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17:10 Newmarket

Ngk Spark Plugs/Fmi Maiden Stakes (Class D) (Class D)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f
  • Going: Good to Firm
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 34.98s
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Larkwing (IRE)

8/13

    2
    Silk -

    Turnstile

    10/1

      1(7)
      Silk - WHITE, large ROYAL BLUE spots, RED cap, WHITE spots

      Flamingo Palace

      40/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0

      always behind, tailed off

      2(2)
      Silk - RED, WHITE braces, sleeves and cap

      Glanworth (IRE)

      8
      66/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0

      tracked leaders, effort over 5f out, soon beaten tailed off

      3(1)
      Silk - Chocolate, Gold braid and sleeves, quartered cap

      Larkwing (IRE)

      15
      8/13
      • Form 4-23
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0

      held up, headway over 3f out, led over 1f out, driven out

      4(3)
      Silk - Purple, Gold braid, Scarlet sleeves, Black velvet cap, Gold fringe

      Turnstile

      36
      10/1
      • Form 4-4
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0

      tracked leader, ridden and effort over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong

      5(5)
      Silk - Green, pink sash and cap, white sleeves

      Water Taxi

      20
      10/3
      • Form 4
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0

      chased leaders, switched left and effort over 1f out, kept on final furlong

      6(6)
      Silk - Yellow, Black spots, Yellow sleeves and cap

      Honeymooning

      12
      12/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9

      held up, driven and headway over 2f out, kept on well inside final furlong

      7(4)
      Silk - Emerald Green, Red stars, Emerald Green sleeves

      Ivy League Star (IRE)

      196
      20/1
      • Form 06-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9

      led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened

      In depth

      Verdict

      Larkwing could be considered unlucky not to be closer last time and gets the vote to gain compensation here, with Turnstile and Water Taxi others for the frame. The selection has the most experience on offer here with three runs in public, and being by Ela-Mana-Mou should be suited by this step up to 12 furlongs. Well beaten by the useful Bull Run on soft at Windsor in April, he was staying on really well when hampered at Chester and looked very unlucky. That is the best form on offer and we will side with him to break his duck here. Of the others, there is little to shout about, with Turnstile trying this trip for the first time. He should be suited by this and needed his first run at Newbury, so with fitness now not in doubt, Her Majesty's colt can go well. Water Taxi's six length Salisbury second to runaway Glasgow Stakes winner Day Flight now reads much better and with faster ground to help his cause he can get much closer here, but we are happy to side with Larkwing, who is a confident choice to get it right this time.