Racecards
13:40 Nottingham
Phs Direct Online Flu Kits Maiden Stakes (div 2) (Class 4)
- 16 Runners
- Distance: 1m 75y
- Going: Soft
- Surface: Turf
- £6,500 added
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer R Hollinshead
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
raced wide, in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened and hung left approaching final 2f
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey W Buick
in rear, pushed along and headway over 1f out, never nearer
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer M Botti
- Jockey Andrea Atzeni
close up, ridden over 2f out, chased winner inside final furlong, kept on, no chance with winner
- Form 66
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey J Fanning
made all, ridden clear approaching final furlong, unchallenged, comfortably
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer D R Lanigan
- Jockey Ted Durcan
in rear, ridden over 4f out, some headway 3f out, never a factor
- Form 08
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer R Bastiman
- Jockey D Tudhope
in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer E F Vaughan
- Jockey L P Keniry
slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden and weakened 2f out
- Form 7
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace from over 1f out
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer Sir Michael Stoute
- Jockey N Callan
in touch, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 7
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer R C Guest
- Jockey Paul Eddery
raced wide, in touch, ridden and weakened 2f out
- Form 80
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer P C Haslam
- Jockey P Mulrennan
mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, one pace from over 1f out
- Form 60
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer E A L Dunlop
- Jockey P Hanagan
mid-division, headway 3f out, soon ridden, kept on to go 4th inside final furlong
Mme De Stael
15- Form 990
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer Sir Mark Prescott
- Jockey S Sanders
tracked winner, ridden over 2f out, outpaced from over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Division Two of the maiden doesn't look much easier and although Sir Michael Stoute's Sir Walter Raleigh certainly looks interesting in the breeding stakes the trainer's runners usually need their first outing so instead we are drawn to Michael Bell's newcomer FIRETAIL while Green Lightning looks open to plenty of improvement after just two starts. With a nice mix of speed and stamina in her pedigree the selection looks sure to flourish over this trip and further. Plenty of her relations where success stories and these soft conditions shouldn't be any problem. There's plenty to like about Sir Walter Raleigh's bloodline and this distance should be his modus operandi. Again the conditions shouldn't stop a good debut and he remains an interesting contender. Green Lighting mildly progressed from his debut effort on his last start and could show us more again while both Chink Of Light and Leader Of The Land have enough about them in their pedigrees to suggest a good first start. It's tricky in the extreme but Firetail might just have enough on debut.
Formwatch
Admiral Breese Halling gelding out of Covet.
Chief Of Ten Doyen colt out of Fudge.
Chink Of Light Dr Fong colt out of Isle Of Flame.
Grande Saggio Cape Cross colt out of Success Story.
Green Lightning (IRE) 33-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 14, 7l behind Botanist (9-3) at Leicester 1m 2yo mdn (4) gd in Oct.
Leader Of The Land (IRE) Halling colt out of Cheerleader.
Naughty Norris 200-1 (9-3) In touch, ridden after 3f, soon lost touch, 8th of 11, 21l behind Cash Queen Anna (8-12) at Redcar 7f 2yo mdn (5) gf in Sep.
Othello (IRE) Azamour gelding out of Bonheur.
Sadler's Mark 14-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, in rear, never nearer, 7th of 17, 20l behind Saboteur (9-3) at Nottingham 1m 2yo mdn (5) sft in Oct.
Sir Walter Raleigh Galileo colt out of Elizabethan Age.
Amylyn Starcraft filly out of Skirt Around.
Catawollow 100-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, always towards rear, 7th of 12, 13l behind Miss Zooter (9-0) at Leicester 6f 2yo fll mdn aut (6) gf in Oct.
Firetail Selkirk filly out of Snow Goose.
Keenes Royale 22-1 (9-0) Led, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 15, 21l behind Siyaadah (9-0) at Redcar 7f 2yo stks (5) gf in Aug.
Little Oz (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Held up mid-division, weakened over 2f out, 12th of 21, 13l behind Modeyra (9-0) at Doncaster 1m 2yo stks (4) gd in Oct.
Mme De Stael 100-1 (9-0) Unseated rider and lose to post, mid-division, pushed along 3f out, losing place when hampered well over 1f out, 12th of 14, 13l behind Hymnsheet (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m 2yo stks (5) gf in Oct.