Sunderland Echo

One Night looks to Thunder to victory

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One Night Thunder bumped into a potential Group-race performer on his most recent run, but the Bet At racingtv. com Novice Stakes at Nottingham looks a perfect opportunit­y for compensati­on.

A narrow winner of a weak Kempton event on his racecourse debut in March, he appeared to have made significan­t subsequent strides for Richard Hannon when coming home third at Goodwood next time out.

He looked very inexperien­ced on his initial start but Hannon felt he merited a chance in better company, stepping up to a mile on easy ground at the beginning of May.

However, he was unfortunat­e to clash with Royal Ascot hopeful Cicero's Gift there, proving no match for the winner as he stayed on from a slow start to finish a six-and-a-half-length third.

The second, Kolsai, was thought good enough to run in the Diomed subsequent­ly, so that looks a pretty smart performanc­e and while he has to find a bit on the ratings with Lord Of Biscay, One Night Thunder makes more appeal with race fitness on his side and a progressiv­e looking profile.

Point Lynas thrives on a fast surface and after a cracking run at York he might take some catching in the racingtv. com Handicap.

An all-weather winner at Newcastle in March, he was firmly anchored by easier ground on his turf return at Newmarket, trailing home a well-beaten sixth.

He showed that run to be all wrong back on faster ground on the Knavesmire, narrowly failing to reel in Croupier, beaten just a head on the line.

The handicappe­r has raised him 2lb for that run and a win here - and a 5lb penalty - would be a plus for his chances of making the cut for the Royal Hunt Cup later this month.

Jasour will be a popular pick in the British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes after hitting the bar at the first attempt.

Trained by Clive Cox, this son of Havana Grey made a very favourable impression in being beaten a neck by a more experience­d runner at Salisbury.

Jasour hardly helped his cause by jumping a path and running around a bit in the finish, but his effort there can certainly be upgraded.

Pollypocke­tt made a promising return from 340 days off track and she can build on that in the British Racing School 40th Anniversar­y Female Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle at Fakenham.

Having previously not appeared to quite stay two and a half miles, she has seemingly found an extra bit of stamina during her layoff as she was not beaten far at all in third.

That spin should have brought her on nicely for this.

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