Dam
- Demesne (GB) by Dansili
- Owner
- S W Banks
- Foaled
- 25 Feb 2024
- Stable
- Pandy, Monmouths
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 19 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 22%
- Ratings
- Perf 84, Speed 58
Rhys Clutterbuck
Ralph Beckett 9/48
Lots Road is winless in his last three, though a fifth last time out, after a sixth two starts back and an eighth three starts back, shows him heading the right way. He has run on today's going and is fresh after 22 days, but carrying 124 lb from stall 7 he looks a midfield type.
- Sire
- Too Darn Hot (GB)
- Dam
- Lolldaiga (IRE) by Teofilo
- Owner
- New Chelsea Valmont
- Foaled
- 9 Apr 2024
- Stable
- Kimpton, Hants
- Trainer last 14 days
- 9 wins from 48 runs (19%)
- Trainer running to form
- 59%
- Ratings
- Perf 68, Speed 72
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.