16:00 Pontefract

Monday 22 October 2018

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Racing UK On Sky Channel 426 Maiden Stakes (Div 1)

Off time: 16:01 | Winning time: 2m 46.9s

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(2)

Lord Of The Pace

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: P J McDonald| T: C & M Johnston

13/2

Mastercrafstman gelding, half-brother to a winner over this trip. Dam also a winner over this trip and half-sister to Group 1 winner over 1m4f. Yard certainly capable of readying a debutante and market should reveal expectations.

Form:

(6)

Silken Moonlight²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Cam Hardie| T: A D Brown| OR: 37

66/1

Shown very little in her five career starts, including two for this yard and she's hard to fancy on all known form.

Form: 788-69

(8)

Alonso Cano⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: D C Costello| T: J Hughes

25/1

High Chaparral gelding, cost 85,000 gns as a yearling. Half-sister to a miler and dam a 6f winner. Well beaten on debut at Haydock and may need a drop in trip before he's seen at his best.

Form: 6

(5)

Das Kapital³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: J F Egan| T: John Berry| OR: 50

33/1

Cityscape gelding, well beaten on each of his four starts and last of 12 at Yarmouth last time. Hard to fancy on all known form.

Form: 0860

(3)

Foreign Legion^p1⁴⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: D Allan| T: L McJannet

100/1

Declaration Of War colt, cost 180,000 gns as a yearling but resold for just 4,000 gns as a two-year-old. Showed nothing on debut at Lingfield and probably best watched at present.

Form: 0

(4)

Gifts Of Gold²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Harry Bentley| T: S bin Suroor| BF

4/6

Invincible Spirit gelding, cost €280,000 as a foal. Half-brother to three winners including a Listed winner. Dam a half-sister to Group 3 winner. Only narrowly denied when well backed on debut over this trip and hard to beat if he steps up on that.

Form: 2

(1)

Imaginative¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: R Varian| OR: 79

6/4

Showed some promise in maiden company and best effort yet when runner-up in a handicap at Nottingham last time. A repeat of that should see him go close but perhaps a little vulnerable to less exposed types.

Form: 4-7362

(10)

Sledmere⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Nathan Evans| T: Samantha & Jacqueline Coward

50/1

Well beaten at big odds on both his starts to date and would need to improve markedly to play a part here.

Form: 77

(11)

Debbi's Dream²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Robbie Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: Ronald Thompson

100/1

Beaten out of sight and not beaten a rival home in two starts to date. Looks limited.

Form: 06

(7)

Wadacre Gigi¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: J Fanning| T: C & M Johnston

25/1

Struggled twice over similar trips to this and likely in need of more time.

Form: 96

Non-Runners

(9)

Happy Hollow⁸⁹⁹

Weight: 9-11| Age: 6

T: J Candlish J: A Mullen

Forecasts

Gifts Of Gold (4/6), Imaginative (6/4), Lord Of The Pace (13/2), Happy Hollow (12/1), Wadacre Gigi (25/1), Alonso Cano (25/1), Das Kapital (33/1), Sledmere (50/1), Silken Moonlight (66/1), Foreign Legion (100/1), Debbi's Dream (100/1)

GIFTS OF GOLD was only narrowly denied on debut and he's likely to take a step forward from that here. Imaginative put in a career best effort last time and has solid place claims while debutante Lord Of The Pace is well bred and can't be ruled out.