Racecards
17:00 Goodwood
De Boer Nursery Stakes (Handicap) (Class C)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Straight course - Good, Round course - Good to firm
Fortune Bay
20- Form 213
- Age 2
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer Mrs J R Ramsden
- Jockey Kieren Fallon
led, ridden 2f out, driven and headed final furlong, soon weakened
Avening
7- Form 01332
- Age 2
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer R Hannon
- Jockey Richard Hughes
in touch, effort 2f out, soon hard ridden, ran on gamely under pressure to lead close home
Redding
19- Form 02114
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer B McMahon
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
pressed leader until final furlong, soon weakened
- Form 00031
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer B J Meehan
- Jockey L Dettori
prominent, not clear run rails final furlong, switched right, kept on
Ellamyte
19- Form 6313
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer H Morrison
- Jockey D Kinsella
dwelt, soon in touch, ridden and weakened well over 1f out
- Form 420160
- Age 2
- Weight 8-2
- Trainer Mrs P Dutfield
- Jockey J Mackay
dwelt, soon in touch, hard ridden 2f out, soon beaten
- Form 3F550
- Age 2
- Weight 7-12
in touch until weakened and lost place from halfway
In depth
Verdict
Richard Hannon has plenty of strength in depth in the juvenile department and is double handed with the lightly weighted Zafine and the ultra consistent Avening. TEAMtalk preference is for the latter who showed his best form last time when narrowly denied by a useful rival at Bath and looks capable of making further progress. Redding is going the right way judged on recent efforts although he may find this sharp track against him over this trip while Fortune Bay faces no easy task under top weight and Lord Of The Inn will find this tougher after being raised 4lb for landing a weak event last time.