15:20 Lingfield

Friday 4 March 2022

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Betway Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:22 | Winning time: 2m 8.59s

(1)

Homeric⁷⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden| BF

8/11

Twice-raced colt. Seventh of 13 in minor event at Kempton (8f, 6/5) 75 days ago. Up in trip. Shaped well on debut, and freshened up by a break, so remains with potential.

Form: 37-

(2)

Ocean Ruler¹³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Callum Shepherd| T: J Tate

12/1

Twice-raced colt. Fifth of 9 in minor event at Redcar (9f, good to soft, 28/1). Off 130 days. Unlikely to feature.

Form: 05-

(5)

Blenheim Belle

Age: 3| Weight: 8-2| J: George Rooke⁽³⁾| T: T Ward

33/1

Churchill filly. Half-sister to several winners, including 1m winner Amboseli and winner up to 15f Harmysian, both useful. Dam placed at 1m-10.5f in France. Makes some appeal on paper.

Form:

(6)

Nova Vida⁷⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-2| J: Tyler Heard⁽⁵⁾| T: M McGrath

50/1

Once-raced filly. 250/1, sixth of 10 in maiden at Kempton (8f) on debut 77 days ago. Up in trip. Could learn from that initial experience, so no forlorn hope.

Form: 6-

(7)

Rikona¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-2| J: L Morris| T: S Dow

15/2

Twice-raced filly. 33/1, first run since leaving Roger Charlton when fourth of 8 in maiden at this C&D (AW) 13 days ago. Likely to improve again, so worth considering,

Form: 7-4

(4)

Teagarden Jazz

Age: 3| Weight: 8-2| J: Hollie Doyle| T: H & R Charlton

5/2

Golden Horn filly. Half-sister to 2-y-o 6f winner On My Way. Dam 1¼m/11f winner. Notable newcomer.

Form:

Result Amended

Homeric - Original Position 2nd. Amended Position 1st.

Ocean Ruler - Original Position 1st. Amended Position 3rd.

Rikona - Original Position 3rd. Amended Position 2nd.

Non-Runners

(3)

Mohassana⁹

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: A West J: Tom Marquand

(8)

Kasai River³⁵

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: A King J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Homeric (8/11), Teagarden Jazz (5/2), Mohassana (7/2), Rikona (15/2), Kasai River (10/1), Ocean Ruler (12/1), Blenheim Belle (33/1), Nova Vida (50/1)

TEAGARDEN JAZZ has a reasonable pedigree and is in good hands, so she might be worth chancing on debut in a race that might not take much winning. Homeric is another obvious player if he can build on his debut at the second attempt and another step forward from Rikona would put her right in the mix.