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Sporting Times Sri Lanka EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)
Class 5, 6f12y, Flat, 2yo, 10 runners
Winning time 1m 13.01s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Edward Greatrex
Ralph Beckett
Raced towards the front from wide - hit the front smoothly inside final two furlongs and soon opened daylight - stayed on to win
Neil Callan
Tom Clover
Sat behind the front pack - moved into second inside the final furlong - held on without troubling the winner
Liam Wright (5)
George Scott
Sluggish start - settled in the pack before finding better form approaching final furlong - moved into 3rd close home - unable to reach front two
Georgia Dobie
Eve Johnson Houghton
Held up midfield early - driven for effort inside final furlong and kept battling in fifth - edged into fourth close home
Jonny Peate
Richard Spencer
Set the pace early - urged forward around halfway - overtaken with under 2f left - dropped back through the places over 1f out - faded through the finish to come home fifth
Jack Doughty (3)
Edward Smyth-Osbourne
Sluggish start - sat in the pack without threatening the front - held on for sixth beaten some way
William Cox
Archie Watson
Reared in stalls at the break - settled up with the pace on the near flank - driven to keep going and slipped back into third at halfway - urged 2f out but faded inside the final two furlongs - drifted left in the closing stages to finish seventh
George Bass
Jack Channon
Sluggish break - dropped towards back of field - made no impression thereafter - well held in 8th
Lewis Edmunds
Lemos De Souza
Sat close to the pace on the near flank early - urged forward before dropping back at halfway - trailed the field to the finish
Harry Burns (3)
Emma Lavelle
Struggled for pace early - stayed at back of field throughout - no impression made on leaders - well held at finish
Non-runners: Dubai Time (unsuitable ground), Mwaki (unsuitable ground), Superstorm (withdrawn; unseated jockey and loose before start)
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.