20:15 Wolverhampton

Saturday 16 March 2019

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Betway Maiden Stakes

Off time: 20:20 | Winning time: 1m 12.81s

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Easy Money⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Ben Sanderson⁽⁵⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray

33/1

Fair sixth on debut at Chelmsford (6f) in January and purchased for 5,500 gns subsequently. Likely more needed if he is to break his maiden on this occasion.

Form: 6

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Lauberhorn Rocket³³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: K T O'Neill| T: Tim Vaughan

50/1

Decent effort in finishing seventh in a heavy ground 1m maiden at Leopardstown in April last year. Absent since and interesting to see how he fares on stable debut having been gelded in the interim.

Form: 7-

(8)

Bannockburn

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: J Fanning| T: K Dalgleish

22/1

Unraced Battle Of Marengo gelding cost connections €85,000 at the sales as a yearling in 2017. Market support would be notable for a stable with a 23% strike-rate (3/13) in recent weeks.

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(10)

Empty Promises¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Finley Marsh⁽³⁾| T: Frank Bishop

33/1

Placed twice over C&D including when beaten 6¾L when finishing third last time out. Remains open to improvement but has a wide draw to overcome if he is to take this event.

Form: 23

(2)

Ghost Buy^t1⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Jason Hart| T: I Furtado

22/1

Stepped up on debut effort when finishing fourth in a 5f novice event at Newcastle in January. Given a break since and is an interesting runner on his first attempt at this distance.

Form: 6-4

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Global Prospector

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: A Kirby| T: C G Cox

3/1

Unraced Scat Daddy colt bought for 800,000 gns at the breeze-up sales in April last year. Half-brother to useful sprinter Dali and is one for the shortlist despite being drawn wide on debut.

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Moss Gill²⁹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Josephine Gordon| T: J D Bethell

16/1

Finished well held in a 5f novice contest at Carlisle (good-to-firm) in May last year on his sole start at two. Gelded since but probably best watched at present.

Form: 8-

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Phosphor¹⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Rob Hornby| T: M Meade| BF

5/6

Good second in a 7f novice event at Newbury (good-to-soft) in September last year and a decent effort when fifth in a big field over an extended 6f at the same venue subsequently. Sets the standard on form.

Form: 25-

(3)

Arvensis

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Charlie Bennett| T: H Morrison

33/1

Unraced Sir Percy filly and a half-sister to a number of winners including connections useful filly Kasumi. Market support would be notable on racecourse debut.

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(1)

Doti¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: George Wood| T: B R Millman

100/1

Struggled in both starts so far most recently when beaten 16L in a 6f maiden at Kempton last month. Likely to be of more interest once eligible for handicaps.

Form: 00

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Frea⁵⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: L Morris| T: H J L Dunlop

80/1

Finished well beaten in a couple of Kempton novice events over 7f in January. Returning from a break here but probably best watched at present.

Form: 00

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Victory Rose

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Nicola Currie| T: L McJannet

50/1

Unraced daughter of Bated Breath bought for 8,000 gns at the sales as a yearling. Half-sister to dual winning sprinter Restless Rose and worth a check in the market on debut.

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Wise Words¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: F Norton| T: J Tate

5/1

Promising second beaten ½L in a 6f novice event at Newcastle on debut just over two weeks ago. Improvement likely and hails from a yard with a 33% strike-rate (3/9) in recent weeks.

Form: 2

Forecasts

Phosphor (5/6), Global Prospector (3/1), Wise Words (5/1), Moss Gill (16/1), Ghost Buy (22/1), Bannockburn (22/1), Empty Promises (33/1), Easy Money (33/1), Arvensis (33/1), Victory Rose (50/1), Lauberhorn Rocket (50/1), Frea (80/1), Doti (100/1)

PHOSPHOR looks the pick of these on form following a couple of good runs on turf last autumn and he can break his maiden in this 6f novice event. Global Prospector was an expensive breeze-up purchase last spring and he can claim second spot on debut ahead of Wise Words who performed well when finishing runner-up on her only start so far.