TWO RUNNERS TO WATCH: SAMUDRA AND I'MATEEZ FINISH ONE-TWO ON DEBUT AT SANDOWN
By Graham Potter | Thursday, May 22, 2025
It was a Two-Year-Old Handicap that included two well related runners on debut … Samudra and I’mateez … that livened up interest in a midweek meeting at Sandown and which, in the end produced a one-two result between these two runners with only 0.40 lengths separating the winner Samudra, who started at the restrictive odds 0f $1.95, and the runner-up I’mateez, who was unwanted in the betting $21, at the line.
Racing from an inside draw, Ben Melham took his time taking Samudra to the lead, but he found that spot after the field had travelled 300m and he had Samudra hold that advantage by a narrow margin from the second favourite Latin Boss ($3.40) as the field straightened for home.
From there it was a long and stressful watch for the followers of the short-priced favourite as Latin Boss continued to annoy the front-runner and I’mateez, with Jye McNeil aboard, quickened up nicely from behind to almost make it a line of three with 200m left to run.
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