Racecards
15:25 Southwell
Bet Direct On 0800 32 93 93 Maiden Stakes (Class D)
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Standard
- Form 00
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer W R Muir
- Jockey J-P Guillambert
mid-division, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, never dangerous
Home Coming
30- Form 0-60000
- Age 5
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer P Felgate
- Jockey Dean McKeown
always behind
- Form 0-5666
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer Mrs S Liddiard
- Jockey T G McLaughlin
towards rear, ridden halfway, kept on, never dangerous
The Player
46- Form 4-4
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey L P Keniry
held up, headway on bit over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon ridden, eased near finish
- Form 002030
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer D Shaw
- Jockey T Hamilton
chased leaders, weakened over 2f out
- Form 236540
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer S Keightley
- Jockey R Winston
raced wide, headway halfway, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace
- Form 4
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
held up, headway and not clear run over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, no chance with winner
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
raced wide, chased leaders over 4f
- Form 24
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer Sir Mark Prescott
- Jockey J Mackay
slowly into stride, soon mid-division, ridden halfway, not clear run over 1f out, never dangerous
In depth
Verdict
Alabastrine may have too much scope for the rest, with Wainwright and Espresso Time the only others to make any appeal. Sir Mark Prescott's filly is bred to be useful but may in fact turn out to be only slightly better than moderate judged on the limited evidence so far. Unraced as a juvenile, she has been there or thereabouts in both starts this season and this switch to the all-weather may galvanise her into action. Then again it may not, and the likes of Wainwright and Espresso Time are waiting in the wings to capitalise. The latter failed to act on Lingfield's Polytrack last time but shaped much better here the time before. Wainwright makes his all-weather debut and ran well enough after a break at Catterick over seven furlongs to warrant a mention. The rest are hard to enthuse about and the smallest bet on Alabastrine is advised.