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20:10 Newcastle

Transcend Bloodstock Maiden Stakes (Class 5)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f 32y
  • Going: Good to Firm, Firm in places
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 11.73s
  • Off Time: 20:10:50
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Act Friendly (IRE)

1/9

    2
    Silk -

    Fadansil

    33/1

      1(3)
      Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue epaulets, diamonds on sleeves, quartered cap

      Keyalzao (IRE)

      8
      100/1
      • Form 659-059
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 30

      in touch, pushed along over 3f out, soon beaten

      2(6)
      Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue diamond, diamonds on sleeves and cap

      Carabinieri (IRE)

      19
      66/1
      • Form 8
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-2

      missed break, towards rear, brief effort over 2f out, no further progress

      3(4)
      Silk - MAROON, WHITE hooped sleeves

      Fadansil

      15
      33/1
      • Form 760-70
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 47

      led, ridden and headed over 2f out, no chance with winner

      4(2)
      Silk - Purple, Mauve chevron, chevrons on sleeves, hooped cap

      Knight Valliant

      41
      12/1
      • Form 3-9
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-2

      tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden and one pace final 2f

      5(1)
      Silk - Purple, Mauve chevron, chevrons on sleeves, hooped cap

      Musical Giant (USA)

      19
      33/1
      • Form 56
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-2

      towards rear, never dangerous

      6(5)
      Silk - Royal blue

      Act Friendly (IRE)

      270
      1/9
      • Form 72-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-11

      tracked leader, led over 2f out, clear approaching final furlong comfortably

      In depth

      Verdict

      Hard to get away from Act Friendly, who can give Godolphin a small boost in the build up to some of the bigger meetings in the comings weeks; Musical Giant and Knight Valiant are forwarded as the biggest dangers from the rest. Knight Valiant has yet to really catch the imagination on what he has shown so far and needs to find a fair bit of improvement from somewhere. However, he was entitled to need the run on his reappearance and has to be considered for the forecast in this company. As does Musical Giant, who was an expensive purchase and makes plenty of appeal on pedigree. Unfortunately, his visits to the racecourse have not been as interesting as his breeders would have hoped for and he now has plenty to prove. Therefore, this does appear to be a straightforward task for Act Friendly in her bid to get off the mark. The daughter of Sadler's Wells is sure to appreciate the step up in trip and, with Kerrin McEvoy making the journey to Newcastle for this one ride, there are plenty of positive signs and we expect she will be very hard to beat in this company.

      Formwatch

      Keyalzao (IRE) 100-1 (8-8) Tracked leader, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 12, 13l behind Sawwaah (9-7) at Musselburgh 1m sll (6) gd.

      Carabinieri (IRE) 100-1 (9-0) Slow away, towards rear, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 2f out, 8th of 10, 21l behind Otelcaliforni (8-9) at Hamilton 1m 1f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gf in Jun.

      Fadansil 16-1 (8-13) Slowly into stride, held up, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous, 10th of 11, 12l behind Drink To Me Only (8-9) at Musselburgh 7f 3yo hcp (6) gd.

      Knight Valliant 33-1 (8-11) Chased leaders to over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened, 9th of 13, 17l behind Alcyon (8-11) at Ripon 1m 2f mdn stk (5) gf in Jun.

      Musical Giant (USA) 33-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 6th of 10, 18l behind Otelcaliforni (8-9) at Hamilton 1m 1f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gf in Jun.

      Act Friendly (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, chased winner final furlong, 2nd of 18, 3/4l behind In Dubai (8-11) at Doncaster 1m 2yo mdn fll (5) sft in Oct.