14:42 Salisbury

Thursday 2 October 2025

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Pyledriver British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2)

Off time: 14:53 | Winning time: 1m 31.57s

(1)

Battosai

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: D Egan| T: B J Meehan

7/2

Foaled April 3. €74,000 foal, €170,000 yearling, Invincible Spirit colt. Dam, fairly useful 1½m winner, closely related to smart 7f winner Silent Escape.

Form:

(10)

Hurricane Laughter

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: K Shoemark| T: E Walker

7/1

Foaled March 3. Oasis Dream colt. Closely related to useful 5f/6f winner Beyond Equal and 2-y-o 6f winner Sarsaparilla and half-brother to several winners, including US 1m winner.

Form:

(9)

Illy's Roo¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Tom Marquand| T: J Channon

16/5

22/1, eighth of 13 in novice at Newbury (7f, soft) on debut 12 days ago.

Form: 8

(8)

Mertoun

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Rossa Ryan| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam

6/4

Foaled May 2. 100,000 gns yearling, Oasis Dream colt. Dam 1¼m-14.5f winner. Lot to like on paper.

Form:

(2)

Phantom Shadow

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Millie Wonnacott⁽⁵⁾| T: Harry Charlton

11/1

Foaled April 14. €10,000 foal, 26,000 gns yearling, Toronado colt. Brother to French 9f winner Firth of Fifth. Dam 7f winner.

Form:

(3)

Sergei Breeze

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Gina Mangan| T: Mrs R Ford

150/1

Foaled March 5. 5,000 gns foal, Sergei Prokofiev colt. Dam 7f winner.

Form:

(7)

Station Bar¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Edward Greatrex| T: Eve Johnson Houghton

25/1

Twice-raced maiden. Tenth of 14 in novice (100/1) at Kempton (7f) 14 days ago, merely closing up late.

Form: 00

(5)

Atalanta Mist

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Harry Davies| T: M P Tregoning

18/1

Foaled March 5. 1,000 gns foal, 1,000 gns yearling, Ulysses filly. Dam, runner-up at 1m, half-sister to very smart winner up to 1m Kinross out of useful winner up to 10.3f (2-y-o 8.3f winner) Ceilidh House.

Form:

Non-Runners

(6)

Brocklesby Bill

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: Kathy Turner J: Ben Ffrench-Davis

(4)

Decem Starr²³

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: Jack Jones J: Oisin Murphy

Forecasts

Mertoun (6/4), Decem Starr (6/4), Illy's Roo (16/5), Battosai (7/2), Hurricane Laughter (7/1), Phantom Shadow (11/1), Atalanta Mist (18/1), Station Bar (25/1), Brocklesby Bill (25/1), Sergei Breeze (150/1)

Not a deep novice so MERTOUN a six-figure yearling and a well-bred colt could be up to the task on debut. Decem Starr showed enough last time to expect him to be bang there, with Battosai another interesting debutant.