17:50 Wolverhampton

Wednesday 18 July 2018

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mymedsuk.com Median Auction Maiden Stakes

Off time: 17:51 | Winning time: 1m 30.92s

(7)

Al Mortajaz^t1¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: R Havlin| T: S & E Crisford

10/1

Camacho gelding, cost €12,000 as a foal and 28,000 gns as a yearling. Improved on debut effort to finish third of five at Epsom two weeks ago. Tongue-tie added now and needs more.

Form: 73

(1)

Barasti Dancer¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: C Lee⁽³⁾| T: K R Burke

7/4

Showed improved form to chase home a ready winner at Musselburgh over this trip last time. Potential to do better still and is respected on third start.

Form: 72

(6)

Exousia

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: S Donohoe| T: H Spiller

33/1

Son of Epaulette who was a cheap purchase at just 3,000 gns. Dam was unraced and worth a market check as yard had a winning juvenile newcomer here not long ago. They also saddle Kompton McKenzie

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(12)

Freedom And Wheat¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: S W Kelly| T: B G Powell

100/1

Fast Company colt whose dam is half-sister to a Group 2 middle distance winner. Not shown much on his two starts so far and very much likely he will be more suited to nurseries on the back of this.

Form: 04

(10)

Kompton Mckenzie

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Rob Hornby| T: H Spiller

66/1

Compton Place colt thaty went unsold as a yearling for £19,000. Related to plenty of winners and interesting to see how he compares to his stablemate Exousia on debut.

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(5)

Mighty Midjet¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: A Mullen| T: M Appleby

9/1

Pedigree and debut run would suggest that the 5f he started over was short of his best. This trip should suit a little better and much better drawn today. Likely to be a longer term project but market check needed all the same.

Form: 5

(3)

Pegasus Bridge

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Edward Greatrex| T: Eve Johnson Houghton

15/2

Camacho colt that has a nice pedigree. Cost £35,000 as a yearling and is related to plenty of winners. Yard tend to do well with their youngsters here and he is of definite interest on debut.

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(9)

Gregorian Girl³⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Jack Duern⁽³⁾| T: D K Ivory

33/1

Gregorian filly is a half-sister to several winners. Found the debut all a bit too much after a slow start at Chelmsford over this trip. Should know a bit more now but plenty of improvement needed all the same.

Form: 9

(2)

Jungle Juice²⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: F Norton| T: M R Channon| BF

5/2

Sent off a warm favourite for both of her starts to date. Picked off late doors over this trip at Wertherby last time having hit the front. Clearly has ability but maybe vulnerable to anything with talent in here.

Form: 23

(4)

Ocean Reach³³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Hollie Doyle| T: R J Price

150/1

50/1 for her debut at Chepstow (6f, good to firm) but was never on terms and beaten a long way. Should have learnt from the experience but up against it again here.

Form: 6

(8)

Pot Luck¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: David Probert| T: A M Balding

9/1

Has finished fourth on both her starts to date on turf. Switches to the AW for the first time today and has some improvement in her. Maybe handicaps will be the answer after this.

Form: 44

(11)

Shifting Gold

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: M Harley| T: W J Knight

33/1

Fast Company filly that cost €27,000 as a yearling. Related to several winners and dam was a 6f AW winner. Yard is 0-2 with juveniles so far this year.

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Forecasts

Barasti Dancer (7/4), Jungle Juice (5/2), Pegasus Bridge (15/2), Pot Luck (9/1), Mighty Midjet (9/1), Al Mortajaz (10/1), Shifting Gold (33/1), Exousia (33/1), Gregorian Girl (33/1), Kompton Mckenzie (66/1), Freedom And Wheat (100/1), Ocean Reach (150/1)

Jungle Juice and Barasti Dancer bring the two best pieces of form to the table and are both likely to be major contenders once more. Eve Johnson Houghton likes to bring her two-year-olds here and with an appealing pedigree, maybe PEGASUS BRIDGE can make a winning debut.