13:30 Haydock

Saturday 26 April 2025

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Darley EBF Novice Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race)

Off time: 13:31 | Winning time: 2m 30.2s

1^st

(2)

Opportunity

39-4

13/8f

T: W J HaggasJ: Tom Marquand

Led 1f, tracked leader until 8f out, handy 3rd inside pushed along and ran green over 2f out, angled out inside final 2f, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, led final strides tchd 6/4

2^nd

(5)

Rahiebb

39-10

7/2

T: R VarianJ: S De Sousa

Tracked leader, led after 1f, ridden inside final 3f, driven and stayed on inside final furlong, caught final strides

3^rd

(4)

Renato

39-4

14/1

T: M BottiJ: Marco Ghiani

Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 1f out until towards finish, no extra in 3rd op 11/1 tchd 16/1

4^th

3 ¼

(3)

Caliban

39-4

16/1

T: A M BaldingJ: Jason Watson

Slowly into stride, soon held up in last pair, moderate headway inside final furlong, took 4th towards finish tchd 12/1

5^th

(6)

Minhad

39-4

28/1

T: I MohammedJ: Paddy Bradley

Tracked leaders out wide, went 2nd 8f out, ridden and lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 20/1 tchd 33/1

6^th

2 ½

(7)

Emerald Island

39-4

28/1

T: D MenuisierJ: Rossa Ryan

Steadied rear, never on terms op 25/1 tchd 22/1

7^th

3 ¼

(1)

Antrim

39-4

2/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: K Shoemark

Raced keenly, held up in in last trio, headway out wide over 3f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f op 9/4 and tchd 5/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.63Pl:£1.40, £2.00EX:£7.10Trifecta:£31.30SF:£7.56Swingers:£1.60, £4.10, £3.50

Forecasts

Opportunity (13/8), Antrim (2/1), Rahiebb (7/2), Renato (14/1), Caliban (16/1), Minhad (28/1), Emerald Island (28/1)

RAHIEBB had created quite a big impression when making a winning debut at Newcastle so is worth another chance to defy a penalty having still looked green when runner-up back there 5 weeks ago. This does look a warm maiden, though, with likely improvers Opportunity and Antrim heading the dangers.

RAHIEBB
OPPORTUNITY
ANTRIM

Previous Winners

2024

Nellie Leylax

Weight: 9-9 |Age: 3

J: Pierre-Louis Jamin | T: Tom Dascombe

11/4

Prize Money

1st: £20,616.002nd: £9,668.003rd: £4,836.004th: £2,416.005th: £1,208.006th: £604.00

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