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19:20 Hamilton Park

Mearns Castle Golf Academy Open Maiden Stakes (Class 5)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 6f 5y
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 11.91s
  • 9 Ran
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1
Silk -

Sunrise Safari (IRE)

10/11

    2
    Silk -

    Mandarin Rocket (IRE)

    50/1

      3
      Silk -

      Josarty

      9/1

        1(6)
        Silk - Red, Black stars, armlets and cap

        Chateau (IRE)

        14
        20/1
        • Form 69
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-8

        behind, soon outpaced and ridden, kept on final furlong

        2(3)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Royal Blue chevrons, Dark Blue cap, Royal Blue star

        Eternal Legacy (IRE)

        17
        10/1
        • Form 4
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-3

        in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon one pace

        3(7)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Orange disc, quartered cap

        Josarty

        17
        9/1
        • Form 5
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-12

        in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

        4(4)
        Silk - Yellow, red chevron, diamonds on sleeves and cap

        Mandarin Rocket (IRE)

        241
        50/1
        • Form 47-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-12

        prominent, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced, one pace inside final furlong, no chance with winner

        5(5)
        Silk - Red, Yellow sash, Emerald Green sleeves, Yellow cap

        Royal Bandit

        33 BF
        11/4
        • Form 246
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-12
        • Official Rating 70

        behind, ridden and outpaced halfway, no impression

        6(8)
        Silk - Red, White diamond, diabolo on sleeves, White cap, Red diamonds

        Sunrise Safari (IRE)

        25 v BF
        10/11
        • Form 93364-3
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-12
        • Official Rating 82

        made most, ridden 2f out, kept on well final furlong

        7(9)
        Silk - Blue, Red chevron, Blue sleeves, White armlets, Red and White quartered cap

        Tallyhobye

        10 b
        33/1
        • Form 46-9850
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-12
        • Official Rating 50

        went right start, towards rear, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

        8(2)
        Silk - Purple, Orange epaulets, sleeves and cap

        Active Audience (IRE)

        25
        33/1
        • Form 75390-8
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-7
        • Official Rating 58

        slowly into stride, soon in touch, ridden over halfway, weakened over 1f out

        9(1)
        Silk - Yellow, light green epaulets and armlets

        Nautico

        224
        50/1
        • Form 57-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-7

        prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

        In depth

        Verdict

        Sunrise Safari catches the eye here and gets the call ahead of Eternal Legacy and Royal Bandit. The selection showed pretty good form last year, including when finishing sixth in Redcar's Two-Year-Old Trophy. He returned for the season with a good third over a furlong further at Musselburgh and, with a visor applied for the first time, he looks the one to beat. Chateau cost a few quid but has yet to live up to that price-tag. Eternal Legacy showed promise on his debut but, to be fair, the form is not that strong, and Josarty has a length to find with him based on that race. Royal Bandit has shown promise on all three starts, and now debuts on Turf, so be might be good for a place, but the first-time blinkered Tallyhobye needs to show improved from in order to score. The Alan Berry-trained Active Audience holds claims on his best efforts of last year, but it would be hard to be strong on Nautico's chances. All of which returns us to the selection, which is Sunrise Safari.

        Formwatch

        Chateau (IRE) 33-1 (9-11) Towards rear, never dangerous, 9th of 12, 14l behind Sharplaw Autumn (8-6) at Beverley 1m mdn stk (5) gf in Apr.

        Eternal Legacy (IRE) 100-1 (9-6) Started slowly, behind, soon chased along, headway on inner over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 4th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Sunderland Echo (8-9) at Pontefract 6f mdn stk (5) gd in Apr.

        Josarty 14-1 (9-0) Started slowly, towards rear, headway 2f out, stayed on towards finish, 5th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Sunderland Echo (8-9) at Pontefract 6f mdn stk (5) gd in Apr.

        Mandarin Rocket (IRE) 16-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, weakened halfway, 7th of 9, 6l behind Quadrophenia (8-2) at Musselburgh 5f 2yo mdn aut (5) gd in Sept.

        Royal Bandit 3-1jt-fav (9-3) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, faded well inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 2 1/2l behind Cool Sting (9-3) at Lingfield 6f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Apr.

        Sunrise Safari (IRE) 3-1fav (8-11) Chased leaders, ridden and effort over 1f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 13, 3l behind King of The Moors (8-11) at Musselburgh 7f mdn stk (5) gf in Apr.

        Tallyhobye 16-1 (8-12) Took keen hold, led over 6f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 13th of 15, 12l behind Leamington Lad (9-1) at Warwick 1m 3yo hcp (6) gd.

        Active Audience (IRE) 33-1 (8-5) Soon outpaced, 8th of 11, 11l behind Sandwith (8-11) at Musselburgh 5f 3yo hcp (5) gd in Apr.