13:35 Southwell

Thursday 26 January 2017

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Betway Best Odds Guaranteed Plus Maiden Stakes

Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 1m 3.22s

(2)

Master Pekan^b1¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Mitch Godwin⁽⁵⁾| T: R Brotherton| OR: 43

50/1

Ten race maiden with an official rating of 45 and that leaves him with plenty of work to do here.

Form: 8558-99

(10)

London Rebel¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Tom Marquand| T: R Spencer

80/1

Regressed from her debut last time out when finishing last at Kempton over 7f and tries 5f for the first time here.

Form:

(3)

Bo Selecta¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: S Donohoe| T: R Spencer

9/1

Modest form in two efforts so far and failed to progress from his debut at Kempton last time out over 6f and drops to 5f for the first time.

Form:

(12)

Fiery Spice¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: L Morris| T: R M H Cowell

16/1

Had two outings so far in maiden company over 6f and switches back to the minimum trip here. Stable have a good record with sprinters and the dirt pedigree gives hope that he will act on this surface.

Form:

(1)

Highly Focussed⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: G Lee| T: Mrs A Duffield

8/1

Two runs so far both on tapeta but did seem unsuited by the drop back to 5f last time at Newcastle when failing to progress from debut.

Form: 5-4775

(11)

Jai Hanuman^t¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: L P Keniry| T: S Durack

25/1

Two modest runs so far in maidens over 6f and 7f and drops to minimum trip here after failing to impress last time out at Wolverhampton.

Form:

(6)

Joyroo¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Megan Nicholls⁽⁵⁾| T: M & D Easterby

66/1

Just poor form so far in a minor event on turf and a seller on fibresand last time out and would need to make a big stride forward to take a hand here.

Form: 0-5

(8)

Jungle George^b1¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon

25/1

Best of two poor runs came on debut at Southwell over 5f but failed to improve on that last time out.

Form:

(7)

Ebitda¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Robbie Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: S Dixon

25/1

Compton Place filly who makes her debut here, stable hardly known for their debut winners though and the sire has a modest record on the surface.

Form: 576

(9)

Luv U Always⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: P J McDonald| T: I Jardine| OR: 51

9/2

Still a maiden after eight starts and has run in a seller. Looked to show her best form last time out on the tapeta at Newcastle over 5f when second to a previous and subsequent winner. No form on this surface but is by a sire with a good record on fibresand.

Form: 43002-2

(5)

Speed Freak^b¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: P C O'Donnell⁽⁵⁾| T: R M Beckett| OR: 68

8/11

Has made fair progress in maiden company and put up her best performance when narrowly touched off at Lingfield on her last run over 5f. Ought to be able to win a race of this nature despite having no fibresand experience she is by a sire Fastnet Rock who progeny go well here.

Form: 438324

Non-Runners

(4)

Mia Tia²⁸

Weight: 8-8| Age: 3

T: J G Given J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Speed Freak (8/11), Luv U Always (9/2), Highly Focussed (8/1), Bo Selecta (9/1), Mia Tia (10/1), Fiery Spice (16/1), Ebitda (25/1), Jai Hanuman (25/1), Jungle George (25/1), Master Pekan (50/1), Joyroo (66/1), London Rebel (80/1)

Not much strength in depth in this 5f maiden and it probably presents a good chance for SPEED FREAK to get off the mark in one of the weakest races that she has contested. The fact remains though that she’s not really improving but this does look her easiest option for a while on a surface that she is proven on. Luv U Always should be considered after her improved form last time out while Fiery Spice would have been more interesting had it not been for a poor draw but this half-brother to a dual 5f winner for the same connections may be able to overcome that impost. 1. Speed Freak 2. Luv U Always 3. Fiery Spice