May 22 / 13.50 Redcar

13.50

Good

racingtv.com EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (Band D) (EBF Restricted Race Qualifier) (GBB) (Div I)

  • Prize money: £4320
  • 0m 5f 217y
  • Class 5
  • 10 runners
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racingtv.com EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (Band D) (EBF Restricted Race Qualifier) (GBB) (Div I)

Runners: 10 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

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7/2 (Won)

  • Win: £6.20
  • Place: £2.00

Form: 4

Last run: 30 days

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Good sprinting pedigree and offered some promise when fourth of seven at Thirsk last month (5f, soft; 33-1; very green); can prove more potent with that behind him.
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5

(2)

14th Jul 2025

Good

0m 7f 50y

Class 6

16:10 Ayr

Arc Shadowfax

9st 10lb

J: Jack Nicholls

T: Gary Harrison

Sole win was in a Redcar maiden (6f, good) in May 2023; some creditable efforts on AW this year but he struggled over C&D on recent stable debut; that took his handicap record to 0-12 and others are more convincing; visor reapplied.

12/1

3

(5)

6th Jul 2025

Good

0m 7f 50y

Class 6

17:15 Ayr

Arc Shadowfax

9st 11lb

J: Dale Swift

T: Gary Harrison

Below par back on turf last time, taking handicap record to 0-11; best form at 6f; not the percentage call on debut for new yard.

14/1

1

(5)

12th Jun 2025

Good

0m 7f 3y

Class 6

13:52 Yarmouth

Arc Shadowfax

10st 0lb

J: Alfie Redman

T: Gary Harrison

6f maiden winner (good) who has largely been campaigned on AW surfaces of late; well beaten back on turf at Leicester (6f, good to firm) latest; has since changed hands; drops 2lb and is not ruled out each-way if he can transfer some of his better efforts back to this surface.

7/1

2nd
7 (3)
Chumbaa

6/1

  • Place: £1.40

Form: 335

Last run: 19 days

W: 9st 2lb

2 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Has recorded an RPR in the 50s in three runs in 5f novice events to date; more needed now tackling 6f for the first time.
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10th

10

(8)

18th Nov 2023

Standard

0m 6f 20y

Class 5

18:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Chumbaa

9st 5lb

J: Jonny Peate

T: Roger Fell & Sean Murray

Won two in a row (6f maiden/5f nursery) in August but not in quite the same form since, fading when fourth of seven at Newcastle 16 days ago; having her 18th run and looks exposed.

20/1

4th

3

(1)

2nd Nov 2023

Standard

0m 5f 0y

Class 5

17:10 Newcastle (AW)

Chumbaa

9st 9lb

J: Jonny Peate

T: Roger Fell & Sean Murray

prominent

10/1

9/1

  • Place: £1.70

Form: 6

Last run: 21 days

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
40-1 for his Beverley debut three weeks ago when always on the back foot after a slow start; can do better but such progress is a requirement.
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10th

6

(8)

17th Aug 2023

Good To Firm

0m 7f 96y

Class 6

15:00 Beverley

Stamper

9st 5lb

J: Harry Russell

T: Ollie Pears

Showed some promise in his first two starts; well beaten when tried in blinkers in a York seller nine weeks ago; brother to two winners over 1m so this longer trip is likely to be a plus; yard also run Seahorse Syd.

7/1

8th

7

(9)

16th Jun 2023

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 3

14:25 York

Stamper

9st 4lb

J: Cam Hardie

T: Ollie Pears

Dandy Man gelding who built on his debut sixth when third of ten in 6f Redcar maiden 25 days ago; still looked green there so may do better still in first-time blinkers; looks the pick of stable quartet.

6/1

3rd

5

(1)

22nd May 2023

Good

0m 5f 217y

Class 5

13:50 Redcar

Stamper

9st 7lb

J: James Sullivan

T: Ollie Pears

prominent, ridden and weakened over 1f out

9/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
April foal; 3,000gns yearling; half-brother to four winners over 1m+, notably Infrastructure (RPR 100) and Captain Kane (91); dam a 1m2f-1m6f winner (98); stable have had a winning 2yo newcomer this season and worth a market check, for all his future lies over further.
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8

(8)

12th Jan 2024

Standard

0m 6f 20y

Class 5

18:30 Wolverhampton (AW)

Vice Captain

9st 5lb

J: Daniel Muscutt

T: George Scott

Reliable as a 2yo, winning Bath maiden in September and running creditably after three months off when fourth in nursery here on Boxing Day; both those runs were over 5f but he stays 6f well; unlikely to be far away.

7/1

4th

5

(4)

26th Dec 2023

Standard

0m 5f 21y

Class 5

13:50 Wolverhampton (AW)

Vice Captain

9st 8lb

J: Callum Shepherd

T: George Scott

Was on the go early and fully exposed now (at 5f-1m); stiff 5f was fine when off the mark at Bath in the autumn but this will be more about speed and he's some way down the pecking order back from three months off.

12/1

4th

3

(6)

23rd Sep 2023

Soft

0m 5f 0y

Class 5

15:30 Catterick

Vice Captain

9st 9lb

J: Darragh Keenan

T: George Scott

towards rear, switched to near side after 2f

7/2

Form:

Last run:

W: 9st 2lb

2 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
May foal; 19,000euros yearling; half-sister to five winners, notably Listed winner Kilimanjaro (RPR 107) and Aramaic (100); dam 1m winner (70); late foal but still an interesting newcomer for a powerful stable.
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2

(7)

30th Aug 2025

Standard

1m 0f 1y

Class 6

16:50 Lingfield (AW)

Persian Phoenix

11st 2lb

J: Miss Brodie Hampson

T: Archie Watson

Successful on Jersey in May and followed up over 1m2f on AW here in June; his two subsequent efforts have been poor and tries a change of headgear (first-time blinkers in place of cheekpieces) in a bid to get back to form.

8/1

7th

5

(1)

6th Aug 2025

Good

1m 2f 5y

Class 6

14:30 Pontefract

Persian Phoenix

10st 10lb

J: Miss Brodie Hampson

T: Archie Watson

Sole turf win was in Jersey this May, preceding a Lingfield AW win in June; tailed off at Newcastle eight days later, which she needs to bounce back from, but the string of seconds (three on good to firm) at this time last year makes this look a good mark.

11/2

12/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
March foal; 3,500gns foal; dam an unraced half-sister to a couple of fairly useful winners; stable's newcomers usually better for a run.
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12th

16

(7)

18th Sep 2024

Good

1m 0f 100y

Class 6

13:40 Beverley

Marton Heads

8st 10lb

J: Sean Kirrane

T: Tim Easterby

13-race maiden; awkward head-carriage at Catterick (7f) the last twice; best two efforts in terms of RPRs have come here at Beverley, but that's nowhere near enough to recommend him.

10/1

4th

9

(4)

10th Sep 2024

Good

0m 7f 6y

Class 6

16:57 Catterick

Marton Heads

8st 4lb

J: Amie Waugh

T: Tim Easterby

Maiden who again didn't look the easiest of rides under pressure when third in a C&D classified race latest; others preferred.

9/1

3rd

10

(4)

28th Aug 2024

Good

0m 7f 6y

Class 6

15:50 Catterick

Marton Heads

9st 4lb

J: Sean Kirrane

T: Tim Easterby

sweating, prominent

12/1

Form:

Last run: 16 days

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
33-1, green and always in rear on his Thirsk debut 16 days ago (5f, soft); big step forward required.
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12

(11)

11th Dec 2023

Standard

1m 0f 0y

Class 6

17:30 Chelmsford (AW)

Bargain Basement

8st 13lb

J: Joanna Mason

T: Michael & David Easterby

Six-race maiden; finished fourth at Wolverhampton (7f) most recently, improving for gelding operation and/or switch to AW; may well build on that effort; looks worth a crack at 1m; interesting.

13/2

4th

11

(5)

25th Nov 2023

Standard

0m 7f 36y

Class 6

16:15 Wolverhampton (AW)

Bargain Basement

8st 3lb

J: James Sullivan

T: Michael & David Easterby

Doesn't have much worthwhile form, beaten 13l in a first-time visor at Haydock (7f; 200-1) when last seen in August; now makes AW/handicap debut, having been gelded.

25/1

9th

10

(6)

11th Aug 2023

Good To Soft

0m 6f 212y

Class 4

19:25 Haydock

Bargain Basement

9st 3lb

J: Callum Rodriguez

T: Michael & David Easterby

Down the field on all four starts (5f/6f); he'd be a surprise winner now up in trip in first-time headgear.

100/1

Form: 97

Last run: 23 days

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Out the back in two 5f events last month and difficult to recommend.
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7th

7

(8)

18th Jul 2023

Soft

0m 7f 96y

Class 6

14:35 Beverley

Major Kessaar

8st 8lb

J: Connor Beasley

T: Rebecca Menzies

Big prices and well held all four starts, latterly when a long way behind On Borrowed Time and Chicabiddy at Redcar.

16/1

3

(8)

30th Jun 2023

Good

0m 7f 1y

Class 4

18:50 Chester

Major Kessaar

9st 4lb

J: Dougie Costello

T: Rebecca Menzies

No real form of worth, cheekpieces (retained) making little difference when 11l fourth to On Borrowed Time in similar company at Redcar a week ago.

40/1

4th

2

(7)

23rd Jun 2023

Good To Soft

0m 7f 0y

Class 6

13:20 Redcar

Major Kessaar

9st 4lb

J: Jonny Peate

T: Rebecca Menzies

Has not finished within 11l of the winner in three starts; drops into a seller and cheekpieces given a go, but still hard to fancy.

20/1

8/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 9st 2lb

2 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
March foal; 20,000euros yearling; half-sister to 7f winner Hear Me Roar (RPR 73) out of a 7f 2yo winner (88); first 2yo runner of the season for her upwardly mobile yard; likely best watched.
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9th

4

(2)

24th Nov 2023

Standard

0m 7f 14y

Class 5

17:15 Southwell (AW)

Invincible Amy

9st 2lb

J: Callum Hutchinson

T: Gemma Tutty

in touch with leaders

66/1

9th

12

(10)

14th Nov 2023

Standard

0m 7f 14y

Class 4

13:05 Newcastle (AW)

Invincible Amy

8st 9lb

J: Joanna Mason

T: Gemma Tutty

Filly by Invincible Army; sent off at 6-1 on her debut at Redcar last month but was too green to do herself justice and finished nearly 20l ninth of ten; improvement likely but has a tougher task here.

25/1

9th

8

(2)

22nd May 2023

Good

0m 5f 217y

Class 5

13:50 Redcar

Invincible Amy

9st 2lb

J: Sam James

T: Gemma Tutty

March foal; 20,000euros yearling; half-sister to 7f winner Hear Me Roar (RPR 73) out of a 7f 2yo winner (88); first 2yo runner of the season for her upwardly mobile yard; likely best watched.

8/1

Form:

Last run: 7 days

W: 9st 2lb

2 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
18-1 ahead of last week's Wolverhampton debut where the run can be ignored as her rider lost his irons as she reared at the start; not easily recommended after that all the same.
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12

(10)

19th Jun 2023

Good

0m 5f 21y

Class 5

18:05 Windsor

Shah Of The Isle

9st 2lb

J: William Cox

T: Darryll Holland

Had an excuse on debut but was again tailed-off last next time; fitting of hood needs to make a big difference.

50/1

10th

10

(9)

22nd May 2023

Good

0m 5f 217y

Class 5

13:50 Redcar

Shah Of The Isle

9st 2lb

J: Jason Watson

T: Darryll Holland

18-1 ahead of last week's Wolverhampton debut where the run can be ignored as her rider lost his irons as she reared at the start; not easily recommended after that all the same.

16/1

11th

10

(2)

15th May 2023

Standard

0m 5f 21y

Class 5

14:40 Wolverhampton (AW)

Shah Of The Isle

9st 0lb

J: Marco Ghiani

T: Darryll Holland

reared start, ducked sharply right start, jockey lost irons soon after start, in rear throughout

16/1

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Payout
Exacta £22.50
Straight Forecast £20.69
Trifecta £88.20

Selections

Telegraph:

Persian Phoenix

POSTDATA:

Chumbaa

NEWMARKET:

Vice Captain

SPOTLIGHT:

Arc Shadowfax

The Times:

Vice Captain

The Guardian:

Persian Phoenix

D Express:

Persian Phoenix

Daily Mirror:

Persian Phoenix

The Sun:

Persian Phoenix

Daily Record:

Persian Phoenix

Daily Mail:

Chumbaa

The Star:

Chumbaa