14:20 Sandown

Friday 7 August 2020

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British EBF Maiden Stakes

Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 1m 44.35s

(5)

Hafez¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Rossa Ryan| T: R Hannon

7/1

Colt by Dark Angel. 400,000 gns half-brother to 2-y-o 6f winner Astral Path out of US Grade 3 winner. Can improve on debut run at this venue last month when short of room inside final furlong.

Form: 6

(1)

Lone Eagle

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Tom Marquand| T: M Meade

10/1

Galileo colt out of a Duke Of Marmalade mare. Cost 500,000gns as a yearling. Closely related to Oaks winner, Reams Of Verse. Interesting debutante.

Form:

(8)

Love Is Golden

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

16/1

Colt by Golden Horn out of a Hernando mare. Cost 175,000gns as a yearling. Closely related to Sea Of Class, top class winner between 1m2f/1m4f. Market likely to be the best guide.

Form:

(4)

Pied Piper

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden

11/1

Colt by New Approach out of a Fastnet Rock mare. Dam won over 1m2f. Market likely to reveal expectations for connections on debut.

Form:

(3)

Recovery Run³⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Oisin Murphy| T: A M Balding| OR: 80

13/8

Nathaniel colt who cost 38,000 euros as a yearling. Running with great credit in a couple of starts on an AW surface at Kempton and Chelmsford recently. One to note on turf debut.

Form: 22

(9)

Scampi

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: William Cox⁽³⁾| T: A M Balding

66/1

By Nayef out of a Dalakhani mare. Closely realted to Plain Beau, winner over 1m2f/1m2½f. Possibly not a great sign he is gelded for first run.

Form:

(7)

Symbolic Power

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: W Buick| T: C Appleby

13/8

Colt by Kingman out of a Montjeu mare. Cost 2,3000,000gns as a yearling. Half-brother to Game And Set, winner over 6f as a two-year-old. Likely to be popular in the market on debut.

Form:

(2)

Twilley¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Cieren Fallon⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby

100/1

Nathaniel filly out of a Misu Bond mare. Down the field on disappointing debut effort at Beverley over 7½f last month. Needs to improve to take a hand here.

Form: 9

Non-Runners

(6)

React²⁰

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: R Varian J: E J Walsh

Forecasts

Recovery Run (13/8), Symbolic Power (13/8), Hafez (7/1), Lone Eagle (10/1), Pied Piper (11/1), Love Is Golden (16/1), React (50/1), Scampi (66/1), Twilley (100/1)

The Richard Hannon-trained HAFEZ could be worth another chance. The Dark Angel colt was a little short of room when staying on over C&D on debut run last month and can make the most of his experience over the expensive yearling, Symbolic Power who makes his debut in this contest. The Andrew Balding-trained Recovery Run appears the best of the remaining juveniles to have run, while Lone Eagle for trainer Martyn Meade and the John Gosden-trained Pied Piper in the colours of The Queen look the most interesting of the rest of the debutantes.