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Friday 30 May 2025

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Betfred 'Play Fred's 5 Million' Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 19:53 | Winning time: 1m 43.22s

(6)

Forest Caper

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: D Nolan| T: D O'Meara

100/1

Lope De Vega half-brother to several winners, including smart pair 1¼m/10.2f winner Forest of Dean and winner up to 10.2f State Occasion. Plenty to like on paper but this no easy task on belated debut conceding plenty of weight to a host of progressive 3-y-os. Market can guide.

Form:

(10)

Carmichael

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: A J Farragher| T: W J Haggas

33/1

Sottsass gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including smart winner up to 10.2f Lilac Road and useful 1¼m winner Castle Cove. Noteworthy newcomer representing leading stable and confidence behind him in the market would look significant.

Form:

(8)

Fan Club²¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Tom Marquand| T: W J Haggas

5/1

Too Darn Hot colt who fetched plenty as a yearling and he shaped well on sole start at 2 yrs when fourth in 16-runner maiden at Doncaster (7f, soft) in October, putting in good late work under hands-and-heels ride. Sure to progress upped to 1m on first start at 3 yrs.

Form: 4-

(3)

Love Beach²¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J R Fanshawe

12/1

New Bay colt who showed benefit of initial experience when chasing home a pair of newcomers in back-end Nottingham maiden (8.3f, heavy) on final start as a juvenile. Yard know this family very well and another likely to progress this term.

Form: 43-

(4)

Mister Winston²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Oisin Murphy| T: A M Balding| OR: 84

2/1

Churchill colt who has progressed with each start to date, handling the tight track well when second of 9 in maiden at Chester (10.3f, good) 23 days ago. Return to shorter promises to hold no fears and he's of definite interest here.

Form: 9-32

(7)

Jenubiyah³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Aidan Keeley| T: R Varian| BF

50/1

Too Darn Hot filly who has made the frame both starts to date, stepping up a bit on debut amidst lingering greenness when third of 5 in novice at Redcar (1m) 39 days ago. Pedigree an ongoing recommendation and there's better to come this year as stamina is drawn out further.

Form: 3-3

(5)

Participle²⁸⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Rossa Ryan| T: R M Beckett

13/8

Frankel filly who produced a highly promising first effort when just touched off by one who has tasted success at listed level since in 6-runner Salisbury maiden (1m) last August, greenness the deciding factor between the pair. Open to significant improvement and high on the shortlist here.

Form: 2-

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Non-Runners

(9)

Mischief Rule

Weight: 10-2| Age: 4

T: D O'Meara J: C Lee

(1)

Influential²⁹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: R Varian J: S De Sousa

(2)

Mum's Angel⁶¹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: C G Cox J: Callum Shepherd

Forecasts

Participle (13/8), Mister Winston (2/1), Fan Club (5/1), Influential (8/1), Love Beach (12/1), Mum's Angel (20/1), Carmichael (33/1), Mischief Rule (33/1), Jenubiyah (50/1), Forest Caper (100/1)

Despite displaying clear signs of greenness, PARTICIPATE produced a highly promising debut effort when just touched off by a subsequent listed scorer at Salisbury last summer and, looking a sure-fire improver, Ralph Beckett's filly is fancied to go one place better on return. Mister Winston has plenty about him physically and is a chief danger following his excellent second in a maiden at Chester's May Meeting. Influential and Fan Club are others fancied to feature.