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15:10 Newmarket

Best Bet John 0800 587 7086 Ben Marshall Stakes (Class A1) (Listed Race) (Class 1)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 1m
  • Going: None specified
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 41.32s
  • 11 Ran
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1
Silk -

Sleeping Indian

5/1

    2
    Silk -

    Babodana

    9/2

      3
      Silk -

      Take A Bow

      5/1

        1(2)
        Silk - Yellow, black sash, white sleeves, black and white quartered cap

        Putra Pekan

        20 b
        10/1
        • Form 0-11003
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-2

        led, ridden and headed over 2f out, beaten when not much room over 1f out

        2(9)
        Silk - Red, Beige seams, Red sleeves and cap

        Tout Seul (IRE)

        29
        12/1
        • Form 100604
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-2

        held up towards rear, headway on bit over 1f out, ridden and edged left and unable to quicken final furlong

        3(8)
        Silk - DARK BLUE, PINK Cross of Lorraine, sleeves and cap

        Audience

        28
        20/1
        • Form 246130
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-13

        held up in mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten

        4(3)
        Silk - Black, Light Blue chevron and sleeves

        Babodana

        14
        9/2
        • Form 554643
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-13

        held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, hung right and led inside final furlong, all out

        5(7)
        Silk - Red, White sash, Royal Blue cap

        Funfair

        29
        15/2
        • Form 1020-23
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-13

        held up towards rear, headway when hampered over 1f out, not recover

        6(6)
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE Cross of Lorraine and armlets, check cap

        Quito (IRE)

        7 b
        11/2
        • Form 516533
        • Age 7
        • Weight 8-13

        steady start, held up in rear, stayed on final furlong, not reached leaders

        7(10)
        Silk - Yellow, Dark Blue chevron and armlets

        Cape Fear

        14
        33/1
        • Form 32510-0
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-10

        close, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra

        8(11)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow chevron, Yellow cap, Royal Blue spots

        Imperial Stride

        14
        8/1
        • Form 116-40
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-10

        tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong

        9(5)
        Silk - Yellow, Black diamond and sleeves, Red cap

        Josephus (IRE)

        372
        33/1
        • Form 412-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-10

        keen, held up in mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out, eased over 1f out

        10(1)
        Silk - White, Emerald Green hoop

        Sleeping Indian

        19
        5/1
        • Form 1
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-10

        dwelt, soon tracked leaders, not clear run from over 1f out, switched right, challenging when carried right inside final furlong, just failed

        11(4)
        Silk - Dark Green, Black chevron hoop and cap

        Take A Bow

        28
        5/1
        • Form 141222
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-10

        tracked leader, ridden 3 out, every chance from 2 out, edged right and stayed on inside final furlong

        Previous results

        2003
        (2)
        Silk -

        Babodana

        25/1
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-10

        2002
        (4)
        Silk -

        Smirk

        7/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-12

        2001
        (6)
        Silk -

        Riberac

        9/4
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-10

        In depth

        Verdict

        The three-year-olds weight-for-age allowance can help Take A Bow get one over on his elders this afternoon and gain compensation for his near miss in the Cambridshire last month. There are several dangers including, the admirable Quito, who will have benefited from being kept busy of late and will make them all aware of his presence late on if he runs his usual race. Funfair should confirm recent superiority over Tout Seul on these terms and, as a very lightly raced individual this season, it is hard to see him not taking a hand at the finish. Babodana has also held his form well and is entitled to be thereabouts, while Audience can be very hard to get right and, even though he won his maiden in a four-runner race here in October 2002, this track has not brought the best out of him on three subsequent occasion - the last of which saw him trail in well behind the selection with no obvious excuse for the run. Therefore, we prefer to give Take A Bow another chance, as he has fewer questions to answer than some of the rest and, as he is still learning his trade, he is expected to find the necessary improvement the official figures for the race suggest he needs.