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SOVIET SCEPTRE: Windsor Racecourse Selling Stakes, Windsor, 1m2f, £3,532, g/f

1st

 Soviet Sceptre

12/1

8.11

2nd

Tizi Ouzou

8/1

8.9

3rd

Bonus Point

 14/1

8.11

Distances: 3, nk

Time: 2m 6.96s

Ran: 15

Trainer: Miss D Mountain

Jockey: R Miles (3)

Owner: David Fremel

A suicidal early pace saw them come home at intervals with the first three clear and Soviet Sceptre proved his last run top be all wrong as he overturned a big beating by two of his rivals here in no uncertain manner, although there was plenty of candidates here for banded racing.
Soviet Sceptre benefited from not going with the pace and settling better than last time, although the steward inquiry into the apparent improvement in form the trainer explained the colt "had run on from the front today and appreciated the strong gallop". He was not surprisingly bought in after this effort which looked a shade above selling class although he does not look well handicapped. The bonus was that he showed stamina to spare.

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