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14:30 Kempton Park

Digibet Median Auction Maiden Stakes (Class 6)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £3,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 21.66s
  • Off Time: 14:30:40
  • 10 Ran
1(2)
Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue triple diamond, diabolo on sleeves, Yellow cap, Royal Blue diamond
9/1
  • Form 645604-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 53

started slowly, towards rear, headway to chase leaders 3f out, effort over 1f out, quickly outpaced final furlong

2(10)
Silk - Brown, Yellow epaulets and armlets, Red cap
  • Form 0/
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3

in rear, not clear run on inside over 2f out, kept on from over 1f out, never nearer

3(5)
Silk - White, Red chevron, chevrons on sleeves, Emerald Green cap
  • Form 778607-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 51

raced keenly, led until headed 4f out, soon ridden, weakened from 3f out, eased over 2f out

4(8)
Silk - DARK BLUE, PINK Cross of Lorraine, sleeves and cap
  • Form 95733-3
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 47

mid-division, headway to lead over 2f out, ridden and headed narrowly just over 1f out, rallied to lead again inside final furlong, ran on well

5(3)
Silk - royal blue and yellow halved, striped sleeves, royal blue cap, yellow star
12/1
  • Form 5053/04-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 54

tracked leader, led 4f out to over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out

6(9)
Silk - Maroon and White diabolo, Maroon sleeves, quartered cap
11/2
  • Form 35-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-1

tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, led narrowly just over 1f out, no extra when headed inside final furlong

7(4)
Silk - Royal Blue, White star, White sleeves, Royal Blue armlets, Red cap
66/1
  • Form 800069-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 45

mid-division, ridden 3f out, no progress and weakened over 2f out

8(7)
Silk - Orange, Black star, Black and Orange hooped sleeves, Orange cap, Black star
  • Form 798/09-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 48

held up in rear, ridden 3f out, no danger from over 2f out

9(1)
Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue hoops, chevrons on sleeves

Red

20
17/2
  • Form 3/40284-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 50

steadied start, held up in rear, ridden over 3f out, weakened from over 2f out

10(6)
Silk - Purple, Gold braid, Scarlet sleeves, Black velvet cap, Gold fringe

Verbatim

21 v
10/3
  • Form 384452-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 48

behind, ridden over 2f out, plugged on from over 1f out but never troubled leaders

In depth

Verdict

A truly awful contest upon which we will not dwell too long, and marginal preference here is for Todwick Owl to outpoint Verbatim. The selection probably edges this at the weights on official ratings and has shown some decent form in context over 9f. Today's trip is a step into the unknown and although on the face of it it may look likely to stretch his stamina he does have a fair bit of that on his dams side and it may just elicit the necessary extra edge to win this. Verbatim almost broke her duck over c&d last time in a first-time visor and the headgear is retained here. Whether it will have the same effect remains to be seen, but if it does she'll go close. Blue Eyed Eloise reverts to the level after a break, which was preceded by a decent run over hurdles at Huntingdon. One previous run here proved to be abortive, but we can probably expect more now. Beech Games gets this trip and went quite well in handicap company last time, so looks another worthy challenger but in a race that should not take much winning Todwick Owl gets the nod.

Formwatch

Beech Games 50-1 (9-0) Towards rear, headway 2f out, kept on final furlong, not trouble leaders, 4th of 11, 4 1/2l behind dhtrs Noah Jameel (8-9) & Sir Haydn (9-6) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Dec.

George Henson (IRE) 66-1 (8-11) Slowly away, outpaced, 18th of 19, 19l behind Mr Napper Tandy (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn (5) sft in Oct '06.

Haydock Express (IRE) 40-1 (9-3) Held up in rear, ridden and lost touch 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 8, 10l behind Auntie Mame (8-12) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Dec.

Rollin 'n Tumblin 5-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, driven to challenge over 2f out, soon hard ridden, one pace, 3rd of 7, 3l behind Art Man (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn stk (5) pol.

Todwick Owl 10-1 (9-0) Held up, ridden and headway on outside 3f out, plugged on, 4th of 7, 3l behind Maiden Investor (9-0) at W'hampton 1m 1f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Dec.

Blue Eyed Eloise 16-1 (9-0) In touch, ridden over 5f out, weakened 3f out, 5th of 8, 21l behind Opal Haze (8-7) at Kempton 1m 4f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Jul.

Keagles (ITY) 100-1 (8-13) Held up in rear, ridden over 4f out, soon beaten, 9th of 10, 15l behind King's Majesty (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 2f clm (6) pol in Dec.

Lady Firecracker (IRE) 33-1 (8-10) Always towards rear, never a factor, 10th of 14, 19l behind Earl Kraul (8-12) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-50 (6) pol.

Red 9-4 (8-12) Slowly away, held up, raced keenly, ridden 4f out, some headway over 2f out, soon weakened, 4th of 7, 12l behind Prince of Medina (9-10) at W'hampton 1m 6f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Dec.

Verbatim 7-2 (8-9) Tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced 2f out, stayed on again final furlong to take 2nd final strides, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Auntie Mame (8-12) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Dec.