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20:00 Chepstow

Dribuild Construction Novice Median Auction Stakes (Class 5)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 7f 16y
  • Going: Soft (Good to Soft in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £5,800 added
  • Winner: £3,752
  • 2nd: £1,116
  • 3rd: £558
  • 4th: £279
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 23.73s
  • Off Time: 20:01:01
  • 9 Ran
1(8)
Silk - Purple, White stars, White sleeves, Purple stars, Purple cap
  • Form 122-3
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 87

made all, ridden and edged left over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, driven out

2(7)
Silk - White, emerald green hoops, emerald green sleeves, white armlets, quartered cap
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-2

slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened from over 2f out

3(2)
Silk - Yellow, black chevron and armlets, quartered cap
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-2

mid-division, ridden over 4f out, weakened from 3f out

4(3)
Silk - Royal blue, yellow stripe, sleeves and cap

Greaves

30
10/1
  • Form 6
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-2

awkward start, held up towards rear, well beaten from over 2f out

5(4)
Silk - White, red star, black sleeves, white stars, black cap, red star
25/1
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-2

slowly into stride, towards rear, came to stands side over 3f out, soon well beaten

6(6)
Silk - Grey, Pink epaulets, quartered cap
33/1
  • Form 0-0
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-2

chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, soon well held

7(5)
Silk - Black, Gold Cross and stripe on cap
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-2

slowly away, in rear, headway 3f out, edged left 2f out, went 3rd over 1f out, stayed on, unable to challenge

8(1)
Silk - Dark blue, light blue hoops, diabolo on sleeves
  • Form 6564-68
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 78

tracked winner, driven over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, stayed on and closing towards finish

9(9)
Silk - White, Red sash, Red and White striped cap
11/4
  • Form 5-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-11

tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, lost 3rd over 1f out, one pace

In depth

Verdict

FLYING SPARKLE made a winning start at Windsor last summer and has been placed in all three starts subsequently including the Two-Year-Old Trophy at Redcar. Rated 87, she gets another chance stepping up in distance today. Bidding War showed some promise on last year’s debut and is less exposed than Uther Pendragon though the lattter drops in class for this while Greaves is a likely improver and Urban Aspect is a newcomer to note though may do better over middle-distances in the future.

Formwatch

Flying Sparkle (IRE) 7-4 (9-1) Chased winner, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, lost 2nd last strides, 3rd of 6, 1 1/4l behind Midsummer Knight (9-2) at Wolverhampton 5f stks (5) pol in Apr.

Bulletin (IRE) Bullet Train gelding out of Dixiedoodledandy.

Deva Dandy (USA) 33-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, ran green towards rear, well beaten final 3f, last of 11, 17 1/2l behind Fennaan (9-9) at Kempton 7f stks (6) pol in Apr.

Greaves 16-1 (9-5) Mid-division, hampered over 5f out, stayed on from over 1f out, no chance with leaders, 6th of 12, 7 3/4l behind Angelina D'Or (9-0) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (6) pol in May.

Krampus Dick Turpin colt out of Pherousa.

Telltale 66-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, mid-division, weakened halfway, 10th of 16, 16 1/4l behind Jawwaal (9-0) at Lingfield 7f stks (5) gd in May.

Urban Aspect Cityscape colt out of Casual Glance.

Uther Pendragon (IRE) 50-1 (8-2) Went left start, pulled hard, taken to race away from main group after 1f and chased leaders overall, pushed along 3f out, soon hung right, losing place when hampered over 2f out, 8th of 10, 8 3/4l behind Society Power (8-13) at Ascot 7f hcp (2) gf in May.

Bidding War 20-1 (9-0) Slowly away towards rear, wide and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 5th of 13, 2 3/4l behind Beauty Filly (9-0) at Yarmouth 6f fll stks (4) gs in Sep.