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16:10 Great Leighs

Hedge End Island Median Auction Maiden Stakes (Class 6)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 1f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £3,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 4.57s
  • Off Time: 16:14:28
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Open Sesame (IRE)

8/13

    2
    Silk -

    Solo Choice

    12/1

      1(2)
      Silk - Light Blue and Royal Blue stripes, Royal Blue sleeves, quartered cap

      Derringbay (IRE)

      90
      66/1
      • Form 00-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-3

      tracked leaders, effort on inside over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace

      2(7)
      Silk - DARK BLUE, YELLOW epaulets

      Open Sesame (IRE)

      8/13
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-3

      held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, soon chasing leaders, driven to lead inside final furlong, ran on strongly

      3(6)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Light Blue epaulets, Light Blue and Royal Blue hooped sleeves

      Solo Choice

      21
      12/1
      • Form 53-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-3

      tracked leaders, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra

      4(4)
      Silk - Black, Pink star, Black sleeves, Pink stars, Pink cap

      Dante Deo (USA)

      32
      3/1
      • Form 42-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-12

      led, reluctant, hard ridden, headed over 2f out, soon weakened, eased

      6(3)
      Silk - Dark Blue, large Light Blue spots, spots on sleeves and spots on cap

      Gaselee (USA)

      16/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-12

      held up in rear, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never able to challenge

      7(1)
      Silk - Maroon, White seams, halved sleeves, Maroon cap

      Giant Strides

      11
      8/1
      • Form 84-4
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-12
      • Official Rating 62

      in touch, under pressure over 2f out, soon beaten

      5(5)
      NR

      Finger Spin

      66/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-12

      Withdrawn

      In depth

      Verdict

      Of the seven runners here, only four have raced before and they've got the grand total of nine runs between them, so a market check is essential, but in the absence of much form we'll speculatively put up one of the debutants in OPEN SESAME, ahead of Solo Choice and Dante Deo. Peter Chapple-Hyam knows the time of day when it comes to turning out first time winners, and his runner here is his only one on the card. He could be anything, but we'd be prepared to take a chance, especially if there's any money for him in the ring. Solo Choice steps up in trip after a couple of runs at Southwell, in which he was slowly away on both occasions, so a couple of extra furlongs may iron out that problem. Dante Deo has also had a couple of runs on the fibre sand and was also placed second time out, and but for encountering some trouble in running could have broken her maiden then. It's not a lump on type of contest and any support should be taken into calculations, but tentatively we'll put up Open Sesame.

      Formwatch

      Derringbay (IRE) 66-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, always behind, never dangerous final 2f, 10th of 13, 12l behind Axel Foley (9-3) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn (5) pol in Oct.

      Open Sesame (IRE) Key Of Luck colt out of Chiquita Linda.

      Solo Choice 40-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, headway after 3f, ridden halfway, headway approaching final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 9, 4l behind Trueblue Wizard (9-3) at Southwell 7f 2yo mdn (5) fbs in Dec.

      Dante Deo (USA) 6-1 (8-12) In touch, not much room when hampered over 3f and lost ground, switched right over 2f, stayed on final furlong, 2nd of 7, 10l behind Confucius Captain (9-3) at Southwell 7f 2yo mdn auc (6) fbs in Dec.

      Gaselee (USA) Toccet filly out of Vingt Et Une.

      Giant Strides 40-1 (8-12) In rear, ran on inside final furlong, never near to a challenge, 4th of 8, 3l behind Romantic Queen (8-12) at W'hampton 6f 3yo mdn (5) pol.

      Finger Spin Vettori filly out of Light Hand.