19:20 Leicester

Monday 16 May 2022

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British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 19:20 | Winning time: 1m 22.62s

(8)

Aqwaam³⁶⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Jim Crowley| T: Ian Williams

25/1

Promising type. Sixth of 13 in novice at Newmarket (1m, good to soft) on debut last May. Subsequently bought out of Roger Varian's stable for 45,000 gns. Capable of better.

Form: 6-

(7)

Doves Delight²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Robert Tart| T: M Mullineaux

300/1

No show in a bumper and 2 Flat runs.

Form: 04

(3)

Shining Blue

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: D Tudhope| T: S bin Suroor

5/6

Exceed And Excel half-brother to 8.6f winner French Twist. Dam, placed at 5.5f-6f in US, half-sister to smart 1m/9f winner Folk. Belated debut but possibly significant that yard has persevered. Interesting to see how he goes in betting.

Form:

(4)

Doux Esprit⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: R Varian

15/2

7/2, sixth of 13 in novice at Kempton (7f) on debut 40 days ago, not knocked about. Will improve.

Form: 6

(5)

Dukedom¹⁵⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Benoit D L Sayette⁽⁷⁾| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 78| BF

9/2

Superbly-bred but failed to build on an encouraging debut second in 4 subsequent runs as a juvenile. Has been gelded ahead of this reappearance.

Form: 24524-

(1)

Giovanni Baglione¹³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: R Kingscote| T: J Parr

12/1

17/2, in need of experience when sixth of 11 in novice at Lingfield (7f, AW) on debut in January. Off since/gelded. May well do better.

Form: 6

(9)

Kanakam¹⁵²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S M Levey| T: M Meade

18/1

9/1, showed plenty to work on when fifth of 9 in novice at Kempton (7f) on debut in December. Open to progress on return.

Form: 5-

(2)

Maggie And Me²⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: K Shoemark| T: H & R Charlton

6/1

Promising type. Second of 5 in novice at Sandown (1m, good to soft, 12/1) on debut last September. Likely improver. Yard had a 3-y-o filly run out the comfortable winner of a 7f novice at Newbury last Friday so a market move for this one could be significant.

Form: 2-

Non-Runners

(6)

Footsy

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: W J Haggas J: Cieren Fallon

Forecasts

Shining Blue (5/6), Dukedom (9/2), Maggie And Me (6/1), Footsy (13/2), Doux Esprit (15/2), Giovanni Baglione (12/1), Kanakam (18/1), Aqwaam (25/1), Doves Delight (300/1)

A lot of these are open to improvement. MAGGIE AND ME gets the vote on the back of her promising opening second last autumn, with confidence increased should the betting vibes be strong given that the stable had a 3-y-o filly score in good style over this trip at Newbury last week. Doux Esprit and Aqwaam are possible threats after encouraging debut runs, while Footsy and Shining Blue are newcomers to keep a close eye on in the market.