Rest of Newmarket

The other Group Two at Newmarket today is the July Stakes for 2yo´s over 6 furlongs at 14.50 CET. All 7 runners have shown ability, but Royal Ascot form is usually the most reliable here, so we make Roman Soldier (Jeremy Noseda/ Ryan Moore) our selection. He was only run out of it in the final 100 yards by the smart Power in the Coventry Stakes, and could be good enough. Frederick Engels (David Brown/ Eddie Ahern) won in good style at Royal Ascot, but it could be that he is a 5 furlongs specialist and this tougher track and extra furlong could find him out. In our opinion the once-raced Church Music (Kevin Ryan/ Richard Mullen) could be the danger; he won very easily on his debut at York and was heavily backed to do so.

The card opens with the Group Three Bahrain Trophy for 3yo´s over 1 mile and 5 furlongs, an early St.Leger trial. Masked Marvel (John Gosden/ Jimmy Fortune), 8th in the Derby and before that a Goodwood winner, looks the likely winner here. He is a close relation to last Sunday´s German Derby winner Waldpark. Census (Richard Hannon/ Ryan Moore), runner up at Ascot to Brown Panther, 5th at Hamburg, and Solar Sky (Henry Cecil/ Tom Queally), also a Royal Ascot runner-up, look the main dangers.

The big betting race of the day is the 10 furlongs handicap for 3yo´ s at 15.25. With 19 runners, almost anything is possible here. Mijhaar (Roger Varian/ Neil Callan) looks certain to start favourite here after a good performance at Group 2 level in Royal Ascot, but favourites rarely win this, and our three against the field are top-weight Malthouse (Mark Johnston/ Sivestre de Sousa), a half-brother to German champion miler Martillo, Tullius (Peter Winkworth/ Luke Morris) and the improving Halfsin (Marco Botti/ Andrea Atzeni).

Betting forecast:
1. Race: Masked Marvel - Zain Al Boldan - Solar Sky
2. Race: Roman Soldier - Frederick Engels - Church Music
3. Race: Mijhaar - Labarinto - Club Oceanic
4. Race: Redwood - Crystal Capella - Afsare
5. Race: Burwaaz - Harbour Watch - Hadaj
6. Race: Fury - Cai Shen - Bridgefield
7. Race: Apace - Jamesway - La Fortunata