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14:05 Kempton

Saturday 1 April 2017

All13:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:00

Betfred Mobile Magnolia Stakes (Listed)

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 2m 5.72s

1^st

(2)

Absolute Blast

58-9

4/1

T: A WatsonJ: L Morris

Tracked leaders, ridden and squeezed through on inner to lead inside final furlong, ran on op 10/3

2^nd

(7)

Linguistic

49-0

9/4f

T: J & T GosdenJ: Jim Crowley

Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, led briefly inside final furlong, stayed on op 5/2

3^rd

(3)

Sovereign Debt

89-3

6/1

T: Mrs R CarrJ: A Mullen

In touch, not clear run over 1f out and inside final furlong, switched right, ridden and ran on strongly, not reach leaders op 15/2

4^th

(1)

Very Dashing

48-9

8/1

T: R M BeckettJ: R Kingscote

Led, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on op 12/1

5^th

(8)

Fire Fighting

69-0

7/2

T: C & M JohnstonJ: Fran Berry

Slow into stride, headway on outer to track leaders after 1f, keen, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace op 3/1

6^th

(6)

Quarterback

59-5

16/1

T: R HaugenJ: S De Sousa

Held up, ridden 2f out, never a factor op 20/1 tchd 22/1

7^th

1 ½

(4)

Poeta Diletto

49-0

16/1

T: M BottiJ: Tom Marquand

Keen in rear, ridden 2f out, never a factor op 12/1

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Non-Runners

(5)

Viren's Army³⁷

Weight: 9-0| Age: 4

T: C Appleby J: Martin Lane

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.00Pl:£1.80, £1.80EX:£15.40Trifecta:£34.20SF:£12.40Swingers:£2.30, £2.40, £3.60

Forecasts

Linguistic (9/4), Fire Fighting (7/2), Absolute Blast (4/1), Viren's Army (4/1), Sovereign Debt (6/1), Very Dashing (8/1), Quarterback (16/1), Poeta Diletto (16/1)

A fascinating Magnolia Stakes with an international flavour, with former Norwegian raider Quarterback, and ex Italian racer Poeta Diletto now both based on these shores and clashing with 2016 Dee Stakes winner Viren's Army who has spent the winter in Dubai. It will be fascinating to chart the progress of Linguistic this year, as he was basically a bit of a disappointment after winning a valuable sales race at Newmarket in April 2016, but this trip looks ideal for his AW debut. Absolute Blast is a fraction quirky, but remains very progressive and posted an excellent effort on her debut for Archie Watson in the Group 3 Winter Derby at Lingfield in February, but FIRE FIGHTING is the selection, in the expectation that he'll get this whole field out of their comfort zone from the front end, and battle on in a determined manner with a recent Dundalk pipe-opener safely in the bank.