Ffos Las 3:34 Result

Small but competitive novice field. Ghost Raider is the most exposed of the fancied types with a form line of 24 - a clear second on his latest start, suggesting he's already knocking on the door for a maiden/novice success and has an official rating (77) to work off, unlike three of his rivals who are unrated/unraced in this grouping. Ralph Beckett is a top-class handler of this type of 2yo and knows how to place them to win; a colt by Invincible Spirit with solid placed form fits the profile of one ready to step up. Silent Force (Andrew Balding, third on debut) is the obvious market rival and bred by a fashionable young sire in No Nay Never, but his solitary run was over course/distance conditions we don't have detail on, and a third-place finish is less proven than Ghost Raider's runner-up effort. Fourth Crusade for Prescott has an unclear "9" form figure, hard to have confidence in without more detail, while Naval Empire is unraced and Time Glory, the filly, has been running against her own sex/weaker company with a mixed 43692 sequence - she has raced more freely than the colts but the switch to fresh rivals here and lower profile trainer make her vulnerable versus the improving colts. Overall this looks a three-way race between Ghost Raider, Silent Force and Time Glory, but Ghost Raider's proven placed form, rating, stable class (Beckett) and step up in experience give him the best combination of solid form and value at what should be a bigger price than the debutant-laden field suggests.