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15:55 Catterick

'Special Package Deal' Maiden Stakes (Class D)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f 214y
  • Going: Good to Firm (Watered)
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 36.96s
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Pershaan (IRE)

4/9

    2
    Silk -

    Forsythia

    20/1

      1(4)
      Silk - DARK BLUE and WHITE check, DARK BLUE sleeves, EMERALD GREEN cap

      Act of Honor (FR)

      16
      12/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9

      tracked leader, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and effort over 2f out, no extra approaching final furlong

      2(5)
      Silk - Gold and Black check, Pink sleeves and cap

      Forsythia

      45
      20/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9

      led, ridden over 2f out, headed just inside final furlong, kept on same pace

      3(3)
      Silk - Dark Blue, White braces, Yellow sleeves and cap

      Lady Hamilton

      50/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9

      in touch, reminder 7f out, ridden and weakened over 5f out, eased final 3f

      4(2)
      Silk - Yellow, Black spots, Yellow sleeves and cap

      Larking About (USA)

      46
      5/2
      • Form 5
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9

      slowly into stride, held up, pushed along and headway 6f out, soon ridden, outpaced over 2f out

      5(1)
      Silk - Red and Yellow (halved), White cap

      Pershaan (IRE)

      68
      4/9
      • Form 06-4205
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9

      tracked leaders, ridden to challenge 2f out, stayed on to lead just inside final furlong, kept on

      In depth

      Verdict

      Pershaan will probably be sent off the favourite but is becoming rather exposed now and we prefer to side with Larking About in the hope that Henry Cecil's filly improves dramatically for her racecourse debut. Beautifully bred, being by Silver Hawk out of the Dancing Brave mare Milly Ha Ha, the selection was left in the stalls on her Newmarket debut and was struggling from three furlongs out. However, there is sure to be plenty of improvement in the Clivedon Stud-owned filly and, with the Cecil camp in such good form at present, she may be worth chancing against Pershaan. John Dunlop's filly has shown signs of ability and is well up to taking a race of this nature but, as we have said, she has had plenty of chances and might be worth taking on. In a poor contest, Amanda Perrett's Act of Honor, who was well beaten on her Beverley debut, looks the best of the remainder but we side with Larking About.