Racecards
16:40 Salisbury
Sarah Grubb Wedding Anniversary Maiden Stakes (Class D)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 1m 6f 15y
- Going: Good to Firm, Firm in places
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer Mrs P Dutfield
- Jockey C Catlin
held up towards rear, ridden 7f out, soon outpaced, weakened 4f out
Snow's Ride
19- Form 0-60025
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
prominent, ridden and chased leader 3f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
- Form 050-0
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer J L Dunlop
- Jockey J F Egan
tracked leaders, headway and chased leaders 3f out, one pace final furlong
- Form 0-0
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer D R C Elsworth
- Jockey S Sanders
held up in mid-division, ridden and switched left over 2f out, good headway to challenge final furlong, led final stride
- Form 000-000
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer Mrs A Perrett
- Jockey S Carson
chased leader, ridden 4f out, weakend over 2f out
- Form 5-550
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer J & T Gosden
- Jockey R Havlin
soon led, ridden and quickened 3f out, hard ridden final furlong, headed final stride
San Juan Matia
278- Form 05-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer Dr J Naylor
- Jockey Joanna Badger
pulled early and held up in rear, ran wide bend 7f out, soon ridden, weakend after
In depth
Verdict
This won't take much winning and John Gosden looks to have found the ideal opening for Pilgrim Spirit. A half-sister to Italian Oaks runner-up Rosa Di Brema, she will be well suited by this step up in trip and can enhance her paddock value here. Snow's Ride should also appreciate this step up in trip, as he is a half-brother to Lancashire Oaks winner Ela Athena, although he is beginning to look exposed. Melusina has looked slow over a variety of trips and looks to have plenty to prove, as does Top Tenor, who has shown next to nothing in his four efforts to date. However, it is possible this trip may see him in a better light, but Pilgrim Spirit looks the safer option and appears the one to beat.