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16:10 Wolverhampton

Stay At The Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Median Auction Maiden Stakes (Class 5)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 141y
  • Going: Standard/Fast
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £3,600 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 52.54s
  • Off Time: 16:12:05
  • 5 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Power Series (USA)

9/4

    2
    Silk -

    Nadinska

    9/2

      1(3)
      Silk - Yellow, Red stars, Yellow sleeves

      Dr Valentine (FR)

      83
      25/1
      • Form 947/3-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 10-0
      • Official Rating 74

      awkward leaving stalls, nearly unshiped rider, in rear, rapid headway to join leaders over 4f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out

      2(4)
      Silk - Pink, Black spots, Pink sleeves

      Juicy Pear (IRE)

      11 BF
      4/6
      • Form 382-2
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 78

      tracked leader, led over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, rallied to lead again inside final furlong, caught post and lost 2nd place

      3(1)
      Silk - DARK GREEN, RED cap, DARK GREEN diamond

      Manxman (IRE)

      11
      20/1
      • Form 8
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-8

      led, headed over 3f out, outpaced 2f out, rallied final furlong, stayed on towards finish

      4(5)
      Silk - Green, pink sash and cap, white sleeves

      Power Series (USA)

      199
      9/4
      • Form 09-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-8

      took keen hold, held up intouch, headway over 1f out, effort between horses inside final furlong, led post under a hand ride

      5(2)
      Silk - Maroon, Beige armlets, Beige cap

      Nadinska

      16 BF
      9/2
      • Form 4
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-3

      in touch, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, rallied towards finish to take 2nd

      In depth

      Verdict

      Power Series has been well beaten in both starts as a juvenile and, while he may do better this term, John Gosden's colt looks best left out of calculations in a race that is taken to go to JUICY PEAR, who can get the better of this main rival Dr Valentine. Ann Duffield's gelding was with Sylvester Kirk for his three previous start on the flat in the UK and with Eoghan O'Neill for one run in France and he showed some ability, as he did for new connections over hurdles at Sedgefield recently; he has to be of interest back on the level today. Mick Channon's Nadinska was disappointing when odds on for his debut in a maiden here last month and of more interest may be Mark Johnston's Manxman, who was well held on his Kempton debut but the son of Celtic Swing is surely better than he showed that day and it would not be the first time that one of Johnston's runners has improved greatly from their first start to the second. The safest option though looks to be Michael Bell's Juicy Pear, who has shown improvement with each start on the Polytrack and he can go one better than at Kempton last time.

      Formwatch

      Dr Valentine (FR) (9-2) 3rd of 16, 1/2l behind Narjan (9-2) at Chateaubriant(FR) 1m 2f stk in May.

      Juicy Pear (IRE) 2-1fav (8-8) Pulled hard, tracked leaders on inside, hard ridden to chase winner over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Peadar Miguel (8-8) at Kempton 1m mdn auc stks (6) pol in Feb.

      Manxman (IRE) 6-1 (8-8) Dwelt, outpaced and always in rear, 8th of 10, 19l behind Peadar Miguel (8-8) at Kempton 1m mdn auc stks (6) pol in Feb.

      Power Series (USA) 20-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 9th of 16, 13l behind Destination Aim (9-3) at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn aut (4) gd in Aug.

      Nadinska 10-11fav (8-5) Slowly away, soon in touch, went 3rd over 2f out, soon no chance with front pair, lost 3rd inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 13l behind Myplacelater (8-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.