August 08 / 18.45 Sandown

18.45

Good

British EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £5400
  • 1m 0f 0y
  • Class 4
  • 8 runners
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British EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Cloudy

7/1 (Won)

  • Win: £3.20
  • Place: £1.40

Form:

Last run:

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Closely related to winners Patient Dream (7f-1m2f including 2yo; RPR 92) and Latin Verse (1m4f AW/2m; 83) and half-brother to 1m4f winner Sweet Fantasy (including AW; 82); dam 1m4f winner (including AW; 82); his leading stable had a promising first-time-out 2yo winner over a similar trip at Ffos Las on Tuesday; betting informative.
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1st

3

(4)

20th Aug 2025

Good To Firm

1m 3f 188y

Class 1

15:00 York

Pride Of Arras

9st 5lb

J: Rossa Ryan

T: Ralph Beckett

Won his only race as a 2yo and the future looked bright indeed when he reappeared with a ready win in the Group 2 Dante at York (1m2f, good to firm) in May; his career has gone dramatically off the rails in the Derby (4-1 second favourite) and Irish Derby, however, and with far fewer apparent excuses in the latter, which was followed soon afterwards by a gelding operation; begins the road back by returning to the scene of his finest hour.

9/1

4

(8)

29th Jun 2025

Good

1m 4f 0y

16:10 Curragh

Pride Of Arras

9st 2lb

J: Rossa Ryan

T: Ralph Beckett

Impressed despite betraying inexperience when winning a 1m maiden on good at Sandown; on sole 2yo start; became a strong Derby candidate after his winning return in the Group 2 Dante at York; nothing went right for him at Epsom (bumped at the start, failed to settle well, raced wide); one bad run can be forgiven, but wider doubts about the Dante form abound.

15/2

9/4

  • Place: £1.50

Form:

Last run:

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Gelded son of Kingman; closely related to 5.5f-7f winner Whispering Dream (including 2yo/AW/France; RPR 106) and half-brother to 7f 2yo winner Wild Goddess (96); dam Group-placed 7f 2yo winner (103); top yard has a 16-43 record with 2yos here in the last five years, including a highly impressive debut winner a fortnight ago.
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3rd

4

(2)

21st May 2026

Good

0m 7f 15y

Class 3

16:25 Musselburgh

Wild Nature

9st 7lb

J: Oisin Orr

T: Edward Bethell

His best efforts for Godolphin came on AW; no show in two turf runs for Ed Bethell in the autumn but he bounced back to form wih a bang when making all in a 7f handicap at Kempton in November; a 2lb rise is manageable but there are other front-runners on show and he has a 197-day absence to overcome back on turf.

7/2

6

(7)

14th Oct 2025

Good

0m 7f 0y

Class 3

16:44 Leicester

Wild Nature

9st 8lb

J: Callum Rodriguez

T: Edward Bethell

Ex-Charlie Appleby; won Kempton nursery in December (7f, standard to soft) but has been well beaten on turf since, latest on stable debut having been bought for 65,000gns in July; bit to prove now.

16/1

9th

11

(6)

13th Sep 2025

Good To Soft

1m 0f 0y

Class 2

13:15 Doncaster

Wild Nature

8st 10lb

J: Jason Hart

T: Edward Bethell

Ended his 2024 campaign with AW win but failed to beat a rival, back on turf, in sole run this term (May); sold out of Charlie Appleby's yard for 65,000gns in July; market may guide.

20/1

13/8

  • Place: £1.20

Form:

Last run:

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
500,000gns yearling; brother to 6f 2yo/7f Group 3 winner Age Of Kings (RPR 113); dam 1m-1m2f winner (including 2yo Group 2; 110); makes obvious paper appeal for a leading stable which took this with the smart Arrest two years ago and with high-class Too Darn Hot in 2018.
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5th

2

(6)

12th Oct 2024

Good To Soft

1m 2f 0y

Class 1

13:50 Newmarket

Dunamase

9st 4lb

J: James Doyle

T: John & Thady Gosden

Kingman colt who cost 500,000gns as a yearling; promising third in a maiden at Sandown (1m, good) and 8-11 winner of Kempton novice (1m, AW) three weeks later; has Group 1 Futurity entry this month; brother to smart Age Of Kings and looks a good prospect himself.

9/2

1st

3

(6)

28th Aug 2024

Standard To Slow

1m 0f 0y

Class 5

18:00 Kempton (AW)

Dunamase

9st 4lb

J: James Doyle

T: John & Thady Gosden

prominent

6/4

OUR TIP

16/1

Form: 6

Last run: 14 days

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
40-1, showed a bit on his 7f debut here (good) a fortnight ago but not enough to think he'd be winning second time up.
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10

(6)

12th Jul 2025

Good

1m 0f 68y

Class 4

20:00 Hamilton

Beechdale

8st 13lb

J: William Pyle

T: Linda Perratt

Showed some promise in his juvenile campaign but he's finished tailed in both runs for new yard this season; still lightly raced but he has lots to prove.

50/1

10

(7)

27th Jun 2025

Standard

1m 0f 5y

Class 4

18:30 Newcastle (AW)

Beechdale

9st 4lb

J: Shane Gray

T: Linda Perratt

Showed ability over 7f/1m in last season's 2yo campaign and is back up in trip today; however, he was beaten a long way at 50-1 on his recent stable and seasonal debut at Hamilton (6f) and is hard to fancy after that.

33/1

Form: 78

Last run: 35 days

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Showed ability in a decent 6f race on debut but weakened to finish well held over 7f at Haydock since; up in trip again; might be more one for nurseries after this.
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8th

5

5th May 2026

Good

1m 7f 182y

Class 5

14:48 Ffos Las

Berkshire Smudge

11st 7lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Rebecca Curtis

Sole win came here on the Flat over 1m2f; has shaped well enough in three hurdle runs to believe he could have a future off this sort of mark.

5/2

5th

12

12th Apr 2026

Good

1m 7f 182y

Class 4

15:13 Ffos Las

Berkshire Smudge

10st 9lb

J: James Bowen

T: Rebecca Curtis

Has shaped with some promise, without making a major impact, in juvenile hurdles at Doncaster and Chepstow; may show improvement returned to Ffos Las, having gained sole Flat win here (soft); interesting.

12/1

6th

1

27th Jan 2026

Soft

2m 0f 16y

Class 4

13:30 Chepstow

Berkshire Smudge

11st 0lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Rebecca Curtis

Class 6 Flat handicap winner (1m2f, soft) whose hurdle debut fourth at Doncaster (2m, good to soft) last month gives him something to build on; however, others in this line-up have achieved considerably more.

25/1

12/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Son of Too Darn Hot and the first foal of a useful winning sister to St Leger/Irish Derby winner Hurricane Lane and half-sister to 2m Group 2 winner Sweet William; makes appeal on breeding for a stable with a healthy strike-rate with 2yos on turf this season.
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11th

9

(7)

8th Oct 2025

Soft

1m 2f 50y

Class 4

16:30 Nottingham

Stormy Monday

9st 10lb

J: Kieran Shoemark

T: Ed Walker

Ended his 2yo campaign with a 1m2f nursery win on soft ground one year ago; career has gone forwards again on last two starts with 1m2f wins at Epsom (good) and Doncaster (good to soft); 5lb higher than last time but he may have had more in hand than the margin suggests; player.

4/1

8

(5)

14th Sep 2025

Good To Soft

1m 2f 43y

Class 4

13:20 Doncaster

Stormy Monday

9st 7lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: Ed Walker

Ended his 2yo campaign with a 1m2f nursery win on soft; rather mixed this term but winning by nearly 3l at Epsom (1m2f, good) three weeks ago was a career best, sticking to his task very well up the near rail; back up 4lb but a serious player if that latest form is reproduced.

7/2

1st

8

(8)

25th Aug 2025

Good

1m 2f 17y

Class 4

15:55 Epsom

Stormy Monday

9st 0lb

J: Kieran Shoemark

T: Ed Walker

Ended his 2yo campaign with a nursery win at Yarmouth (1m2f, soft) but he's been a bit up and down this season and was only third of four at Salisbury (1m4f, good to firm) last time; record is now 1-9 and others are more persuasive.

13/2

Form: 88

Last run: 14 days

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Big prices when eighth over 7f at Ascot and here last month; best watched.
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7th

7

(1)

8th Aug 2024

Good

1m 0f 0y

Class 4

18:45 Sandown

Spardakos

9st 7lb

J: Callum Shepherd

T: Richard Hannon

in touch with leaders

25/1

8th

12

(8)

25th Jul 2024

Good

0m 7f 0y

Class 4

14:40 Sandown

Spardakos

9st 7lb

J: David Egan

T: Richard Hannon

25-1 for novice at Ascot (7f, good) 12 days ago and ended up well beaten towards rear, but he was close up after 5f; stablemate of Cristo.

33/1

8th

10

(5)

13th Jul 2024

Good To Soft

0m 7f 0y

Class 2

14:57 Ascot

Spardakos

9st 5lb

J: David Probert

T: Richard Hannon

62,000gns yearling; brother to winners Jolt (7f 2yo; RPR 89) and Raven's Applause (6f; 78), half-brother to dirt winners Conglomerate (UAE 1m; 98), Conformist (6f) and Lew's Skyhook (6.5f); dam US 6f dirt winner; Angel Hunter looks the yard's number one according to jockey bookings.

16/1

8th
3 (5)
Betelgeuse

14/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
165,000gns yearling; brother to French 9.7f/Moroccan 8.7f winner Zorlo Fal, closely related to 7f/1m winner Atomic Jones (including 2yo Group 2/HK; RPR 104) and half-brother to French 10.5f/11.2f winner Lanceur D'Alerte; dam French 1m2f winner; the stable has yet to strike with 2yos this year but Jim Crowley isn't a regular booking for the yard; check the betting.
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Verdict Starting price

5th

3

(6)

20th May 2026

Good To Soft

1m 6f 17y

Class 5

19:10 Yarmouth

Betelgeuse

9st 7lb

J: Hector Crouch

T: S Woods

Ran away with a Class 6 handicap at Southwell last October (1m6f) off a 10lb lower mark; two runner-up finishes at Southwell last month (after a 166-day absence) and he seemed fully effective on turf last year; one to take seriously.

11/4

2nd

3

(2)

29th Apr 2026

Standard

2m 0f 102y

Class 5

14:20 Southwell (AW)

Betelgeuse

9st 2lb

J: Kieran O’Neill

T: S Woods

Has form figures of 152, all over 1m6f here, since a gelding operation; routed eight rivals then proved bitterly disappointing 15 days later; back from over five months off with fine second a fortnight ago (pair clear; PB); major player if putting best foot forward.

5/2

2nd

5

(4)

15th Apr 2026

Standard

1m 6f 21y

Class 5

18:30 Southwell (AW)

Betelgeuse

9st 6lb

J: Kieran O’Neill

T: S Woods

Showed the benefit of a gelding operation when winning a C&D handicap by 9l in October but he was raised 8lb and was well held on his next start; needs to bounce back following a 166-day break.

5/2

Non-runners

Bondi

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £9.80
Straight Forecast £8.87
Trifecta £30.60

Selections

POSTDATA:

Pride Of Arras

SPOTLIGHT:

Dunamase

The Times:

Betelgeuse

NEWMARKET:

Wild Nature

The Guardian:

Pride Of Arras

Daily Mirror:

Pride Of Arras

The Star:

Pride Of Arras

D Express:

Betelgeuse

Telegraph:

Dunamase

Daily Mail:

Dunamase

The Sun:

Dunamase

Daily Record:

Wild Nature