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This 4yo son of Vale Of York was formerly trained by Clive Cox, and he was a course and distance winner by 11L in a weak maiden almost a year ago to the day. He was kept to the all weather on his next few starts, and as recently as March this year he was a close second at Kempton in a class 5 handicap off a mark of 74 (6f).
His form tailed off after that run, and after a couple of poor efforts on turf he headed to the sales. He was picked up by current connections for just £5.4k, and he made his stable debut in a class 4 handicap over tomorrow's c&d off 74. He never got into contention after a poor start, and he again ran poorly at Wolves next time (8.5f) off 72.
The cheekpieces (worn for his win and subsequent placed efforts) returned for his last run at Kempton and a couple of furlongs out he looked to be coming with a big challenge up the inner. However, around a furlong out his effort petered out completely, and he was allowed to come home in his own time in last place. The way he stopped suggested the jockey possibly heard a noise, and it is no surprise that connections have reached for a tongue tie.
He has been dropped to a mark of just 65, and that is a massive 9lb below the mark off which he was beaten 0.75L here over 6F back in March. His trainer and owner Karen George does well at Kempton, and she has 9 wins and 11 places from 117 runners (4/29 last 5 seasons). This fella is priced up at 33/1, which is no surprise given his form figures. However, he drops into a class 6, the tongue tie is on and he looks worthy of a small each way bet at odds of 33/1.
STEVOS' SELECTION: 4.55 KEMPTON:QUINTUS CERIALIS E/W 33/1
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