Racecards
14:10 Sandown Park
Keith Parker 'Sun-Ice Air-Conditioning' Maiden Auction Stakes (Class E) (Class E)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 5f 6y
- Going: Good to Firm
- Form 036
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer T Mills
- Jockey Kieren Fallon
made all, ridden 2f out, ran on well
- Form 2
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer G A Butler
- Jockey S W Kelly
tracked leaders, edged right approaching 2f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 3
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer C R Egerton
- Jockey P Robinson
tracked leaders on inside, hampered approaching 2f out, not recover
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey J Fortune
held up in touch, ridden 2f out, ran on final furlong to chase leaders close home
- Form 00
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
mid-division, headway to chase leaders approaching 2f out, one pace final furlong
- Form 066
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer Mrs P Dutfield
- Jockey R Havlin
chased winner, ridden over 2f out, fading when hanging right final furlong
- Form 2253
- Age 2
- Weight 8-2
mid-division, ridden and stayed on from over 2f out to chase winner final furlong but not reached
- Age 2
- Weight 8-2
started slowly, outpaced from halfway
In depth
Verdict
Sound That Alarm, beaten a whisker on his debut, can go one better here at the expense of Agent Kensington, Pitch Up and Homme Dangereux. After a very slow start to the campaign, trainer Gerard Butler is finally starting to send out the winners, and Sound That Alarm should add to the tally judged on his effort at Chester where he was denied a short-head by the more experienced Bold Minstrel. The colt, owned by the Cheveley Park Stud, is entered for a couple of expensive juvenile contests this autumn, and although six furlongs would probably be ideal, he should have improved enough to open his account here. Agent Kensington has kept decent company on his last two starts at Newbury and Nottingham and poses the main threat, while Pitch Up, sixth in a big field at Windsor, has shown enough to suggest that a maiden will come his way soon. Homme Dangereux made his debut on the fibresand at Southwell and has to step up a bit on that, and for the winner, Sound That Alarm fits the bill.