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20:15 Newmarket

Turftours.com 'Come Racing In Barbados' Conditions Stakes (Class 3)

  • 4 Runners
  • Distance: 5f
  • Going: Good to Firm
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 0m 59.54s
  • 4 Ran
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Silk -

Maltese Falcon

9/1

    1(4)
    Silk - YELLOW, BLACK epaulets

    Yajbill (IRE)

    22 v
    4/1
    • Form 15-2758
    • Age 3
    • Weight 8-9
    • Official Rating 96

    ridden to lead, headed inside final furlong, no extra

    2(3)
    Silk - BLACK, YELLOW stripe, armlets and cap

    Dragon Flyer (IRE)

    28 D
    11/2
    • Form 466807
    • Age 6
    • Weight 8-8
    • Official Rating 85

    chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong

    3(2)
    Silk - ROYAL BLUE, YELLOW stripe, YELLOW sleeves, ROYAL BLUE armlets and star on YELLOW cap

    Maltese Falcon

    704
    9/1
    • Form 12325/
    • Age 5
    • Weight 8-8
    • Official Rating 98

    pulled hard, chased leaders, switched right over 1f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, ran on

    4(1)
    Silk - Light Blue and Black stripes, Black sleeves and cap

    Pike Bishop (IRE)

    17 D
    4/6
    • Form 11-77
    • Age 3
    • Weight 8-4
    • Official Rating 95

    disputed lead, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, unable to quicken near finish

    In depth

    Verdict

    Pike Bishop secures the nod for this valuable prize ahead of Yajbill. Although Pike Bishop's form figures looks ugly, it is worth noting that his most recent run came over six furlongs, a trip that looks patently too far for him. A very useful juvenile, this drop back to five furlongs should be right up his street and he should have the pace to burn off this small but select group. Yajbill is another with plenty of early pace but he will need to be on his mettle to give 5lb away to our selection. His best performances last term came when he was positively ridden. Expect to see more of the same tonight. Maltese Falcon once finished second in a listed contest at Deauville but has a mammoth absence to overcome. The market is cautiously inspected although it will take an amazing training performance to win this race first time up. Dragon Flyer is exposed at this level and would have been much better off at the weights if this were a handicap. Expect plenty of early pace here but we expect Pike Bishop to wrestle the spoils.

    Formwatch

    Yajbill (IRE) 11-1 (9-6) Chased leaders to 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out, last of 8, 17l behind Goodricke (9-1) at Newbury 6f 3yo stk (4) gf in Jun.

    Dragon Flyer (IRE) 25-1 (9-2) Steadied start, held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, no impression, 7th of 8, 8l behind Paradise Isle (8-5) at Newmarket 6f fll stk (4) gd in Jun.

    Maltese Falcon 11-4 (8-9) Soon hung left, with leader, ridden 2f out, soon eased and lost place, last of 5, 15l behind Absent Friends (8-7) at Nottingham 5f stk (C) gf in Aug '03.

    Pike Bishop (IRE) 17-2 (8-13) Raced stand side, pulled hard in touch, stayed on final furlong, 7th of 20, 3 1/2l behind Tax Free (8-0) at Newmarket 6f 3yo hcp 0-105 (2) gd.