17:40 Hamilton

Thursday 24 August 2017

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Bill And David McHarg EBF Maiden Stakes

Off time: 17:41 | Winning time: 1m 14.71s

(3)

Gabrials Centurion

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: D Nolan| T: D O'Meara

7/1

Unraced Society Rock colt purchased for €18,000 at the breeze-up sales earlier this year. Half-brother to a number of useful performers and worth a check in the market on his racecourse debut.

Form:

(7)

Jonboy

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: C Lee⁽³⁾| T: T D Barron

9/2

Unraced Delegator colt cost 9,000gns as a yearling in November 2015. Half-brother to useful sprinter Muhadathat amongst others and one to note on his debut today.

Form:

(6)

Retirement Beckons¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Shane Gray| T: Miss L A Perratt

100/1

Well beaten in both outings so far most recently at Ayr (7f, good) earlier this month and more needed dropping back to 6f today.

Form: 56

(9)

Eva Docc⁸⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Jason Hart| T: K Dalgleish

17/2

Promising debut when finishing runner-up over 5f on good ground here in June. Had a couple of subsequent winners in behind in that contest and is an interesting runner returning from an absence today.

Form: 2

(8)

Grise Lightning

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: J Garritty| T: R A Fahey

6/1

Unraced Wootton Bassett filly purchased for €77,000 at the breeze-up sales in April. Half-sister to a couple of middle-distance winners and one to note on her debut for a leading stable here.

Form:

(5)

Kirbec¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: P Mulrennan| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 71

3/1

Plenty to like about her four starts so far including when finishing runner-up the last twice. Finished runner-up over 7f at Ascot (good) earlier this month and usually races close to the pace.

Form: 7322

(2)

Queen Penn¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Sammy Jo Bell⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 74

3/1

Finished third off a mark of 74 when last in action in a valuable 6f handicap at Newmarket (soft) earlier this month. Put in a career best effort on that occasion and one for the shortlist today.

Form: 7233

(1)

Sulafaat¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: J Fanning| T: C & M Johnston

14/1

Stepped up on her racecourse debut when finishing fifth at Ripon (good-to-soft) over this distance last time out. Likely needs to improve on that to take this however.

Form: 55

Non-Runners

(4)

Sucre²⁷

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: J C McConnell J: P Aspell

Forecasts

Queen Penn (3/1), Kirbec (3/1), Jonboy (9/2), Grise Lightning (6/1), Gabrials Centurion (7/1), Eva Docc (17/2), Sulafaat (14/1), Sucre (33/1), Retirement Beckons (100/1)

The two most experienced horses in the line up can fight out the finish of this two-year-old maiden contest. Preference is for KIRBEC who ran well following a break when finishing runner-up over 7f at Ayr last time and may well be granted a relatively easy lead here. Queen Penn who ran in a decent looking nursery at Newmarket last time out is another with plenty of experience and she can put that to good use by finishing second today. Of their rivals here Eva Docc ran well here when finishing second on her debut and can take third in this.