Racecards
14:20 Brighton
Donatello Italian Restaurant Maiden Stakes (Class 5)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 5f 213y
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £4,000 added
- Winner: £2,588
- 2nd: £770
- 3rd: £385
- 4th: £192
- Form 8-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-12
- Trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam
- Jockey Lewis Walsh
in rear, effort on outer over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer Mrs L Richards
- Jockey S J Drowne
tracked winner until ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 276463
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 46
- Trainer Miss Z C Davison
- Jockey Ross Atkinson
slow into stride headway on outer to go prominent over 4f out, weakened over 1f out
Iftaar (IRE)
207- Form 6289-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer C Hills
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
made all, ridden 3 lengths clear over 1f out, edged left and eased inside final furlong
- Form 44628-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 62
broke smartly tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
- Form 625-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer Mrs A J Perrett
- Jockey R Havlin
in touch towards rear, headway to chase winner over 2f out, ridden and edged left from over 1f out, kept on one pace
In depth
Verdict
IFTAAR was campaigned at a higher level than this last term when far from disgraced in decent nursery company at York and Newmarket after a couple of promising maiden efforts. The Bushranger gelding has been found a good opportunity to get off the mark here and is expected to prove too good for A Legacy Of Love. She showed sufficient juvenile promise on three 7f starts to rate a threat to the selection on this first foray over a furlong shorter. Royal Brave, a son of Acclamation, looks clear next best as the remainder appear outclassed.
Formwatch
Staines Massive 50-1 (9-5) In touch, outpaced halfway, soon struggling and no chance after, 8th of 11, 10l behind Loud (9-5) at Windsor 6f mdn stks (5) gd in Oct.
Spider Bay Almaty mare out of Severance.
Bold Max 33-1 (9-2) Keen tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 4, 13l behind Wildcat Lass (9-0) at Southwell 6f 3yo mdn stks (5) fbs in Apr.
Iftaar (IRE) 10-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 9th of 17, 8l behind Aeolus (9-5) at York 6f 2yo hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Oct.
Royal Brave (IRE) 8-1 (8-0) Always in rear, 8th of 9, 10l behind Thataboy (8-1) at Lingfield 6f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
A Legacy Of Love (IRE) 11-10fav (9-0) Took keen hold tracking leaders, went 2nd well over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, lost 4th final strides, 5th of 9, 4l behind Forever Cinderella (9-0) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Nov.