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17:00 Chelmsford City

chelmsfordcityracecourse.com Median Auction Maiden Stakes (Class 6)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 7f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £6,300 added
  • Winner: £3,402
  • 2nd: £1,597
  • 3rd: £799
  • 4th: £399
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 28.52s
  • Off Time: 17:01:40
  • 8 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Are You Able

33/1

    2
    Silk -

    Dark Flyer

    9/2

      3
      Silk -

      Depart A Minuit

      3/1

        1(4)
        Silk - Yellow, Orange disc

        Gordonontheorgan (IRE)

        54 t
        125/1
        • Age 5
        • Weight 10-0

        slowly into stride, held up in 6th, headway out wide chasing leaders 4f out, weakened quickly inside final 3f, soon behind, tailed off

        2(2)
        Silk - Dark Green, Black chevron, White cap

        Vignoni

        48
        6/4
        • Form 2-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-0

        tracked leaders on inside, driven along and no response over 2f out, weakened final furlong

        3(5)
        Silk - Dark blue, red hollow box, dark blue sleeves, white armlets, white cap, red star

        Are You Able

        7 v
        33/1
        • Form 56780-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-9
        • Official Rating 54

        made all, ridden and strongly pressed in closing stages, stayed on, all out

        4(1)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Pink sleeves, Pink cap, Yellow hoop

        Daruan

        121
        80/1
        • Form 6-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-9

        started slowly and awkwardly away, off the pace in last pair, pushed along in 5th over 2f out, some headway over 1f out, soon ridden and weakened

        5(7)
        Silk - Light blue and emerald green (quartered), checked sleeves, light blue cap

        Dark Flyer

        19
        9/2
        • Form 63-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-10

        held up in 5th, headway and switched right over 1f out, ridden and went 2nd inside final furlong, strong challenge towards finish, just failed

        6(3)
        Silk - Dark green, white triple diamond and diamond on cap

        Depart A Minuit

        19
        3/1
        • Form 5-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-10

        chased winner 2f, lost place and towards rear 4f out, rallied out wide inside final furlong, kept on into moderate 3rd final 100 yards

        7(8)
        Silk - White, Black seams, White sleeves, Black stars, White cap, Black star

        No Fear Lucy (IRE)

        14/1
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-5

        last pair, some late headway on inside, never on terms with principals

        8(6)
        Silk - Yellow, royal blue star, chevrons on sleeves, yellow cap, royal blue stars

        T Maxie (IRE)

        t
        4/1
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-5

        tracked leaders out wide, went 2nd 5f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, weakened soon after

        In depth

        Verdict

        Vignoni was well beaten over hurdles last time though finished runner-up at Kempton on an earlier debut on the Flat. He’s conceding plenty of weight to the three-year-olds including Dark Flyer, who finished a length ahead of DEPART A MINUIT when third at Wolverhampton. But the latter will have come on for that debut run and David O’Meara’s colt is taken to reverse running with normal progress. T Maxie is a sister to a winner and is preferred to No Fear Lucy of the newcomers.

        Formwatch

        Gordonontheorgan (IRE) 50-1 (11-0) Held up, ridden and outpaced at 4f, tailed off, last of 13, dist behind Benign Dictator (11-0) at Uttoxeter 2m (5) gd in Nov.

        Vignoni 20-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced after 2 out, kept on after last, not reach leaders, 3rd of 10, 21l behind Sonning (10-12) at Catterick 2m (4) gd in Nov.

        Are You Able 50-1 (9-5) Always towards rear, 10th of 13, 9 1/2l behind Capricious (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Dec.

        Daruan 28-1 (9-0) Dwelt in touch in rear, ridden over 1f out, never a factor, last of 6, 7l behind Basharat (9-5) at Catterick 6f stks (5) gd in Sep.

        Dark Flyer 17-2 (9-3) Prominent, ridden and outpaced at 2f, weakened, 3rd of 9, 4 1/2l behind Amanda Hug'n'kiss (9-5) at Wolverhampton 7f stks (5) pol in Dec.

        Depart A Minuit 8-1 (9-3) Raced in mid-division, ridden and outpaced at 2f, kept on inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 5 1/2l behind Amanda Hug'n'kiss (9-5) at Wolverhampton 7f stks (5) pol in Dec.

        No Fear Lucy (IRE) Gutaifan filly out of Lahabah.

        T Maxie (IRE) Swiss Spirit filly out of Filatelia.