ONE MILE about 68 YARDS (8f abt 68yds) (1600m)
First Race
1.45p.m.
THE USAVE BUSINESS ENERGY CONSULTANCY EBF NOVICE STAKES (CLASS 5) (GBB RACE) RACE DESCRIPTION
FOR NOVICE TWO YRS OLD, NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 6
RACE STATISTICS
USAVE Utilities have very generously sponsored this race and will present a memento to the winning owner. In addition, they will present a cash prize to the person in charge of the horse judged to be the best turned out. Owners Prize Money. Winner £2774; Second £1386; Third £694; Fourth £346. (Penalty Value £3510)
This one-mile Novice Stakes is restricted to two-year-olds but in order to take part all of the runners must meet certain conditions. Unlike a maiden, which is restricted to horses yet to record a victory, winning horses which have run in a maximum of six races are eligible to run. Weights are set according to sex before previous winners are allocated penalties depending on the level at which they have been successful. Leading course trainer (16-21): K Dalgleish (59 wins from 445 runners, 13%) runs BELLSLEA Trainer-in-form (last 14 days): M Johnston (17 wins from 102 runners, 17%) runs QITAAL Longest Traveller: SHARVARA trained by R Hannon, Marlborough, 385 miles.
BETTING FORECAST: 5-4 Qitaal (GB),
3-1 Evocative Spark (IRE), 10-3 Sharvara (GB), 16-1 Dark Mystery (IRE), 50-1 Bellslea (IRE), 66-1 Nicolas Andry (IRE) RACE SUMMARY: QITAAL looked badly in need of the experience and shaped well in the circumstances when third at Haydock so is hard to oppose here with a fair bit of improvement in the pipeline. Ffos Las scorer Evocative Spark looks the one to chase home Mark Johnston’s colt, with Thirsk-third Sharvara appealing as the pick of the remainder. 1-2-3: 1.QITAAL 2.EVOCATIVE SPARK (IRE) 3.SHARVARA
RESULTS
TIME/DISTANCE:
1ST .....................................................................................................
2020: IMRAHOR 3 9 5 Ben Curtis 1-2 (Hugo Palmer) 7 ran
2ND.................................................................................................... 3RD .................................................................................................... 4TH .................................................................................................... Last Racecard 6 No. Runs Horse 1 41 EVOCATIVE SPARK 2 66 BELLSLEA 3 8 DARK MYSTERY 4 0 NICOLAS ANDRY 5 3 QITAAL 6 83 SHARVARA
Career Wins 1 — — — — —
Places — — — — — 1
(FOR CONDITIONS OF THIS RACE SEE PAGE 45)
Total Runs 2 2 1 1 1 2
RACEFORM MEDIAN TIME: 1 min 48.40 secs Winning Winning Career Distance Going Winnings Range Range 2777 7F G — — — — —
Runs Since Wins 1 — — — — —
