Racecards
14:30 Brighton
E.B.F./Totepool Median Auction Maiden Stakes (Class F) (Class F)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 5f 213y
- Going: Good to Firm
- Form 225350
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on well to lead close home
- Form 4
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer M Tompkins
- Jockey F P Ferris
in touch, ridden over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, hard ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed close home
Picot de Say
56- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer John Berry
- Jockey J F Egan
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, one pace
- Form 5
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer B J Meehan
- Jockey J Fortune
tracked leaders, hampered after 1f, ridden over 2f out, hung left when weakening and hampered 1f out
- Form 5
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
in rear, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, headway when hampered on inside over 1f out, switched right soon after and ran on
Missed Turn
26- Form 5446
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
steadied start, held up towards rear on outside, weakened over 1f out
Molly Dancer
24- Form 00
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey Ted Durcan
with leaders and keen, ridden and every chance over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong
- Form 202
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey S W Kelly
led and soon switched left, ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer Miss S West
- Jockey F Sweeney
towards rear and keen, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Scrooby Baby, Molly Dancer and Maneki Neko are three against the field in a wide open affair and the tentative vote goes to the last named. The selection was a fair fourth on his debut behind Lubek. He is sure to have learnt from the experience, has plenty of scope for improvement and in what looks an easier race he is taken to score. Scrooby Baby rates the main danger on his latest second behind Cupids Glory as that horse has since franked the form but he has had plenty of chances without taking one and for that reason he is opposed. Molly Dancer is a well bred sort being a half sister to Funfair Wane and although she has shown very little she will appreciate there drop to this trip and with her stable back in form it would be no surprise to see her run well. Of the remainder Asian Tiger would have chances at his best but has not progressed as expected, while Plito is from a yard in form and is worth noting in the market but for the winner we return to Maneki Neko.