Racecards
20:30 Leicester
Breeders Backing Racing EBF Maiden Stakes (Class 5)
- 4 Runners
- Distance: 5f 2y
- Going: Good to Firm, Good in places (Watered)
- Surface: Turf
- £6,000 added
- Winner: £3,881
- 2nd: £1,155
- 3rd: £577
- 4th: £289
Altjira
v- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer S Dixon
- Jockey Matthew Hopkins
with leaders on outside, ridden and outpaced when edged right 2f out, behind final furlong
Cordial
19- Form 803-5
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer S C Williams
- Jockey Harry Bentley
made virtually all, driven clear over 1f out, stayed on well, comfortably
Plauseabella
23- Form 9-5
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer W S Kittow
- Jockey Michael J M Murphy
chased winner, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, no impression final furlong
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey Declan Bates
slowly into stride, chased leaders, challenged over 2f out to over 1f out, soon ridden, no impression in 3rd final furlong
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Neither of the newcomers would have to be anything special to get involved. A half-sister to four winners, Satellite Express makes more appeal than Altjira. Plauseabella is hard to fancy on her form to date and it was a low grade maiden race at Warwick that Eleusis finished second in. CORDIAL will have come on for her first start since September and she gets a speculative vote dropping back in trip for this.
Formwatch
Altjira Piccolo gelding out of The City Kid.
Cordial 14-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, went 4th over 2f out, faded and lost 4th place close home, 5th of 13, 6l behind Pageant Belle (8-9) at Doncaster 7f fll mdn stks (5) gf.
Plauseabella 33-1 (9-0) Chased leading trio until ridden and weakened over 1f out, 5th of 11, 10l behind Mia San Triple (9-0) at Windsor 6f mdn flls stks (5) gd in Jun.
Satellite Express (IRE) Observatory filly out of Composition.
Eleusis 10-11fav (9-0) Held up, headway over 2f out, went 2nd and ridden over 1f out, no impression on winner inside final 100 yards, 2nd of 7, 3/4l behind Camanche Grey (9-5) at Warwick 5f mdn auc stks (6) gd.