Friday 6 September · Kempton, England
17:55 Racing TV/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)
- Distance
- 0m 7f 0y
- Going
- Standard / Slow
- Class
- 4
- Prize
- GBP 9900
- Runners
- 11
Race preview
After being narrowly held by a subsequent winner over this trip on debut at Sandown, VECU didn't quite get home over 1m at Newmarket last month but that form has been boosted by the third winning a valuable contest since. The return to 7f should suit the selection on his all-weather bow and his stable won this race in 2021. Fitzmaurice is a 470,000gns full-brother to dual Group 2 winner Chindit, so he should be capable of better than what he showed when very green first time out at Newbury, while Brave Mission has displayed signs of promise in his two starts to date. Saeed bin Suroor has his string in fine form and a bold debut bid can be expected from Castle Gates, a half-brother to Oaks runner-up Dance Sequence.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brave Mission | 52 | Rossa Ryan | R M Beckett | 9 7 | 5-2 | |
| 2 | Vecu | 24 | R Havlin | J & T Gosden | 9 7 | 4-5 | |
| 3 | Beechdale | 64 | S De Sousa | Tom Clover | 9 7 | 18-1 | |
| 4 | Prince Of India | Harry Davies | M Botti | 9 7 | 50-1 | ||
| 5 | Castle Gates | K Stott | S bin Suroor | 9 7 | 17-2 | ||
| 6 | Boubyan | 7 | Hollie Doyle | A M Balding | 9 7 | 28-1 | |
| 7 | Fitzmaurice | 5 | Cieren Fallon | W J Haggas | 9 7 | 15-2 | |
| 8 | Kammeel | Laura Coughlan | A Watson | 9 7 | 50-1 | ||
| 9 | Pendragon | 8 | S W Kelly | Sir Mark Prescott | 9 7 | 125-1 | |
| 10 | Navid | 77 | T E Whelan | Harry Charlton | 9 7 | 150-1 | |
| 11 | Barry's Boy | 04 | George Bass | D J Coakley | 9 7 | 125-1 |