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16:25 Nottingham

European Breeders Fund Trent Maiden Stakes (Class D2) (Class 2)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 54y
  • Going: Good
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 48.58s
  • 11 Ran
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1
Silk -

Catch A Star

9/1

    2
    Silk -

    Banchieri

    85/40

      3
      Silk -

      Speightstown

      8/1

        1(6)
        Silk - Royal blue

        Banchieri

        16
        85/40
        • Form 33
        • Age 2
        • Weight 9-0

        towards rear, pushed along over 5f out, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, ran on

        2(10)
        Silk - Purple, White diamond, armlets and cap

        Fen Game (IRE)

        40/1
        • Age 2
        • Weight 9-0

        in touch, headway 5f out, ridden over 2f out, not much room and lost place over 1f out, no danger after

        3(1)
        Silk - PINK, BLACK sleeves, PINK stars, BLACK cap, PINK star

        Given A Choice (IRE)

        42
        5/4
        • Form 4
        • Age 2
        • Weight 9-0

        mid-divison, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong

        4(11)
        Silk - Black, Yellow triple diamond, Yellow and Black diabolo on sleeves, Black cap, Yellow diamond

        Irish Ballad

        24
        50/1
        • Age 2
        • Weight 9-0

        always behind

        5(9)
        Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulets, striped cap

        Mutamaasek (USA)

        35
        20/1
        • Form 50
        • Age 2
        • Weight 9-0

        prominent, outpaced over 2f out, rallied over 1f out, every chance well inside final furlong, ran on

        6(8)
        Silk - Emerald Green, Emerald Green and White diabolo on sleeves

        Red River Rock (IRE)

        26
        14/1
        • Form 3
        • Age 2
        • Weight 9-0

        soon behind

        7(3)
        Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue Cross of Lorraine, armlets and cap

        Speightstown

        28
        8/1
        • Age 2
        • Weight 9-0

        soon led, ridden over 2f out, headed post

        8(7)
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, ORANGE disc, ORANGE and ROYAL BLUE striped sleeves and cap

        Catch A Star

        71
        9/1
        • Form 3503
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-9

        slowly into stride, held up, headway over 2f out, not clear run and switch right over 1f out, ran on to lead post

        9(5)
        Silk - White, red cross belts, red sleeves, white spots and cap

        Miss Defying

        125/1
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-9

        started slowly, always behind

        10(4)
        Silk - Red, Emerald Green triple diamond, Emerald Green and Red diabolo on sleeves, White cap, Emerald Green diamond

        Moonmaiden

        18
        33/1
        • Form 05
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-9

        tracked leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra when inside final furlong

        11(2)
        Silk - White, Black seams, Black and White striped sleeves, White cap

        Silsong (USA)

        18
        150/1
        • Form 50
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-9

        led early, tracked leaders, outpaced over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong

        In depth

        Verdict

        In an interesting maiden, Given A Choice gets the call over Banchieri, Mutamaasek, Catch A Star and Red River Rock. The selection holds plenty of good entries and showed a lot of promise on his debut when fourth to Windsor Knot at Newmarket. With the winner having gone on to score at Group 3 level and the runner-up landing his maiden, the form looks good and this half-brother to Bandari can set about justifying his entries. From the Godolphin stable, Banchieri has shown solid promise in two runs and warrants serious consideration for this. The 50,000 guineas purchase Fen Game is also interesting from John Gosden's stable on his debut. Mutamaasek can be forgiven his soft-ground disappointment last time following a decent debut, and he could go well, while Red River Rock came from off the pace to finish third at Folkestone last time and the form has been franked since and looks solid enough. Speightstown is well bred and should improve on his debut, while the 180,000-guinea purchase, Catch A Star, hails from the Neville Callaghan stable, whose juveniles are running pretty well, and has shown a decent level of promise so far also. Overall, though, the vote goes to Given A Choice.