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18:05 Newmarket

Newmarketracecourses.co.uk Maiden Stakes (Class 4)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
  • £8,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 29.08s
  • Off Time: 18:09:51
  • 10 Ran
1(10)
Silk - Green, pink sash and cap, white sleeves
9/4
  • Form 6463
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 78

started slowly, soon driven and prominent, headway on inside over 1f out, soon led, headed inside final furlong, no extra

2(8)
Silk - Emerald Green, Dark Blue and Emerald Green striped sleeves
8/1
  • Form P7534
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 74

held up, eased over 3f out, virtually pulled up

3(1)
Silk - Emerald Green and White diamonds, Orange sleeves and cap
  • Form 700680
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 42

mid-division, driven and headway over 3f out, weakened over 2f out

4(6)
Silk - Dark Green and Beige (halved), sleeves reversed, Beige cap, Dark Green star
  • Form 64
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-3

with leader, driven to challenge over 3f out, hung left over 1f out, weakened final furlong

5(4)
Silk - Emerald Green, Black chevrons on sleeves
16/1
  • Form 66
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-3

tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, not clear run over 1f out, kept on same pace

6(3)
Silk - Purple, Light Blue chevron, Light Blue cap
  • Form 055
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 80

held up in touch, ridden over 4f out, headway over 3f out, hung right over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well

7(9)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE star, ROYAL BLUE sleeves, WHITE stars and stars on cap
  • Form 00
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-12

held up towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, soon beaten

8(7)
Silk - SCARLET, BLUE collar, WHITE cap
11/1
  • Form 02
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-12

led, hung left and headed over 1f out, no extra

9(2)
Silk - Emerald Green, Orange hoops and armlets, White cap
100/1
  • Form 7
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-12

started slowly, always behind, ridden halfway, soon beaten

10(5)
Silk - Yellow and Maroon (quartered), hooped sleeves
  • Form 2
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-12

held up towards rear, headway and hung left 2f out, weakened over 1f out

In depth

Verdict

An interesting maiden here and Hesivorthedriver is given the nod over Take The Gold and Ancient Culture. The selection put up a good performance last time on heavy ground at Newbury and the form of that race has worked out well so far. He certainly saw out this trip then considering that he would have preferred conditions more like tonight's and so with that now in is favour he can improve and he looks good enough. Take The Gold is another certain to improve. Michael Jarvis's filly stayed on well to be runner up on debut here over 10f. The one slight doubt here is that her pedigree suggests that this might be beyond her levels of stamina, but it is certainly worth a try. Ancient Culture ran well in the context of this race when third of 11 at Pontefract over a mile-and-a-half last time and with Sir Michael Stoute having saddled two winners of this in the past nine years that had similar credentials then the colt is very much respected. Kwazulu has disappointed so far but first time blinkers may help, while Demisemiquaver probably wants faster ground and needs to improve anyhow, so we will stick with Heisivorthedriver to steer home in front.

Formwatch

Ancient Culture 5-2 (8-13) Towards rear, ridden over 5f out, headway over 3f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Rhaam (8-13) at Pontefract 1m 4f mdn stk (5) gd.

Feeling (IRE) 13-2 (9-2) Led, ridden over 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 6, 8l behind Iceman George (9-2) at Yarmouth 1m 2f mdn stk (5) sft.

Hesivorthedriver (GER) 10-1 (9-0) Held up, effort over 2f out, no extra over 1f out, one pace, 4th of 10, 4l behind Furmigadelagiusta (9-0) at Newbury 1m 4f mdn stk (5) hvy.

Kwazulu (USA) 5-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, bumped start, headway over 5f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 6, 18l behind Chord (9-0) at W'hampton 1m 4f mdn stk (5) pol.

Silver Suitor (IRE) 7-1 (9-3) Keen, in touch, ridden 3f out, outpaced over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 5th of 7, 4l behind Urban Spirit (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 2f 3yo mdn (3) gd.

Boekenhoutskloof (IRE) 66-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, driven and weakened 4f out, 13th of 14, 35l behind Inchinata (8-12) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn fll (5) pol.

Demisemiquaver 9-1 (8-9) Soon chased winner, ridden 2f out, rallied well inside final furlong, just held, 2nd of 10, nk behind Wise Little Girl (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn fll (5) gf in Jun.

Take The Gold (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Keen, tracked leader, ridden and every chance from 2f out, driven and stayed on final furlong, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Horseford Hill (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 2f 3yo mdn (4) gd in Jun.