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18:50 Chelmsford City

Havana Club Handicap (Class 3)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 7f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £15,000 added
  • Winner: £8,100
  • 2nd: £3,802
  • 3rd: £1,902
  • 4th: £951
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 25.16s
  • Off Time: 18:51:27
  • 9 Ran
1(9)
Silk - Emerald green, pink star, white sleeves, pink cap

Sir Oliver (IRE)

18 p BFDCD
9/2
  • Form 1-53217
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 90

raced keenly, tracked leaders out wide, went 2nd 5f out, pushed along 2f out, lost 2nd turning in, chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong

2(7)
Silk - YELLOW, BLACK epaulets

Mobadra

251 D
15/8
  • Form 92/121-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 89

tracked leaders, switched right turning in, good headway out wide over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, led towards finish

3(6)
Silk - Yellow, Grey sash

Final Watch

263 D
11/1
  • Form 121292-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 88

steadied start, raced keenly in rear, some headway and hung left over 1f out, not clear run and switched left inside final furlong, one pace and no impression towards finish

4(5)
Silk - Light green, white epaulets, striped cap

Margub

23 DCD
10/1
  • Form 9/3176-0
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 87

pulled hard, soon steadied mid-division, wide home turn, ridden and weakened soon after

5(3)
Silk - Pink and Black stripes, Pink sleeves, Black armlets, Pink cap

Raajil (IRE)

57 BFD
17/2
  • Form 3/1-155
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 84

held up in mid-division, pushed along halfway, headway under pressure over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

6(1)
Silk - DARK BLUE, PINK Cross of Lorraine, sleeves and cap

Billy Mill

13 D
5/1
  • Form 2-04912
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 82

tracked leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, 4th and no impression towards finish

7(2)
Silk - ORANGE and PURPLE (quartered), EMERALD GREEN sleeves and cap
25/1
  • Form 863074
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 81

held up in last pair, never involved

8(4)
Silk - RED, GOLD sleeves, BROWN and GOLD quartered cap
  • Form 36-2933
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 79

raced keenly, led 1f, settled 3rd 5f out, ridden to lead again over 1f out, headed and no extra towards finish, lost 2nd post

9(8)
Silk - Dark blue, yellow epaulets, white sleeves, red cap
40/1
  • Form 260986
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 78

tracked leader, led 6f out, ridden hung left and narrowly headed over 1f out, chased leader and every chance until winner quickened on towards finish, went 2nd post

In depth

Verdict

Sir Oliver had been in good form here before returning a beaten favourite at Chester and Raajil disappointed when sent off favourite at Windsor. Twilight Madness has been thereabouts over 6f here while Billy Mill is 5lb higher than when scoring at Kempton earlier. Final Watch returns to action with a chance but so does MOBADRA, who ended last year with a victory at Kempton. The latter was a non-runner in a tougher race at Ascot last month which suggests Roger Varian has her primed for this belated reappearance.

Formwatch

Sir Oliver (IRE) 7-4fav (10-3) Chased leader, pushed along and weakened final furlong, 7th of 12, 4l behind Poet's Magic (10-2) at Chester 7f hcp (4) gd in Jun.

Mobadra 11-4jfav (9-2) Held up, headway over 2f out, quickened to lead over 1f out, in full control final furlong and pushed out close home, readily, won at Kempton 7f hcp (3) pol in Nov beating Huddleton Mac (8-11) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.

Final Watch 9-1 (9-8) Towards rear centre, headway 2f out, soon every chance, ridden and kept on one pace, 2nd of 18, 4 3/4l behind Molls Memory (9-9) at Newbury 7f hcp (3) hvy in Oct.

Margub 50-1 (9-12) Raced very wide early, prominent, ridden well over 1f out, gradually weakened, 12th of 16, 11 1/2l behind Ghathanfar (9-0) at Pontefract 6f hcp (3) gf in Jun.

Raajil (IRE) 11-4fav (9-5) Tracked winner until over 2f out, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 6, 3 3/4l behind Danville (8-9) at Windsor 1m hcp (3) gd in May.

Billy Mill 17-2 (9-9) Raced wide early and soon led, pushed along and drifted left 2f out, ridden 1f out, kept on until headed well inside last, no extra, 2nd of 11, 1l behind Toronado Grey (9-2) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Jun.

Revolutionise (IRE) 12-1 (8-11) Dwelt, towards rear, pushed along and headway approaching final furlong, kept on towards finish, 4th of 7, 4 3/4l behind Sir Oliver (9-3) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (3) pol in Jun.

Twilight Madness 6-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, effort out wide ran on under pressure inside final furlong, not quite pace to challenge, 3rd of 7, 1/2l behind Emperor Spirit (9-8) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (3) pol in Jun.

Wonder Elzaam (IRE) 10-1 (9-10) Chased leader over 1f, remained prominent, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 7 1/2l behind Brunel Charm (9-4) at Lingfield 7f hcp (4) pol in Jun.