Dunlop happy with Burwaaz’s stall draw
Of the races run on the straight course earlier in the week, the winners were drawn high against the stands side rail.
Burwaaz was beaten a nose on his debut at Nottingham and then went on to win cosily on his next start at Leicester.
His first run came over six furlongs but had no trouble dropping to the minimum distance on his last start.
“I’d rather be drawn high on what I have seen so far, so we got our wish there,” Dunlop said.
“Burwaaz showed a lot of promise on his debut at Nottingham over six furlongs, being beaten a nose, but we switched him back to five at Leicester to see if he had the speed for this and he won really well.
“He has a fantastic temperament which is a big help here, but whether he is good enough we are about to find out.”
Richard Hannon, as ever traditionally strong in the juvenile races, has three representatives, t he once-raced Crown Dependency (Richard Hughes) and the Andrew Tinkler-owned duo of Marcus Augustus (Tom Queally) and Tell Dad (Pat Dobbs).
“Crown Dependency looked pretty smart when he won first time out at Goodwood, and the third, our own Airborne Again, has won since, so it was probably a decent maiden,” Hannon said. “He drops back a furlong but he has plenty of speed.
“Tell Dad has been suffering from second-itis, but he did nothing wrong against B Fifty Two at Newmarket last time, and the winner upheld the form when finishing sixth in the Coventry.
“Marcus Augustus ran well against Airborne Again at Salisbury but then got beaten when odds-on at Sandown so has a bit to prove.”
Newark handler Alan McCabe has declared both Caspar Netscher and Sans Loi.
Caspar Netscher ran an excellent third in Tuesday’s Windsor Castle Stakes and is not a certain runner, but Sans Loi will take his chance having impressed on his debut at Nottingham.
“Caspar Netscher ran a blinder and he’s come out of it all right, but I need to speak to the owner before deciding whether he’ll run again,” said McCabe.
“Sans Loi is a cracking horse and while we don’t know how good a race it was at Nottingham, he could only win like he did.”
