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17:05 Wolverhampton

Black Country's Only Racecourse Maiden Stakes (Class 5)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 50y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £2,800 added
  • Winner: £1,813
  • 2nd: £540
  • 3rd: £270
  • 4th: £135
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 43.74s
  • Off Time: 17:11:09
  • 8 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Shamardal Phantom (IRE)

Evs

    2
    Silk -

    Hide The Evidence (IRE)

    14/1

      3
      Silk -

      Cloudy Bay (USA)

      10/1

        1(1)
        Silk - Light Blue, Yellow cross belts, Yellow sleeves, Light Blue armlets, Yellow cap

        Charlie's Boy

        48 t
        40/1
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-6

        dwelt, held up, headway over 3f out, soon weakened

        2(5)
        Silk - Royal blue, white hoops, sleeves and diamond on cap

        Hide The Evidence (IRE)

        131
        14/1
        • Form 0-
        • Age 10
        • Weight 9-6

        led, headed 8f out, led over 6f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, no chance with winner 1f out

        3(3)
        Silk - Purple, Beige seams, Purple sleeves and cap

        Arco Felice (USA)

        14 t
        4/1
        • Form 0-4
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-3

        ran without declared tongue tie, chased leaders, ridden over 4f out, outpaced final 3f, went 4th inside final furlong

        4(6)
        Silk - Royal Blue and Yellow (halved), chevrons on sleeves, Royal Blue cap

        Christmas Coming

        9 BF
        4/1
        • Form 42237-4
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-3
        • Official Rating 64

        held up towards rear, headway over 8f out, went 2nd over 4f out until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

        5(7)
        Silk - Red, Emerald Green seams, White sleeves, Yellow cap

        Cloudy Bay (USA)

        10/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-3

        prominent, ridden 4f out, outpaced over 2f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, no impression

        6(2)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow hollow box, checked sleeves

        Pride of Mine

        658
        20/1
        • Age 8
        • Weight 9-1

        held up towards rear, reminder 7f out, ridden over 4f out, weakened 3f out

        7(4)
        Silk - Red, Royal Blue epaulets, Royal Blue sleeves, Red armlets, White cap

        Better Be Blue (IRE)

        206
        50/1
        • Form 300694-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-12
        • Official Rating 41

        held up in touch, took keen hold, headway to lead 8f out, headed over 6f out, weakened 4f out

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

        Shamardal Phantom (IRE)

        14 BF
        Evs
        • Form 32-2
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-12
        • Official Rating 69

        held up in rear, headway and leaning right 4f out, led over 2f out, clear 1f out, edged right, eased towards finish

        Previous results

        2010
        (3)
        Silk -

        Peace Corps

        3/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-3

        2009
        (4)
        Silk -

        Eighteenfifty

        1/3
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-6

        2008
        (2)
        Silk -

        Motarjm (USA)

        11/8
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-3

        In depth

        Verdict

        Placed in both starts on turf last year, SHAMARDAL PHANTOM was beaten only a head over the extended 1m1f here on her recent return to action. She'll strip fitter here and, judging by the way she stayed on last time, today's longer trip is likely to suit. David Simcock's filly is preferred to Christmas Coming, who looked to need the run on last month's reappearance at Lingfield and has the past form on Polytrack to figure. Arco Felice has plenty to find with the selection on his latest running and the betting may give the best clue to the chances of newcomer Cloudy Bay on his belated debut.

        Formwatch

        Charlie's Boy 66-1 (11-0) Led, headed 9f out, weakened quickly 4f out, tailed off, 11th of 12, well behind Mintiverdi (11-0) at Kempton 2m Nat Hunt Flat (4-6yo) (AWT) (6) std in Dec.

        Hide The Evidence (IRE) 25-1 (9-2) Towards rear throughout, 12th of 14, 18l behind Raise The Rafters (9-4) at Sligo 1m 2f mdn stks in Sep.

        Arco Felice (USA) 25-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase leader briefly over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 6, 9l behind Captivator (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.

        Christmas Coming 9-4fav (9-3) Keen in touch, ridden over 2f out, no impression on leaders, 4th of 6, 8l behind Money Money Money (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.

        Cloudy Bay (USA) Tiznow gelding out of Heart That Matters.

        Pride of Mine 20-1 (10-1) In touch, ridden after 3 out, weakened before next, 5th of 18, 46l behind Dover's Hill (11-12) at Kempton 2m 5f nov hcp 0-115 (4) gd in Apr '09.

        Better Be Blue (IRE) 16-1 (8-1) Slowly into stride, took keen hold in rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed to take 4th inside final furlong, never dangerous, 4th of 7, 8l behind Sternian (8-9) at Nottingham 1m 2f 3yo sll (6) gs in Jul.

        Shamardal Phantom (IRE) Evensfav (8-12) Soon led, headed 7f out, tracked leader, led again over 2f out, ridden and edged right over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, rallied when winner was eased near finish, 2nd of 6, hd behind Captivator (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.