Great British Gin Festival 20th July Novice Auction Stakes

Off time: 18:15 | Winning time: 2m 4.89s

(4)

Flying Moon¹⁸⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: L Morris| T: J G Portman

11/2

Well beaten 12th of 15 in a 1m novice event at Newbury (good-to-soft) on debut last October. Has been gelded since and steps up in distance on seasonal reappearance.

Form: 0-

(2)

Just Benjamin³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Liam Jones| T: W J Haggas

5/2

Decent efforts in both starts so far including when 3L second over an extended 1m1f at Wolverhampton last time out. Notable runner on first outing on turf.

Form: 82

(1)

Sashenka¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: L P Keniry| T: S Kirk

4/7

Finished runner-up on both starts so far most recently in a 1m2f maiden at Newbury (soft) just under three weeks ago. Likely to prove hard to beat on turf debut.

Form: 22

Non-Runners

(3)

If At Sea

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: Mrs A J Perrett J: P J Dobbs

Forecasts

Sashenka (4/7), Just Benjamin (5/2), Flying Moon (11/2), If At Sea (8/1)

SASHENKA can go one better than when finishing runner-up on both of her previous starts by taking this small field novice contest. Just Benjamin has shown enough in two starts to suggest he can claim second spot ahead of debutant If At Sea who can claim th ird.