Hannon's Pure Easter delight

Pure Poetry (16/1) caused a shock when winning the Oddschecker.com Easter Stakes under Richard Hughes.

Useful juvenile springs surprise in Kempton feature

Pure Poetry (16/1) caused a shock when winning the Oddschecker.com Easter Stakes at Kempton under Richard Hughes. The two-time juvenile winner finished with a strong rattle after the heavily-backed Saint Arch set out to make all the running. However, the 6/4 shot was swallowed up a furlong from the finish as Shampagne (8/1) hit the front, but Hughes extricated himself just in time on the eventual winner to get up in the dying strides. Mishrif (10/1) ran on at one pace to finish third. Henry Cecil got off the mark for the season when Born Tobouggie (100-30) landed the Listed Oddschecker.com Snowdrop Fillies' Stakes. The daughter of Tobougg progressed nicely in her first season and has clearly improved again over the winter judging by her victory over seven rivals by two and a half lengths. Cecil's assistant Mike Marshall said: "It's nice to have one in the bag before the Craven meeting. "We knew she was Listed class - she had been working really nicely at home - and this race worked out perfectly for her. It's down to the boss where she goes next."