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Awc Season 14 Has Begun Nursery Handicap Stakes
Class 4, 5f (4f214y), Flat, 2yo, Rated 0-85, £5,653, 4 runners
- Going
- TAPETA: STANDARD
- Surface
- AW
- Weather
- Overcast
- Stalls
- 5f - Centre; Remainder - Inside
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Bill The Bull is the pick in this four-runner Southwell sprint, with his progressive profile giving him the edge over a rival who is rated a little higher on paper. Blake's Monarch is the main danger, four pounds better on our figures, and Undercover Affair is only two pounds behind our selection, so this is no gift. Space Dreamer looks the least likely to trouble them from a rating of 75. Still, an improving type is the one to side with over the minimum five furlongs, and Bill The Bull is the selection.
Runners
Jack Callan
Ivan Furtado 2/32
Blake's Monarch arrives in cracking nick, second last time out and a winner two starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before after a fresh 23-day break. The one concern is a 137 lb burden, with our rating of 89 only just ahead of his official 87.
- Sire
- Ten Sovereigns (IRE)
- Dam
- Glencross (IRE) by Gleneagles
- Owner
- The Good Racing Co Ltd Partners
- Foaled
- 14 Apr 2024
- Stable
- Easingwold, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 32 runs (6%)
- Trainer running to form
- 37%
- Ratings
- Perf 89, Speed 83
Robert Havlin
Adam Kirby 2/14
Bill The Bull won last time out and has two wins in his last six starts, returning after a fresh 23 days with experience of both today's trip and the going. He carries 133 lb off an official mark of 83, and the profile gets the nod, though the middling runs in between temper things slightly.
- Sire
- Coulsty (IRE)
- Dam
- Princess Banu (GB) by Oasis Dream
- Owner
- Vicarage Dreamers
- Foaled
- 5 Apr 2024
- Stable
- Kirtling, Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 14 runs (14%)
- Trainer running to form
- 45%
- Ratings
- Perf 85, Speed 84
Callum Rodriguez
Ollie Sangster 2/21
Space Dreamer arrives a leading danger after back-to-back wins, a first two starts back and another three starts back, and she has run over today's trip before. The risk is a fifth last time out and 34 days off, while carrying 127 lb off an official 77.
- Sire
- Space Traveller (GB)
- Dam
- Dream Of Joy (IRE) by Dream Ahead
- Owner
- Red Post Racing
- Foaled
- 18 Mar 2024
- Stable
- Marlborough, Wilts
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 21 runs (10%)
- Trainer running to form
- 55%
- Ratings
- Perf 75, Speed 58
Billy Loughnane
David Evans 0/11
Undercover Affair has run over today's trip and on this going, and he won five starts back, while our rating of 83 puts him third of four and shows he's a real threat off 127 lb. The main risk is a poor recent sequence, with a seventh, then unplaced last time, after a 23-day break.
- Sire
- Havana Grey (GB)
- Dam
- Secret Romance (GB) by Sakhee's Secret
- Owner
- P D Evans
- Foaled
- 7 Mar 2024
- Stable
- Pandy, Monmouths
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 11 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 17%
- Ratings
- Perf 83, Speed 81
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.