3.35 Newmakret
Bet At bluesq.com European Free Handicap (Listed) (Class
1) (3YO only)
Winner £17,031
Pick: Rerouted (win & each/way)
Elzaam: Successful juvenile campaign, only just being caught
by Strong Suit in the Coventry before muddling defeats in conditions contest
(behind July Stakes winner) and when caught close home in Horris Hill; Still
has potential to do big things this year and should be going close here even
off topweight.
Utley: Confirmed decent debut impression made on debut when
landing 7f Doncaster maiden in workmanlike style; Chased a very strong pace in good
renewal of Prix Jean Luc, coming out of that with credit; Possibly unbalanced
by turns of Curchill Downs in Breeders Cup
Juvenile Turf and same at Meydan in UAE Derby, so interesting to see how
he fared over straight track here; May be up to mark.
Rerouted: Big improver throughout his juvenile season,
graduating from nursery handicaps to winning Tatersall Stakes and coming very
respectable fourth behind Dewhurst second Roderic O’Connor in French Group 1;
That form obviously entitles him to a big say in race that yard’s attempting to
win for a third successive year.
The Paddyman: Bumped into a good one first time out in Lord
Of The Stars (seventh in Molecomb Stakes) but different horse next time out
when he won by an unextended 8 lengths; Held head high in group company and
decent run can be expected here, although may struggled to reverse form with
Rerouted on these terms.
Pausanias: Made deep impression when winning at Glorious
Goodwood on debut and showed determination to dead – heat with Coventry third
on next start; Got going too late when staying into second in the Autumn
Stakes, giving impression soft ground didn’t help him; Can run a big race here
over trip that should suit.
Majestic Dubawi: Looked in need of the experience on debut
at Newbury in very good maiden, and went onto to confirm that promise by winning
maiden and then Group 3 at Ayr; Very fairly weighted for that and holds as good
a chance as any.
VERDICT: Hard to remember a better recent renewal, this
being a listen handicap but arguably a classic trial in it’s own right, with
all the runners having some sort of group form. Utley may be better than his
recent form suggests and is sure to be fit, but in a race where the who field
is separated by just 10lbs and a care can be made for all, the stable record of
REROUTED’S yard, attempting to gain a third successive win in this race, gets
him the vote. Elzaam is feared most.
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