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19:00 Chelmsford City

Betsi Handicap (Class 2)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 6f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £40,000 added
  • Winner: £20,616
  • 2nd: £9,668
  • 3rd: £4,836
  • 4th: £2,416
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 57.66s
  • Off Time: 19:13:43
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Mountain Road (FR)

5/2

    2
    Silk -

    Spit Spot

    33/1

      1(2)
      Silk - Silver, tassel on cap

      Dubai Leader

      8
      13/8
      • Form 31551
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-12
      • Official Rating 79

      took keen hold, led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

      2(6)
      Silk - Pink and royal blue check, pink sleeves

      Mountain Road (FR)

      47 h C
      5/2
      • Form 634221
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-9
      • Official Rating 82

      held up towards rear, headway on inside final bend, led over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, ran on well

      3(3)
      Silk - Yellow, white spots, yellow sleeves and cap

      Sea Grey

      15
      11/1
      • Form 1-33
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-8
      • Official Rating 81

      held up towards rear, ridden and effort when not much room 2f out, driven, edged left and no impression over 1f out

      4(7)
      Silk - Black, white triple diamond, white and black striped sleeves, black cap, white diamond

      Pons Aelius (IRE)

      34
      9/2
      • Form 122320
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 80

      chased leader, led over 1f out, soon headed, stayed on same pace final furlong

      5(4)
      Silk - Royal blue, white sleeves, red armlets

      Artistic Choice (IRE)

      15 v
      11/1
      • Form 5-22353
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 80

      in touch in mid-division, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

      7(1)
      Silk - White, red hoops, striped sleeves, yellow cap

      Myriad (IRE)

      10 C
      10/1
      • Form 261234
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-11
      • Official Rating 70

      chased leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace

      8(8)
      Silk - Emerald green, pink chevron

      Spit Spot

      21 CD
      33/1
      • Form 554716
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-10
      • Official Rating 69

      steadied start, held up in rear, headway when not much room over 1f out, eased out right, went 2nd inside final furlong, not much room and switched right, no impression on winner towards finish

      6(5)
      NR

      Wagga Wagga (IRE)

      83 BF
      4/1
      • Form 8-02115
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 73

      withdrawn

      Previous results

      2021
      (5)
      Silk -

      Bascule (FR)

      85/40
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-13

      2020
      (2)
      Silk -

      Win O'Clock

      4/7
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5

      In depth

      Verdict

      Dubai Leader improved for the step up to 1m4f and is penalised for winning at Kempton last week. Stablemate Pons Aelius looks high enough in the weights while Mountain Road’s recent win here came over a longer trip. A couple of these look likely to improve having debuted for new yards last time including Artistic Choice but SEA GREY is less exposed having finished third in a decent handicap at Kempton on his first start since January. He gets the vote in an open affair. The remainder have something to prove off their current marks with Wagga Wagga perhaps best of them.

      Formwatch

      Dubai Leader 5-1 (9-9) Prominent, led over 2f out, clear over 1f out, stayed on, won at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Nov beating Genesius (9-6) by 1 1/4l, 10 ran.

      Mountain Road (FR) 13-8fav (9-3) Mid-division, pushed along 3f out, headway approaching final furlong when switched to challenge on inside, stayed on strongly to lead close home, won at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (4) pol in Sep beating Happy (10-0) by nk, 7 ran.

      Sea Grey 10-1 (9-0) In touch in rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, not trouble leaders, 3rd of 5, 5 1/2l behind Nader (9-5) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Oct.

      Pons Aelius (IRE) 25-1 (8-5) Close up, joined leader over 4f out, driven along over 3f out, weakened quickly, 11th of 14, 30 1/4l behind Post Impressionist (9-0) at York 1m 6f hcp (2) gs in Oct.

      Artistic Choice (IRE) 13-2 (9-4) Soon led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed well over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Self Inflicted Sid (9-4) at Nottingham 1m 6f stks (4) sft in Oct.

      Myriad (IRE) 9-2 (9-4) Held up towards rear, pushed along 3f out, switched right and headway out wide over 1f out, plugged on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 4th of 10, 5l behind Lady Percival (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Oct.

      Spit Spot 13-2 (9-4) Tracked leaders on inside, went 2nd 11f out, ridden over 1f out, lost 2nd and weakened final furlong, 6th of 11, 8l behind Vaynor (9-8) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Oct.

      Wagga Wagga (IRE) 8-11fav (9-7) Took keen hold, held up in rear, pushed along to close over 2f out, kept on same pace, no telling impression, 5th of 9, 6 3/4l behind Dark Mystery (9-3) at Newbury 1m 4f hcp (5) gd in Aug.