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Vantage Consulting Powered By Requidex Nursery Handicap Stakes
Class 5, 7f (6f212y), Flat, 2yo, Rated 0-75, £4,449, 9 runners
- Going
- HEAVY (GoingStick: 5.0)
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Resemblance No. 2, stall 2
Hector Crouch · Michael Bell
✓ Won last time out ✓ Trainer in form (3/14, 14 days)
Resemblance is our selection at Haydock, and the progressive profile is the reason to prefer her over Deputy Vice, who is just two pounds better on our figures at 77. She sits on 75, level with Crazy Cubana, so there is little to separate the leading group and an improving type can take advantage in the heavy ground over 7f. Deputy Vice is the obvious danger as the top-rated runner, with Crazy Cubana and Tango Hotel also in the mix, and this is a competitive contest where confidence is low. Resemblance gets the nod on trajectory.
Runners
Daniel Muscutt
James Horton 0/8
Baarberini was fifth last time out, after a second two starts back and a third three starts back, but he is yet to win in his last three and returns after 34 days. He has run over today's trip and gets draw 9, though 135 lb and our 67 rating, eighth of nine, make him hard to fancy.
- Sire
- St Mark's Basilica (FR)
- Dam
- Galibawa (GB) by Dubawi
- Owner
- Green Team Racing
- Foaled
- 21 Jan 2024
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 8 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 43%
- Ratings
- Perf 67, Speed 65
Hector Crouch
Michael Bell 3/14
Resemblance arrives a last-time-out winner after 25 days off, a fresh but not rusty profile, and she has run over today's trip before. A seventh two starts back is the one blemish, while carrying 135 lb from draw 2 and our rating of 75 keep her firmly in our reckoning.
- Sire
- Bayside Boy (IRE)
- Dam
- Rosebride (GB) by Mayson
- Owner
- Highclere Tbred Racing Ballylinch Stud
- Foaled
- 30 Mar 2024
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 14 runs (21%)
- Trainer running to form
- 34%
- Ratings
- Perf 75, Speed 73
Kieran Shoemark
Ed Walker 4/47
Crazy Cubana arrives in winning form, successful last time out and again six starts back, after a sound 27-day break, and she has run over today's trip and going before. Our rating of 75 ranks her second of nine, though the main risk is a patchy middle spell of form, including a sixth two starts back.
- Sire
- Kodiac (GB)
- Dam
- Dukinta (IRE) by Dubawi
- Owner
- West Paces Racing Uk 2024 Llc
- Foaled
- 8 Apr 2024
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 47 runs (9%)
- Trainer running to form
- 51%
- Ratings
- Perf 75, Speed 76
Darragh Keenan
George Scott 3/13
Tango Hotel is a leading danger, having finished second twice in the two runs before a fifth last time out, and she has run over today's trip; our rating of 73 ranks her fourth of nine. The main risk is a 50-day absence, and she also carries 132 lb from draw 6.
- Sire
- Mohaather (GB)
- Dam
- Al Saariyah (IRE) by Acclamation
- Owner
- Victorious Forever
- Foaled
- 28 Feb 2024
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 13 runs (23%)
- Trainer running to form
- 51%
- Ratings
- Perf 73, Speed 70
Kaiya Fraser
Rebecca Menzies 0/13
Deputy Vice has been consistent, finishing a third six starts back and a third again three starts back, and he returns after 16 days having run over today's trip before. Our rating has him top of the nine, though he is yet to win in his last six starts, and a fifth last time out is the concern.
- Sire
- Mehmas (IRE)
- Dam
- Second Glance (IRE) by Galileo
- Owner
- Caspian Racing Limited
- Foaled
- 10 Mar 2024
- Stable
- Morden, Durham
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 13 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 17%
- Ratings
- Perf 77, Speed 75
Joe Leavy
Hugo Palmer 4/40
Koodini was beaten into ninth last time out, though he's a winner four starts back and fourth two runs ago, and has run over today's trip and going. Fresh enough after 27 days, but 129 lb from draw 8 and a mid-pack rating of 73 make him hard to separate from the pack.
- Sire
- Kodi Bear (IRE)
- Dam
- Magical Dreamer (IRE) by Acclamation
- Owner
- The Fifteen 39Ers
- Foaled
- 26 Mar 2024
- Stable
- Malpas, Cheshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 40 runs (10%)
- Trainer running to form
- 39%
- Ratings
- Perf 73, Speed 67
Tom Marquand
William Haggas 10/63
Pure Majesty is hard to fancy, having finished a fifth last time out, a sixth two starts back and unplaced before that, and she is yet to win in that spell. She has run over today's trip and had 32 days off, but our rating ranks her seventh of nine.
- Sire
- State Of Rest (IRE)
- Dam
- Majestic Alexander (IRE) by Bushranger
- Owner
- Tony Bloom Ian Mcaleavy
- Foaled
- 29 Apr 2024
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 10 wins from 63 runs (16%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 70, Speed 66
Rossa Ryan
Ralph Beckett 6/44
Indian Land is hard to fancy after an eighth last time out and a seventh two starts back, and our figures rank him last of nine. He did win three starts back and has run over today's trip, but he's 31 days since his last run and carries 127 lb from stall 1.
- Sire
- Land Force (IRE)
- Dam
- Snoqualmie Star (GB) by Galileo
- Owner
- J C Smith
- Foaled
- 29 Feb 2024
- Stable
- Kimpton, Hants
- Trainer last 14 days
- 6 wins from 44 runs (14%)
- Trainer running to form
- 59%
- Ratings
- Perf 60, Speed 51
Sean Levey
Dylan Cunha 1/16
Blanquita was fifth last time out, after a second two starts back and a fourth three starts back, so she is yet to win in her last three, though 21 days since her last run is fine. She has run over today's trip, but our rating of 71 puts her sixth of nine.
- Sire
- Lope Y Fernandez (IRE)
- Dam
- Schmoozie (IRE) by Zoffany
- Owner
- Bloomsbury Stud
- Foaled
- 9 Feb 2024
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 16 runs (6%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 71, Speed 66
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.