EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:52 | Winning time: 1m 11.99s

(3)

Gold Reef City³³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Rhys Clutterbuck| T: R M Beckett

3/1

Dark Angel colt. Half-brother to useful 2-y-o 6f winner Egoli. Dam, 1m winner, half-sister to smart winner up to 1m Havana Gold. Held back by greenness when seventh of 11 in a warm novice (3/1) at Salisbury (6f, good) on debut. Capable of better.

Form: 7

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(2)

Halloween Jack

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Ashley Lewis⁽⁵⁾| T: E Walker

17/2

Foaled March 31. Starman colt. Dam unraced sister to smart 5f/6f winner Son of Rest. Newcomer to note.

Form:

(1)

Supreme Star²²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Benoit D L Sayette| T: M Botti

25/1

Unpopular at the sales and didn't show much in Nottingham maiden.

Form: 6

(4)

Tawakal

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: James Doyle| T: S & E Crisford

4/9

Foaled March 25. €36,000 yearling (private sale), €325,000 2-y-o, Starspangledbanner colt. Half-brother to useful 7f winner Baraniya and 6f/7f winner Baladiya. Dam, 2-y-o 7f winner, half-sister to useful 8.6f-1½m winner Bashiyr. Likely newcomer.

Form:

(5)

Whiskey Galore¹⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Ross Coakley| T: M L W Bell

100/1

35,000 gns yearling, Sergei Prokofiev colt. Half-brother to several winners, including useful winner up to 1½m Goodwood Odyssey (2-y-o 1m winner) and 1m winner Delta Bay. Very green and always behind in Epsom maiden.

Form: 8

Forecasts

Tawakal (4/9), Gold Reef City (3/1), Halloween Jack (17/2), Supreme Star (25/1), Whiskey Galore (100/1)

A good chance that expensive breeze-up purchase TAWAKAL can make a winning start, though Gold Reef City showed a bit in a warm Salisbury novice, while Halloween Jack is another newcomer who has appeal.