12:00 Wolverhampton

Friday 12 June 2020

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British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes

Off time: 12:00 | Winning time: 1m 14.1s

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Branston Lion

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: F Norton| T: C & M Johnston

7/1

Cost 21,000 gns as a yearling; sixth foal related to plenty of winners up to a mile; stable in good form including with their juveniles; excellent chance.

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(8)

Choritzo

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Hollie Doyle| T: D Loughnane

14/1

Cheaply bought colt; first foal; dam was prolific winner including on the AW; also related to many winners on an artificial surface; interesting to see level of market support.

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Golden Claim

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: K Stott| T: I Mohammed

16/1

Fetched 25,000gns as a yearling; eight foal related to numerous winners in distance in excess of a mile and on the AW; hard to assess but worth a check in the betting.

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Go Oscar Go

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: K T O'Neill| T: D M Loughnane

80/1

Sold for 25,000 euros as a yearling; first foal; dam was placed in Listed class including as a two-year-old; respected on pedigree; stable not well known for winners with juveniles.

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Hot Scoop⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: S De Sousa| T: J A Osborne

9/4

Purchased for 11,000 gns as a yearling in October last year; decent effort on debut last week at Lingfield when keeping on in the closing stages after a poor start; should be better for that and leading contender.

Form: 2

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Illustrator

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: D Allan| T: J Tate

17/2

Cost 21,000 euros as a yearling; fouth foal; related to a few decent performers including on the AW; breeding hardly shouts winner but a look in the betting ring would do no harm.

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Imperial Fora^p1⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: D Tudhope| T: B J Meehan

5/2

£35,000 yearling, third foal, half-brother to useful winner at up to 6f; never a factor on racecourse debut At Newmarket earlier this month; entitled to improve.

Form: 7

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Obtuse¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: E J Walsh| T: P D Evans

22/1

First foal of a dam who was a winning sprinter over 6f, also successful over 5f as a 2yo. Cost €32,000 as a yearling; will need to improve on green debut at Newcastle last week but stable generally does well with two-year-olds.

Form: 8

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Starseed

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: D C Costello| T: M Botti

13/2

Fourth foal related to many previous winners including on the AW; stable has fair record with juveniles; difficult to assess and probably best watched unless plenty of stable confidence.

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Forecasts

Hot Scoop (9/4), Imperial Fora (5/2), Starseed (13/2), Branston Lion (7/1), Illustrator (17/2), Choritzo (14/1), Golden Claim (16/1), Obtuse (22/1), Go Oscar Go (80/1)

BRANSTON LION looks to have the right credentials to get off the mark first time up. The colt is related to plenty of winners including on the AW and his trainer is already among the winners: His draw should be an advantage too. Although not having much chance with the impressive winner Hot Scoop showed he had a reasonable amount of ability when finishing runner-up on his only start despite problems at the start. Given a better start, he should go well. While Imperial Fora did not show too much on his debut recently, he should have learned from that experience and it is encouraging he is turned out again so quickly.