14:00 Thirsk

Saturday 13 April 2019

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British EBF Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) (Div 1)

Off time: 14:03 | Winning time: 1m 0.54s

(4)

Bezzas Lad

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: S H James| T: Phillip Makin

20/1

Society Rock gelding; fifth foal; half-brother to the 5f winners Almane and Frank The Barber.

Form:

(9)

Cmon Cmon

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Rowan Scott⁽³⁾| T: N Tinkler

50/1

£10,000 foal; fifth foal; half-brother to the winners Spray The Sea (1m-1m1f) and Mark's Choice (6f).

Form:

(11)

Heer We Go Again¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Liam Keniry| T: P D Evans

15/2

€3,000 yearling; twice raced already; comfortably held third to Electric Ladybird at Lingfield (5f, AW) 11-days ago; plum draw in stall 11.

Form: 73

(3)

Il Maestro

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn

12/1

€33,000 yearling; 13th foal; closely related to the 5f-7f winner Harry's Dancer, a half-brother to a number of speedy types including Dance Away (5f); low draw potentially troublesome, of interest otherwise.

Form:

(2)

Kidda

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey

9/4

43,000gns yearling; fourth foal; closely related to the 6f winning juvenile Ertiyad; appeals as a likely type; low draw potentially troublesome.

Form:

(6)

Paddy Elliott¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ben Robinson⁽³⁾| T: B Ellison

9/1

£9,000 yearling; ninth foal; closely related to winners Shamdarley (1m-1m2f+ inc AW) and Nimitz (1m-1m4f inc AW); finished eighth of 17 (25/1) to Show Me Show Me in the Brocklesby at Doncaster (5f).

Form: 8

(8)

Road Rage

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: P Mulrennan| T: M Dods

9/1

€24,000 foal, £55,000 yearling; second living foal from an unraced dam (half-sister to the 7f-1m2f Flat winner Altilhar, and the 5f-6f winner Qeyadaa; well drawn in stall 8.

Form:

(10)

War of Clans¹¹

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

6/1

€9,000 foal, £18,000 yearling; ninth foal; half-brother to various winners including Curiosity (6f-7f) and Tin Hat (5f as a 2yo); green on debut at Musselburgh when finishing 7L+ third to Proper Beau; can fare better from a high draw; key player.

Form: 3

(5)

Xcelente

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: J Fanning| T: C & M Johnston

3/1

62,000gns yearling; second foal from a 1m+ AW scorer (Vanity Rules); ideally may need further, but the Johnston juveniles generally know what is expected of them; mid pack draw.

Form:

(7)

Congratulate

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: J Garritty| T: T D Easterby

33/1

Fountain of Youth filly (cost £800); second foal from an Italian dam (7½f winner); half-sister to various winners including the stayer Elegiac (1m-1m6f); others rate as more probable winners.

Form:

Non-Runners

(1)

Zakher Alain

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: Adrian Nicholls J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Kidda (9/4), Xcelente (3/1), War of Clans (6/1), Heer We Go Again (15/2), Paddy Elliott (9/1), Road Rage (9/1), Il Maestro (12/1), Bezzas Lad (20/1), Zakher Alain (25/1), Congratulate (33/1), Cmon Cmon (50/1)

The 2019 Flat season at Thirsk commences with eight-races and over 100 declared runners, with the 5f maiden for juveniles being divided. The combination of a high draw and previous racecourse experience should stand the Karl Burke-trained WAR OF CLANS in excellent stead, so he rates as the tentative choice ahead of the intriguing newcomer Road Rage. Others of interest with seemingly less favourable low draws include the fellow debutantes Il Maestro (John Quinn) and Kidda (Richard Fahey).