Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

  • 15:15 Brenda Armstrong 75th Birthday Maiden Stakes5f

  • Weighed In - (Class 5), £4,500 added, 3yo+, 8 runners
  • Winner £2,911 2nd £866 3rd £433 4th £216
  • Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places Surface: Turf

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 1m 1.98s
  • Off time: 15:16:17
Pos Horse Odds
1st Sir Maximilian (IRE) 11/10
2nd Vanity's Girl (IRE) 16/1
3rd Million Faces 11/4
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 (2) 4 Yellow and White (quartered), Yellow sleeves, White armlets, Yellow cap Mon Duchess 26 4 9-5 D Nolan L A Mullaney 14/1
3 (10) 52 YELLOW, RED sash, armlets and cap Imperial Legend (IRE) 7 3 9-3 Adrian Nicholls D Nicholls 7/1
4 (1) 9 Maroon, Mauve epaulets Planetex (IRE) 7 Beaten Favourite 3 9-3 M O'connell J J Quinn 12/1
5 (8) 522 Mauve and pink check, white sleeves, pink cap Sir Maximilian (IRE) 28 3 9-3 William Buick E A L Dunlop 77 11/10
6 (4) 0 EMERALD GREEN and RED check, hooped sleeves and cap Majestic Angel 21 3 8-12 Jason Hart (7) B Rothwell 50/1
7 (7) 83- Dark Blue and White stripes, White sleeves, hooped cap Million Faces 257 Beaten Favourite 3 8-12 C Catlin Rae Guest 11/4
9 (6) 7- BLACK and WHITE check, ROYAL BLUE sleeves, YELLOW armlets, YELLOW cap Too Ambitious 196 3 8-12 Jack Duern (7) R Hollinshead 25/1
10 (3) Black, grey star, black sleeves, grey stars and cap Vanity's Girl (IRE) 3 8-12 G Lee J J Quinn 16/1
Non runners
2 (9)23/5-Moorhouse Girl59-5D H BrownNon Runner69
8 (5)424-42Supreme Quest38-12R CharltonJ Fortune80

Verdict

SUPREME QUEST has shown plenty of early pace and the return to today's minimum trip shouldn't be a problem. She raced upsides the winner for most of the way over 6f at Salisbury last time and is just preferred to Sir Maximilian. The latter went close in soft ground at Ascot last time and will be thereabouts if handling this faster surface. Million Faces showed ability in a couple of starts last term while Imperial Legend and Mon Duchess look likely improvers.

Formwatch

Mon Duchess 25-1 (9-8) With leader, led well over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, one pace, 4th of 8, 5l behind Isola Verde (8-12) at Redcar 6f fll mdn stks (5) sft in May.

Moorhouse Girl 5-1 (9-0) Led, ridden halfway, hung left over 1f out, soon headed, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 8l behind Beautiful Day (9-1) at Southwell 5f mdn stks (5) fbs in May '11.

Imperial Legend (IRE) 5-1 (9-3) With winner, ridden entering final furlong, kept on inside final furlong, always held, 2nd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Just Like Heaven (9-3) at Catterick 5f 3yo mdn aut (6) gf.

Planetex (IRE) 15-8fav (9-3) Slowly away, towards rear, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous, last of 9, 12l behind Just Like Heaven (9-3) at Catterick 5f 3yo mdn aut (6) gf.

Sir Maximilian (IRE) 11-4 (9-3) With leader centre, led over 1f out, soon ridden, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Show Flower (8-12) at Ascot 5f mdn stks (3) sft in May.

Majestic Angel 100-1 (8-12) In touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 16th of 20, 15l behind Sir Pedro (9-3) at Doncaster 6f mdn auc stks (5) gd in May.

Million Faces 7-4fav (8-12) Tracked winner after 1f, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, lost 2nd near finish, 3rd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Beach Candy (8-12) at Ffos Las 5f 2yo mdn (5) gs in Sep.

Supreme Quest 7-5 (8-12) Took keen hold, with winner, ridden over 1f out, held final 100 yards, 2nd of 7, 1 1/4l behind Swan Song (8-12) at Salisbury 6f 3yo fll stks (5) gf in May.

Too Ambitious 18-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, always behind and outpaced, 7th of 9, 10l behind Twilight Allure (8-9) at Wolverhampton 5f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.

Vanity's Girl (IRE) Compton Place filly out of Vanity.

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