Race report
Stallion statistics: Avonbridge

FOUNDATION DEVELOPMENTS DRAGON S.-Listed

£30,000, Sandown, 7-3, 2yo, 5f 6ydsT, 1:02.95, gd.

1--IVER BRIDGE LAD (GB), 128, c, 2
Avonbridge (GB)--Fittonia (Fr), by Ashkalani (Ire)
O-The Iver Lads; B-J C S Wilson Bloodstock; T-John Ryan; J-Marc Halford; £17,031.

2--Di Stefano (GB), 128, c, 2
Bahamian Bounty (GB)--Marisa (Ger), by Desert Sun (GB). £,6,456.

3--Angel's Pursuit (Ire), 128, c, 2
Pastoral Pursuits (GB)--Midnight Angel (GB), by Machiavellian. £3,231.

Margins: HF, HF, SHD. Odds: 14-1, 15-8, 15-8.
Also Ran: Absolute Music, Deal (Ire), Little Perisher (GB), Mdawee (Ire), Brambleberry (GB).

Iver Bridge Lad fetched 8,000 gns as a foal but only 1,000 gns as a yearling; he is a half-brother to a placed runner out of a winning half-sister to a number of winners.

Whitsbury Manor Stud resident Avonbridge joins Le Vie dei Colori, Rock Hard Ten, Oratorio and Starcraft as a first season sire with a stakes winner to his name. The son of Averti has six winners from only 25 runners thus far and today's win moves him above Dubawi into fifth place on the first crop sires' list. Avonbridge had 48 yearlings sell last year for an average of £16,500 with a top price at the DBS St Leger Sale of £74,000.

Pedigree of IVER BRIDGE LAD (GB), 2007