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Newmarket Stakes - Form Comments

05/06/2020 16:06

Listed – 2000m – Turf

1 Al Aasy Impressed paddock observers as an athletic type when he made an encouraging debut – 3rd in a 1400m novices’ event here last October.
2 Cherokee Trail Ryan Moore’s mount didn’t take to the dirt surface in Saudi Arabia, but had looked promising winning his first two starts in 2019. A surprise if he beat stablemate Waldkonig here.
3 Formality A strong-looking colt, he was slowly away on his debut, over 1400m at Newmarket last October. Finished 5th, doing some good late work.
4 Luncies Made his debut on the Lingfield all-weather in March. Despite being slowly away, he had too much class for 10 rivals late on. Up in distance and on to the grass.
5 Mishriff The figures suggest race by race improvement and he ran a cracking 2nd in a valuable 1600m event on the dirt in Saudi Arabia in February.
6 Punctuation Both starts have been over further than this but impressive at Kempton in February giving his nearest rival an 11L thrashing. Slow turf may be his ideal.
7 The First King Gelded since making his debut, in France, he battled hard to win at Wolverhampton in March. This is a much deeper race.
8 Volkan Star Leading from the gate, he was a runaway Goodwood winner on his second start. May have been uncomfortable on soft ground in a Newmarket G3 in October.
9 Waldkonig Half-brother to Arc winner Waldgeist, he created a stunning impression when routing his rivals at Wolverhampton in December. He could be top class.