Racecards
14:30 Brighton
At The Races Maiden Auction Stakes
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 6f 209y
- Going: Firm
- Surface: Turf
- Form 474
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey S Hitchcott
dwelt, soon in touch and pulled hard, ridden to lead over 1f out, one pace well inside final furlong
- Age 2
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer E J O'Neill
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
slowly into stride, prominent until halfway, weakened, ran green
Spy Glass
15- Form 2
- Age 2
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer J L Dunlop
- Jockey I Mongan
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened approaching 1f out
- Form 69330
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer R Harris
- Jockey P Cosgrave
led and keen, ridden over 2f out, weakening when headed over 1f out
Zafantage
10- Form 6063
- Age 2
- Weight 8-3
- Trainer S Kirk
- Jockey N De Souza
held up, switched right and headway over 1f out, ridden to lead well inside final furlong
- Age 2
- Weight 8-2
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey N Chalmers
held up, headway to chase leaders 4f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 40
- Age 2
- Weight 8-2
held up rear, headway on outside 4f out, weakened over 1f out
In depth
Verdict
Spyglass has an obvious chance following a debut full of promise and is hard to oppose in a race where dangers look to be thin on the ground, with Grantley Adams and Caan probably the pick of them. The selection stayed on strongly to be beaten just three-quarters of a length behind the useful Gillipops at Leicester on his debut last month and a reproduction of that effort should more than suffice. Sky At Night represents a stable that has been doing well with their juveniles this term and has to be respected first time out, if the market speaks in his favour. The other newcomer Crush On You makes limited appeal coming from the stable of Andrew Balding that rarely has a two-year-old winner first time out. Zafantage showed signs of promise last time but needs to improve significantly and of more interest may be Grantley Adams, who now steps up in trip having shown promise over six furlongs. Caan represents the in-form yard of Richard Hannon and is another that warrants respect but Spyglass has an obvious chance and gets the vote.