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15:45 Pontefract

Wilfred Underwood Memorial Maiden Stakes (Class D) (Class D)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f 6y
  • Going: Good to Firm
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 11.13s
  • 11 Ran
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1
Silk -

Apsara

4/1

    2
    Silk -

    Mijdaaf (FR)

    4/1

      3
      Silk -

      Hills Spitfire (IRE)

      10/11

        1(3)
        Silk - Black, Yellow braces, checked sleeves and cap

        Bravely Does It (USA)

        10
        100/1
        • Form 00
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-7

        in touch, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out

        2(6)
        Silk - Red, Black chevron, White sleeves, Red armlets, Red and White striped cap

        Giust In Temp (IRE)

        155
        100/1
        • Form 50-4206
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-7

        took keen hold and in touch, effort over 2f out, soon behind

        3(4)
        Silk - Orange and Dark Green (quartered), halved sleeves, Orange cap

        Madaar (USA)

        11
        100/1
        • Form 03030-0
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-7

        never better than mid-division

        4(2)
        Silk - LIGHT GREEN, WHITE sleeves, RED cap, WHITE spots

        Sharabad (FR)

        17
        100/1
        • Form 50
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-7

        towards rear, never a factor

        5(7)
        Silk - Yellow, Emerald Green hoop, Yellow and Emerald Green chevrons on sleeves

        Capitole (IRE)

        17
        50/1
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-10

        slowly into stride and behind, headway over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong

        6(5)
        Silk - Black, Grey hooped sleeves

        Hills Spitfire (IRE)

        248
        10/11
        • Form 24-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-10

        mid-division, pushed along and headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong

        7(10)
        Silk - YELLOW, BLACK epaulets

        Mijdaaf (FR)

        24
        4/1
        • Form 6
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-10

        in touch, pushed along over 2f out, not quickened and one pace final furlong

        8(8)
        Silk - White, Red armlets, quartered cap

        Svenson

        174
        150/1
        • Form 0-00
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-10

        towards rear, never dangerous

        9(1)
        Silk - Dark Blue, White cross belts, sleeves and cap

        Apsara

        13 v
        4/1
        • Form 2
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-5

        made all, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and kept on final furlong

        10(9)
        Silk - Royal blue, pink diamond, pink sleeves, royal blue armlets, royal blue cap, pink diamond

        Cantarna (IRE)

        15
        15/2
        • Form 555-23
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-5

        tracked leader, lost place over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

        11(11)
        Silk - Yellow, Light Green epaulets, Yellow sleeves, Light Green spots

        Shyshiyra (IRE)

        50/1
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-5

        slowly into stride, always behind

        In depth

        Verdict

        Hills Spitfire can defy an absence to account for Mijdaaf and Apsara, with Cantarna also worth a second glance in the maiden. Hills Spitfire has not been seen since finishing fourth behind Fun And Games at Newmarket last November, having earlier finished like the proverbial train when touched off by Lunar Exit on his debut at Headquarters a month earlier. Bred to be perfectly suited to middle-distances, Peter Harris's charge should hopefully be fit enough to return to the fray with a win. Mijdaaf had plenty of ground to make up on his Sandown debut behind Trew Class and should improve a few pounds, while Apsara was put in her place by Tartouche at Kempton but is another that can only improve. Cantarna has plenty of experience in the context of this race but meets rivals with potentially more scope so will have to run right up to her best, and we expect Hills Spitfire to gain due reward for last season's two promising efforts.