QTS Training Maiden Stakes

Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 1m 13.16s

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(3)

A Boy Named Ivy

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: G Lee| T: A C Whillans

33/1

€4,500 yearling (resold for €7,000); fourth foal; closely related to the 6½f juvenile winner Ralphy Boy Two (same stable); half-brother to winners Saint Equiano (6f-7f) and Keycountry (Italy, 1m-1m1½f).

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(2)

Internationaldream²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: T Hamilton| T: R A Fahey

3/1

€38,000 foal; €60,000 yearling; dam was a 6f winner; wasn't beaten too far on debut at Newcastle (5f) when finishing seventh of 12 to the James Tate-trained Victory Heights.

Form: 7

(4)

Meshakel¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: J Fanning| T: C & M Johnston| BF

1/2

500,000gns yearling; first foal from the Listed winner Mehronissa (6f-7f); encountered ground on the easy side of good when a weakening third (beaten 6½L) to Lauded at Haydock (6f) a fortnight ago.

Form: 3

(1)

Summa Peto

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: K Dalgleish

6/1

$54,000 yearling; fifth foal from an unraced sister to the US stakes-placed 6f AW winner Nijinsky's Song; market may provide a helpful guide.

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Forecasts

Meshakel (1/2), Internationaldream (3/1), Summa Peto (6/1), A Boy Named Ivy (33/1)

A moderate numerical turnout for the first race to be held in Scotland since March 16th (Kelso). A Boy Named Ivy and Summa Peto make their respective racecourse debuts for Alistair Whillans and Keith Dalgleish. Mark Johnston's Meshakel was a beaten favourite on debut at Haydock, but with the benefit of that experience banked could appreciate the projected faster ground. However, a very marginal preference is for Richard Fahey's INTERNATIONALDREAM who wasn't beaten too far on debut at Newcastle (by the subsequent Windsor Castle Stakes sixth Victory Heights).