18:50 Salisbury

Saturday 25 May 2019

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Saunton Sands Hotel North Devon Maiden Stakes

Off time: 18:51 | Winning time: 1m 14.50s

(13)

Yet Another

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Finley Marsh⁽³⁾| T: G Harris

100/1

Unraced gelded son of High Chapparal purchased for £1,500 at the sales in June last year. Half-brother to a couple of winners but probably best watched on debut.

Form:

(11)

Just Martha¹⁸⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: William Cox⁽³⁾| T: J L Flint

100/1

Well held in two starts over an extended 1m at Wolverhampton to date. Probably best watched dropping markedly in distance.

Form: 07-

(12)

Scarlet Red⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Aaron Jones⁽³⁾| T: M S Saunders

100/1

Beaten 60L when finishing last of 11 on debut over 7f at Kempton last month. Others hold stronger claims down in trip.

Form: 0

(5)

Amplify²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Jason Watson| T: B J Meehan| OR: 81

7/2

Showed good form when finishing runner-up in a 6f novice event at Pontefract (good-to-firm) on his penultimate start. Decent fifth in a handicap subsequently and is one for the shortlist in this contest.

Form: 79-3625

(10)

Annexation

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Liam Keniry| T: E A L Dunlop

40/1

Unraced son of Wootton Bassett purchased for €240,000 at the breeze-up sales in May last year. Dam a winner over an extended 1m1f and he is of interest on debut.

Form:

(1)

Hey Ho Let's Go⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: T E Whelan| T: C G Cox

20/1

Finished 9L second of three over this trip in an AW event at Lingfield in March. Decent fifth over the same trip at Kempton the following month and interesting to see how he fares on turf debut.

Form: 25

(6)

Monsieur Noir²¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Charlie Bennett| T: R Varian| OR: 86

10/11

Placed second on final two starts as a two-year-old including over an extended 6f at Newbury (good-to-soft) at the end of October. Drop in trip looks unlikely to inconvenience and he is a leading player for a top yard.

Form: 422-

(9)

Real Smooth⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| OR: 77

7/1

Nose second in a soft ground 7f novice race at Newmarket in November but has failed to replicate that effort in two starts since wind surgery. Fair seventh over 1m at the same venue recently and interesting to see how he fares down in trip.

Form: 2-57

(4)

Somethingaboutjack²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton

5/1

Good 1¾L fourth in a 6f novice contest at Doncaster (good) earlier this month. Making his turf debut that day and is of interest on this occasion.

Form: 64

(2)

Bonny Blue²³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: J F Egan| T: B R Millman

66/1

Well beaten eighth of 14 in a 7f novice event on good ground here when debut last October. Others hold stronger claims on seasonal reappearance.

Form: 8-

(7)

Chizzi

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: George Downing| T: B R Millman

100/1

Unraced Coach House filly and a half-sister to a number of winners. Dam unraced and market support would be interesting on first appearance on the track.

Form:

(3)

Foxy Femme^h1²⁶³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Joey Haynes| T: J Gallagher

50/1

Improved on debut effort when finishing third of eight in a 5f maiden at Leicester (good-to-firm) last September. Likely more needed back up to 6f on seasonal debut.

Form: 63-

(8)

Twilighting¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Harry Bentley| T: H Candy

16/1

Beaten 11L when finishing ninth in an 11 runner novice contest at Lingfield (6f, soft) when debuting a fortnight ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 9

Forecasts

Monsieur Noir (10/11), Amplify (7/2), Somethingaboutjack (5/1), Real Smooth (7/1), Twilighting (16/1), Hey Ho Let's Go (20/1), Annexation (40/1), Foxy Femme (50/1), Bonny Blue (66/1), Just Martha (100/1), Chizzi (100/1), Scarlet Red (100/1), Yet Another (100/1)

MONSIEUR NOIR placed twice at two and he can go one better than when finishing runner-up last time out by taking this novice event. The selection can see off his rivals here with Amplify capable of taking second having placed in a similar race to this on his penultimate start. Third place can go to Hey Ho Let's Go who is making his debut on turf.