Racecards
20:45 Chelmsford City
totepool Betting On All UK Racing Handicap (Class 6)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £5,000 added
- Winner: £3,234
- 2nd: £962
- 3rd: £481
- 4th: £240
- Form 9900-82
- Age 12
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer A G Newcombe
- Jockey E J Walsh
held up, headway under pressure over 1f out, went 4th and one pace inside final furlong
- Form 40/0-128
- Age 8
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer J Riches
- Jockey Victor Santos
chased leaders, 2nd on inside entering final 2f, ridden inside final furlong, one pace in 3rd towards finish
- Form 82861-1
- Age 5
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 56
- Trainer P S McEntee
- Jockey Josephine Gordon
chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong
- Form 5-91315
- Age 5
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 56
- Trainer P Holmes
- Jockey Paula Muir
slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway and hung left over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, not quite get up
- Form 38360-4
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 55
made all, riddden over 1f out, all out
- Form 33-2222
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 53
- Trainer Miss A Stokell
- Jockey Ann Stokell
took keen hold, chased leaders, ridden and outpaced when hampered over 1f out, kept on, eased when no impression in 5th towards finish
- Form 87-6332
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer J C Fox
- Jockey K T O'Neill
took keen hold, chased winner until entering final 2f, weakened final furlong
In depth
Verdict
A case can be made for all of these as even Powerfulstorm may well have improved for a recent comeback. Anjuna Beach and Star Pursuits have been thereabouts on numerous occasions so far this year and Mambo Spirit posted his best effort for a while when second at Wolverhampton last time. Both Cookie Ring and De Lesseps won here recently and are not out of this but Josephine Gordon has steered HONITON LACE to a couple of course and distance wins and Phil McEntee's mare looks worth sticking with in her current frame of mind.
Formwatch
Mambo Spirit (IRE) 25-1 (9-7) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 12, 3/4l behind Gulland Rock (9-0) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
De Lesseps (USA) 10-1 (8-7) Dwelt, held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, last of 8, 3 3/4l behind Fleckerl (9-7) at Lingfield 7f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Honiton Lace 11-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, soon rallied, ran on to lead again post, won at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (6) pol in Jan beating Royal Rettie (9-5) by hd, 5 ran.
Cookie Ring (IRE) 9-2 (8-7) Missed break badly, in rear, headway over 1f out, chased leaders when not clear run inside final furlong, kept on, no impression, 5th of 6, 1 3/4l behind Gracious George (9-6) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Powerfulstorm 16-1 (9-11) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, no extra and lost 3rd place towards finish, 4th of 6, 4 1/4l behind Eastern Dragon (10-2) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Anjuna Beach (USA) 5-1 (9-5) In rear, pushed along over 2f out, headway 1f out on outer, kept on strongly, just failed, 2nd of 7, hd behind Sexy Secret (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Star Pursuits 4-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead 1f out, headed inside final furlong, held close home, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Hold Firm (9-6) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (6) pol in Feb.