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Placepot picks - 17th September 2025

Yarmouth stages day two of the Eastern Festival with their biggest race of the year, the Listed EBF Stallions John Musker Fillies' Stakes.


Yarmouth

R1 – Kosometsuke 

R2 – Zighy 

R3 – Far Far Out

R4 – Running Lion 

R5 – Sea Force 

R6 – Salamanca City 

RACE SELECTION PRICE REASON

Race 1

Sea Deer Handicap

Kosometsuke 5/2 - Consistent type with a trio of seconds in 7f handicaps this season
- This is easier after a Racing League sixth at Southwell last month

Race 2

British EBF Fillies'

Novice Stakes

Zighy 6/4 - Promising profile with a pair of placings on both runs to date at this track
- Open to further improvement

Race 3

EBF Future Stayers

Maiden Stakes

Far Far Out 15/8 - Stable won this race in 2019 and 2022
- Pedigree suggests a longer trip in time will help with the dam, a French twelve-furlong winner.

Race 4

EBF Stallions John

Musker Fillies' Stakes

(Listed)

Running Lion  11/4

- Former winner of the 2024 Group 2 Duke Of Cambridge at Royal Ascot
- Last October was runner-up in G1 company in France (Prix de l'Opera)
- Class act in the contest
- Stable in good form in the past two weeks working at a 24% turf strike rate

Race 5

Goffs Two Million

Series Handicap

Sea Force 9/4 - Down sharply in grade after finishing sixth in a mile Heritage Handicap at York last month
- Jockey has a 23% strike rate at this course

Race 6

British EBF Premier

Fillies' Handicap

Salamanca City 9/2 - Consistent form this season having finished in the top-three on last seven starts
- Good second in a higher level at Haydock two weeks ago
- Trainer won this race in 2021 - Jockey in strong form, with a 24% strike rate on the turf in the last two weeks

 


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