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16:40 Southwell

Miss Saigon Banded Stakes

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 5f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Fibresand
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 0m 59.17s
  • 13 Ran
1(4)
Silk - Red, Royal Blue star, Royal Blue sleeves, Red stars, Red cap, Royal Blue star
7/2
  • Form 773121
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 50

with leader, led over 1f out, headed and no extra close home

2(9)
Silk - Red and Yellow check, Yellow and Red diabolo on sleeves
6/1
  • Form 895-454
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 49

always prominent, hard ridden and effort inside final furlong, kept on

3(11)
Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow sash, Royal Blue and White hooped sleeves, Royal Blue and Yellow hooped cap

Petite Mac

221 D
66/1
  • Form 5187/07-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 51

always behind

4(13)
Silk - White, Royal Blue spots, White spots on Royal Blue sleeves and cap

Vlasta Weiner

10 b C
7/1
  • Form 122416
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 47

chased leader, driven to challenge over 2f out, soon one pace

5(5)
Silk - Dark Blue and Yellow (quartered), Yellow sleeves, Dark Blue stars and stars on cap

Beamsley Beacon

21 b CD
11/4
  • Form 222231
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 57

chased leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong

6(2)
Silk - Red, Black braces, Black and Red check sleeves, Black cap
16/1
  • Form 919-804
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 48

chased leaders over 3f

7(12)
Silk - Red and White check, Black sleeves, White armlets, Black cap

Danakim

5 bet CD
14/1
  • Form 812073
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 45

chased leaders, weakened over 2f out

8(8)
Silk - White, Chocolate sleeves, Chocolate and White striped cap
14/1
  • Form 532-034
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 45

chased leaders, outpaced halfway, soon beaten

9(3)
Silk - White, Emerald Green chevrons, Emerald Green sleeves,  White armlets, White cap, Emerald Green star

Off Hire

15 v CD
40/1
  • Form 961-865
  • Age 9
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 45

chased leaders, outpaced halfway, soon behind

10(7)
Silk - PINK, DARK BLUE cross belts, hooped sleeves and cap

Percy Douglas

21 vt D
20/1
  • Form 679-094
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 45

soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

11(1)
Silk - BROWN, ORANGE hoop and sleeves

Torrent

21 b D
20/1
  • Form 26-5546
  • Age 10
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 45

held up in touch, chased leaders over 1f out, driven and ran on to lead closing stages, readily

12(6)
Silk - Maroon, White hoops, striped sleeves
  • Form 480-400
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-5
  • Official Rating 47

always behind

13(10)
Silk - Maroon and Yellow check, Maroon sleeves, Yellow cap

Bahamian Bay

24 CD
7/1
  • Form 808-1
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-3
  • Official Rating 45

slowly into stride, soon chased leaders, weakened and hung left over 2f out

In depth

Verdict

This is a very tricky finale and it is not with great confidence that Beamsley Beacon is chosen to beat Bahamian Bay and He's a Rocket. The Michael Dodds trained four-year-old had been knocking on the door for sometime before finally landing a modest event over course and distance last time. He just got the better of He's A Rocket, who followed up next time. So the form is pretty solid and Beamsley Beacon at the weights should again just have the measure of Karl Burke's runner. Bahamian Boy will be a major threat to all following a comfortable victory over Levelled here last month. That was his first sign of any worthwhile form and there may be more to come. Best of the others could be Vlasta Weiner, but now that Beamsley Beacon has found out how to win he could run up a sequence.

Formwatch

He's A Rocket (IRE) 2-1fav Tracked leader, led 1f out, ridden out, won at Lingfield 5f stk (H5) pol in Mar beating Hellbent by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.

Count Cougar (USA) 11-1 Led, ridden and headed well over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 4th of 14, 1 1/2l behind Radlett Lady at Southwell 6f stk (H5) fbs in Mar.

Vlasta Weiner 4-1jt-fav In touch, ridden when bumped over 2f out, soon one pace, 6th of 12, 4l behind Countrywide Girl at W'hampton 7f stk pol in Mar.

Beamsley Beacon 7-4fav Made most, ridden and hung left halfway, driven final furlong, stayed on, won at Southwell 5f stk (H5) fbs in Mar beating He's A Rocket by a nk, 10 ran.

The Baroness (IRE) 8-1 Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, unable to quicken, 4th of 10, 2 1/2l behind He's A Rocket at Lingfield 5f stk (H5) pol in Mar.

Lake Eyre (IRE) 5-1 Prominent, ridden and every chance from 2f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 13, 2 1/2l behind Largs at Southwell 6f mdn clm (H5) fbs in Feb.

Percy Douglas 16-1 With winner, ridden halfway, every chance 1f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 1 1/2l behind Beamsley Beacon at Southwell 5f stk (H5) fbs in Mar.

Bahamian Bay 4-1jt-fav Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, kept on, won at Southwell 5f stk (H5) fbs in Mar beating Levelled by 1 1/2l, 14 ran.