Racecards
16:00 Salisbury
Smith & Williamson Conditions Stakes (Class 2)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Good to Soft
- Surface: Turf
- £15,000 added
Carleton
12- Form 057403
- Age 2
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 96
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey D Holland
bumped start, held up, effort over 2f out, one pace final furlong
- Form 34143
- Age 2
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 106
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
- Form 457178
- Age 2
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 94
- Trainer B J Meehan
- Jockey Richard Hughes
held up, headway to join leader 3f out, soon ridden, led inside final furlong, ridden out
- Form 3126
- Age 2
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 91
- Trainer P & O Cole
- Jockey Kerrin McEvoy
held up, ridden 2f out, ran on inside final furlong
- Form 313213
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer Tom Dascombe
- Jockey R Kingscote
went right start, soon led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, one pace
- Form 461490
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 97
- Trainer S Kirk
- Jockey L P Keniry
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
In depth
Verdict
A terrific conditions event and we will side with Oasis Wind, Carleton and Berbice look to be the best alternatives. The selection beat a decent enough type in Bellomi when losing his maiden tag in August. he has progressed since and ran ablinder to finish just four lengths behind Dream eater in the St Leger sales race. A repeat of that effort could be good enough this afternoon. Carleton finished just two lengths behind the selection at Doncaster and boosted the form with an excellent run behind Captain Gerrard at Ayr. Today's terms favour Oasis WInd and he should again have the measure of the Channon runner. Berbice has come up against a class act in Dark Angel on his last two runs and he appears to be still on the upgrade. Meanwhile Aide Memoir cannot be easily discounted having gone well in three group races and May Day Queen's Lingfield win has worked out well. So as you can see it is a race full of juvenile talent and Oasis Queen may just come out on top.
Formwatch
Carleton 12-1 (9-3) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 3rd of 9, 3l behind Captain Gerrard (9-6) at Ayr 5f 2yo lst stk (1) sft in Sept.
Berbice (IRE) 4-1 (9-1) Held up in touch, effort over 1f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 6, 1l behind Dark Angel (9-1) at Newbury 6f 2yo Grp 2 (1) gf in Sept.
Major Eazy (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Raced in stand's side group, in touch, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out, 8th of 16, 9l behind Fleeting Spirit (8-11) at Goodwood 5f 2yo Grp 3 (1) gd in Jul.
Oasis Wind 11-2 (9-2) Chased leaders far side, led group over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, no extra inside, 6th of 22, 4l behind Dream Eater (8-12) at Doncaster 6f 2yo aut (2) gf in Sept.
Gross Prophet 6-1 (9-9) Led, ridden and hung right 2f out, headed entering final furlong, one pace, 3rd of 4, 3 1/2l behind Fitzroy Crossing (9-2) at Leicester 7f nov stk (4) gd in Sept.
Aide Memoir (IRE) 20-1 (8-11) Always outpaced, 13th of 16, 13l behind Fleeting Spirit (8-11) at Goodwood 5f 2yo Grp 3 (1) gd in Jul.
May Day Queen (IRE) 7-2 (9-0) Tracked leaders, led over 1f out, soon ridden and edged left, ran on, won at Lingfield 6f 2yo mdn (5) pol in Jul beating Fashion Rocks (9-0) by 1/2l, 11 ran.