13:30 Nottingham

Wednesday 17 October 2018

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Galliford Try East Midlands EBF Maiden Stakes

Off time: 13:31 | Winning time: 1m 51.43s

(5)

Awa Bomba¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Joey Haynes| T: D H Brown

100/1

3,000 gns foal by Heeraat and half-brother to two minor winners. Makes little appeal judged both on pedigree and his debut effort.

Form: 9

(1)

Barb's Prince^b1⁴¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: R Havlin| T: Mrs A J Perrett

66/1

Casamento colt who cost 43,000gns as a yearling. Failed to land a blow when well beaten on both starts and blinkers are tried for the first time.

Form: 90

(2)

Deebee²⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: D Nolan| T: D Carroll

13/8

60,000gns yearling; first foal by an unraced dam who was a half-sister to the 1m juvenile Group 1 winner Mus-If and the 1m2f Listed winner Jammaal; made a promising start when beaten only a length on debut and doing best of the newcomers.

Form: 4

(10)

Dubai Icon⁴³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Jason Watson| T: S bin Suroor

11/10

First foal of a winning half-sister to very smart winner up to 1¼m Rio de La Plata. Shaped with plenty of promise on debut at Goodwood (1m, good) when running pretty green. Should have learnt plenty there and is a leading contender.

Form: 6

(8)

Fantastic Blue²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: S Donohoe| T: I Mohammed

20/1

Newcomer by Iffraaj cost 100,000gns as a yearling and is a half-brother to four winners over 7f-2m. Showed signs of promise on debut but his follow up was underwhelming.

Form: 50

(11)

Group Stage⁷⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: M Harley| T: A King

20/1

Maxios half-brother to winners Compel and Good Grace, out of a 6f winner. Never a factor when finishing 18L last of seven at Sandown (7f, good) on debut.

Form: 7

(7)

Mister Merlin

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Adam J McNamara⁽³⁾| T: H & R Charlton

14/1

80,000 gns yearling by Dark Angel out of a dam who was a winner at 7f-1m2f. Stable 5-28 with their turf juveniles this term but jockey bookings suggest he may be their second string.

Form:

(3)

Moqtarreb²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Dane O'Neill| T: R Varian

7/1

By a top first season sire but few signs of promise on debut. Sure to come on for the experience but he has an awful lot to find.

Form: 0

(4)

Trueshan

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Tom Marquand| T: A King

20/1

31,000 gns son of Planteur related to four French winners who all needed a minimum of 1m1f. Stable's juveniles would be expected to need a run.

Form:

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to board prices only - deduction 20p in the pound

Non-Runners

(6)

Midport

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: H & R Charlton J: K Shoemark

(12)

Monsieur Lambrays²⁰

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: Tom Clover J: J Mitchell

(13)

The Met²¹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: J Tate J: D Allan

(9)

Waterfront¹⁶

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: S & E Crisford J: James Doyle

Forecasts

Dubai Icon (11/10), Deebee (13/8), Moqtarreb (7/1), The Met (7/1), Midport (8/1), Mister Merlin (14/1), Monsieur Lambrays (14/1), Fantastic Blue (20/1), Group Stage (20/1), Trueshan (20/1), Waterfront (20/1), Barb's Prince (66/1), Awa Bomba (100/1)

DEEBEE and The Met standout from the pack with previous experience. The latter shaped well in a better than average Redcar maiden but the selection probably achieved more when fourth in a tight finish at Ayr. Dubai Icon will come on for his initial outing and Midport makes most appeal of the newcomers.