Weatherbys Scientific £300,000 2-Y-O Stakes
Doncaster 13:50
£300,000 guaranteed,
2yo only,
6f 111y, Class 2   
Thursday 11th September 2025

1 Calendar Girl 7/2
2 Song Of The Clyde 13/2
3 Poatan 14/1
21 ran NR: Overbudget Distances: ½l, 1l, 1¼l
Time: 1m 18.60s (slow by 2.10s)

Saffie Osborne judged it to perfection on Calendar Girl, swooping late to snatch the win and deny Song Of The Clyde a famous double.

Clive Cox’s filly, fresh from plundering a similar York prize, set out boldly under Rossa Ryan, forcing the pace into a stiff headwind and daring the rest to catch her. A furlong from home she still held sway, but looked increasingly vulnerable—a sitting duck as they closed in.

Christophe Soumillon loomed ominously on Aidan O’Brien’s Brussels, seemingly poised to strike with a simple push of the button. But when asked for more, Brussels came up short, and it was Poatan who suddenly looked the biggest threat—until Song Of The Clyde fended him off as well.

Inside the last 50 yards, though, the leader’s reserves were gone. Osborne and Calendar Girl came flashing through, her finishing kick decisive, sweeping past to score by half a length at 7-2.

Trainer Owen Burrows was quick to salute both filly and jockey:

“It’s great she’s won a race like this as the prize-money is great and it has been the plan for quite a while now, but I think she’s pretty smart, so we wouldn’t just be trying to nail all these sales races.

“She’s a big girl and she’s only going to improve again next year. We’ll have a chat to the team (Kennet Valley Syndicates, owners) and see what’s what, but I’m thinking more of next year to be honest, and I think she’ll be a miler next year.

“Fair play to poor old Jim (Crowley, injured), when he won her at Newbury on her first run he said she was stakes class and he might not be too far wrong.”

BoyleSports

Weatherbys Scientific £300,000 2-Y-O Stakes
21 ran
Going: Good to Soft, Good in places

POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (6)    Calendar Girl 2 8-3 Owen Burrows Saffie Osborne 7/2
2 (20) ½ Song Of The Clyde 2 9-0 Clive Cox Rossa Ryan 13/2
3 38) 1 Poatan 2 9-0 George Scott David Egan 14/1
4 (9) 1¼ Brussels 2 9-4 A P O'Brien Christophe Soumillon 9/4F
5 (13) 1¾ Gaga Mate 2 9-4 George Scott Darragh Keenan 80/1
6 (22) nk Tadej 2 9-5 Archie Watson Hollie Doyle 22/1
7 (16) 1 Jel Pepper 2 8-8 Oliver Cole Finley Marsh 4/1
8 (15) nk Kamakameleon 2 9-0 Dylan Cunha Cieren Fallon 40/1
9 (18) ½ Battle Apple 2 9-0 Richard Hannon Billy Loughnane 12/1
10 (11) ¾ Blakefell 2 9-0 Ivan Furtado Stevie Donohoe 150/1
11 (17) hd Golden Brown 2 8-8 Ed Walker Tom Marquand 33/1
12 (21) ½ Inca Heights 2 8-11 Clive Cox Rob Hornby 50/1
13 (2) 2¾ Cashbox 2 8-8 Charles Hills Silvestre De Sousa 100/1
14 (1) nk Goldwork 2 9-4 Eve Johnson Houghton Charles Bishop 100/1
15 (10) shd Rising Empire 2 8-11 Andrew Balding Jason Watson 18/1
16 (19) 5½ Lady Britain 2 8-13 Ismail Mohammed Luke Morris 150/1
17 (7) shd Mr Seagull 2 9-4 Hugo Palmer Oisin Murphy 33/1
18 (12) 2 Ambishio 2 8-8 Michael Appleby Ray Dawson 125/1
19 (4) 1 Bushwacker 2 8-11 K R Burke Clifford Lee 80/1
20 (3) 1 Lion Of Mali 2 8-8 James Fanshawe Barry McHugh 100/1
21 (14) 8½ Slay Queen 2 8-13 Richard Hannon Joe Leavy 40/1
NR 12 (5)    Overbudget 2 8-13 Dylan Cunha NON RUNNER