13:10 Newmarket

Friday 2 May 2025

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Darley EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race)

Off time: 13:11 | Winning time: 2m 6.74s

(6)

Pearla

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Tom Marquand| T: W J Haggas

10/3

425,000 gns Sea The Stars half-sister to smart French 9f-1½m winner Place du Carrousel. Holds an entry in the Irish Oaks. Likely type for her leading connections.

Form:

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(2)

Silent Love

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: W Buick| T: C Appleby

10/3

Dubawi filly. Sister to fairly useful 1m winner Whispering Words. Top yard's newcomers always much respected.

Form:

(4)

Understudy

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Oisin Murphy| T: J & T Gosden

13/2

Sea The Stars sister to useful 1¼m winner American Flag and closely related to 1½m winner Auriferous. One of 3 newcomers from her top stable and the betting should help to separate them.

Form:

(5)

Zaltana

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden

11/1

Dubawi half-sister to 11f winner Monterosa and out of an Oaks winner for these connections. Interesting to see how she compares in the betting to her stablemates.

Form:

(1)

Zgharta^h¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A M Balding| BF

13/8

Ghaiyyath filly who has placed twice over shorter trips at this venue, latterly pulling well clear of the rest when second over 1m on her reappearance 17 days ago. Will stay 1¼m and sure to be winning soon.

Form: 3-2

(3)

Zivah

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: K T O'Neill| T: J & T Gosden

18/1

300,000 gns Lope De Vega filly. Dam, 1¼m winner, closely related to smart winner up to 7f Naadirr out of smart 1m-1¼m winner (stayed easy 1½m) Beach Bunny. Possibly not the yard's main hope judged on jockey bookings but the betting should provide more clues.

Form:

Non-Runners

(7)

Three On Thursday⁴

Weight: 9-1| Age: 3

T: A W Carroll J: Jack Doughty

Forecasts

Zgharta (13/8), Pearla (10/3), Silent Love (10/3), Understudy (13/2), Zaltana (11/1), Zivah (18/1), Three On Thursday (100/1)

ZGHARTA achieved enough when second over 1m at the Craven meeting to think it's only a matter of time before she wins a maiden so she's the percentage call before any betting clues are known about the 5 interesting newcomers, best of whom may be Pearla.