Racecards
19:05 Epsom Downs
Crown Personnel Plc E.B.F. Median Auction Maiden Stakes (Class E)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
Craigmor
10- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer B J Meehan
- Jockey M Tebbutt
held up keen in touch, effort 3f out, slightly hampered approaching 2f out, soon beaten
- Form 4
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
with leader, quickened up over 2f out, challenge leader & led 1f out, ridden when headed close home
- Form 325
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer B R Millman
- Jockey R Havlin
led, quickened clear with chasing pair, ridden approaching 2f out, headed 1f out, weakening
- Form 4
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer N A Callaghan
- Jockey Kieren Fallon
tracked leaders, headway to track clear leaders over 2f out, ridden & hard ridden approaching 2f out, strongly ridden to lead close home
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer A P Jarvis
- Jockey N Callan
in touch, closer order 4f out, no chance with leaders from over 2f out
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer M L W Bell
- Jockey M Fenton
dwelt, held up towards rear, effort over 3f out, ridden & edged right approaching 2f out, soon switched left, weakened
Verdict
Rod Millman looks to have found a decent opportunity for Fleetwood Bay to gain a well deserved first success in this auction maiden. Placed efforts at Bath and Windsor were followed by a creditable three length fifth to subsequent Norfolk Stakes runner-up The Bonus King in the Woodcote Stakes over six furlongs here. A reproduction of those efforts should be enough to beat these. Best of the opposition could be Fort McHenry, who finished fourth in a Newmarket maiden on his only start and the Barry Hills-trained Donegal Dancer, who lost little in defeat on his Haydock debut.