Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

  • 18:15 Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Maiden Stakes7f

  • Weighed In - (Class 5), £5,900 added, 2yo, 7 runners
  • Winner £4,022 2nd £1,188 3rd £594
  • Going: Good, Good to Soft in places Surface: Turf

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 1m 23.67s
  • Off time: 18:16:28
Pos Horse Odds
1st Tobacco Road (IRE) 13/8
2nd Swift Cedar (IRE) 14/1
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 (7) 0 Green, pink sash and cap, white sleeves Digress 24 2 9-3 R L Moore Sir Michael Stoute 9/2
2 (4) YELLOW, BLACK epaulets Fehaydi 2 9-3 Adam Beschizza (3) W J Haggas 15/2
3 (2) 59 White and red stripes, white sleeves, red stars, red cap, white star Persian Marvel (IRE) 21 2 9-3 Matthew Davies J R Boyle 66/1
4 (3) 8 Dark blue, orange chevron, red sleeves, red cap, orange star Swift Cedar (IRE) 26 2 9-3 Michael J M Murphy (7) A P Jarvis 14/1
5 (5) 2 Emerald Green, Red halved sleeves, quartered cap Tobacco Road (IRE) 24 2 9-3 R Hughes R Hannon 13/8
6 (1) 3 Dark Blue Yellow Mountain (IRE) 28 2 9-3 Martin Harley M Botti 2/1
7 (6) Purple, yellow star, yellow sleeves, purple armlets, purple and yellow quartered cap Yul Finegold (IRE) 2 9-3 P Cosgrave George Baker 16/1

Verdict

Richard Hannon has won the last three renewals and Tobacco Road looks to have a leading chance after finishing runner-up at Kempton on his debut but YELLOW MOUNTAIN is just preferred. He also showed promise on his introduction when third to Chesterfield at Newmarket with a subsequent winner behind and Marco Botti's Coolmore-owned colt is taken to get off the mark here. The remainder with experience have some catching up to do to match the principals and that includes Digress but the newcomer Fehaydi is worth noting as he's a half-brother to high-class Fillies' Mile winner Red Bloom among others.

Formwatch

Digress 10-1 (9-3) Dwelt, in rear, pushed along over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 10, 14l behind Ask Dad (9-3) at Salisbury 6f 2yo mdn (5) gd in Jun.

Fehaydi Nayef colt out of Red Camellia.

Persian Marvel (IRE) 50-1 (9-3) Bumped start, always behind, 9th of 10, 19l behind I'm Back (9-3) at Windsor 6f 2yo mdn (5) gd in Jun.

Swift Cedar (IRE) 15-2 (8-11) Slowly into stride, outpaced, headway and carried left entering final furlong, never nearer, 8th of 14, 7l behind Front Page News (8-6) at Windsor 6f 2yo mdn aut (5) gd in Jun.

Tobacco Road (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Mid-division on outside, took keen hold, headway 5f out, challenged over 1f out, stayed on, held by winner when slightly checked towards finish, 2nd of 11, 1 3/4l behind Snowboarder (9-3) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Jun.

Yellow Mountain (IRE) 6-1 (9-3) Disputed lead, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Chesterfield (9-3) at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn (5) gs in Jun.

Yul Finegold (IRE) Invincible Spirit colt out of Mascara.

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