Racecards
14:55 Pontefract
Link 62 Median Auction Maiden Stakes (Class 5)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £6,000 added
- Form 63
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer E F Vaughan
- Jockey F Sweeney
chased leaders, ridden when hung left and went 2nd over 1f out, stayed on, never trouble winner
Hills Place
14- Form 6
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
soon outpaced, headway over 1f out, ran on final furlong, nearest at finish
- Form 05
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer D Carroll
- Jockey Kelly Harrison
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
slowly into stride, outpaced
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer R C Guest
- Jockey L P Keniry
slowly into stride, outpaced, headway over 1f out, ran on final furlong, nearest at finish
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer John A Quinn
- Jockey D Holland
prominent, led halfway, pushed clear over 1f out, eased towards finish
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer Mrs A Duffield
- Jockey T P O'Shea
mid-division, ridden halfway, hung left over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never troubled leaders
- Form 887950
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer P T Midgley
- Jockey P Mulrennan
led to halfway, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 009507
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 50
prominent, ridden 2f out, one pace final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Maybe Kings Shillings can provide the answer to this maiden, and he is selected ahead of Convivial Spirit and Roheryn. Convivial Spirit has shown promise in each start and cannot be ruled out of things, while John Stanley seemed to improve last time, although the form is not strong. Kings Shillings is a half-brother to six winners, so rates as an interesting newcomer, as does the 13,500 guineas purchase Roheryn. Newport Lass has shown promise in better events overall than this so has to be considered too, but the remainder, unless the betting suggests otherwise, are hard to build strong cases for based on what we so far know. This returns us to the choice, which is Kings Shillings.
Formwatch
Convivial Spirit 7-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace from over 1f out, 3rd of 8, 4 1/2l behind Beauchamp Viceroy (9-3) at W'hampton 6f 2yo mdn aut (5) pol in Aug.
Dream On Dreamers (IRE) Iron Mask gelding out of a lightly-raced mare.
Hills Place 6-1 (9-1) Dwelt, always behind and outpaced, 6th of 7, 12l behind Durova (8-10) at Redcar 5f 2yo mdn aut (6) gf in Aug.
Kings Shillings Superior Premium gelding, half-brother to numerous winners up to 7f.
My Maite Mickey Komaite gelding out of a moderate racemare.
Roheryn (IRE) Efisio gelding, half-brother to winners up to 5f including the Group 3 winner Inya Lake.
Telling Josr Algarhoud colt out of a moderate racemare.
Newport Lass (IRE) 40-1 (9-0) Led over 3f, faded when headed, 7th of 10, 10l behind Roshanak (9-0) at Leicester 6f 2yo mdn fll (5) gf in Aug.