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19:00 Chelmsford City

Race Predictor By Racing And Sports Handicap (Class 3)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £15,000 added
  • Winner: £8,100
  • 2nd: £3,802
  • 3rd: £1,902
  • 4th: £951
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 2.42s
  • Off Time: 19:03:11
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Penzance

5/6

    2
    Silk -

    Storm Catcher (IRE)

    2/1

      1(3)
      Silk - Pink, Purple triple diamond, armlets and diamond on cap

      Storm Catcher (IRE)

      26 DCD
      2/1
      • Form 231041
      • Age 5
      • Weight 10-2
      • Official Rating 94

      close up, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to chase clear winner entering final furlong

      2(4)
      Silk - Beige, Dark Blue armlets, Dark Blue cap

      Polling Day (IRE)

      26 D
      12/1
      • Form 11/4
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-13
      • Official Rating 91

      keen tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

      3(2)
      Silk - Dark blue, royal blue seams, white sleeves, red and white striped cap

      Postmark

      58 pt D
      22/1
      • Form 30-8600
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 82

      tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner 2f out until entering final furlong, kept on one pace

      4(6)
      Silk - Red, white inverted triangle, halved sleeves

      Sayf Al Dawla

      75 D
      17/2
      • Form 133/160
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 82

      very slowly away and lost 15 lengths, behind, recovered to rear 4f out, ridden 2f out, soon weakened

      5(1)
      Silk - Black, orange seams and sleeves, black cap

      Penzance

      7 CD
      5/6
      • Form 952941
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 73

      made all, ridden clear entering final furlong, comfortable

      6(5)
      Silk - Red, orange epaulets

      Three Yorkshiremen (IRE)

      14 p BF
      80/1
      • Form 267168
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 74

      raced wide, tracked winner until ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong

      In depth

      Verdict

      PENZANCE remains open to further improvement having won in good style over track and trip on only his second outing for Mick Appleby. He’s due to be raised 2lb more than today’s penalty and is taken to get the better of Storm Catcher. The latter was eased down when scoring in this grade at Lingfield and won on this card last year while the former Godolphin charge Polling Day will be sharper for last month’s reappearance and makes his handicap debut. Postmark has recently switched yards and is preferred to Three Yorkshiremen and Sayf Al Dawla.

      Formwatch

      Storm Catcher (IRE) 3-1fav (9-9) Chased leaders on outer, made headway 3f out, soon led, ridden along over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Nov beating Forca Timao (9-4) by 1l, 9 ran.

      Polling Day (IRE) 5-1 (10-7) Smartly away, soon led after 1st furlong, pushed along 2f out, raced wide off home turn, headed before 1f out, soon dropped to fourth, kept on, 4th of 12, 2 1/2l behind Popcorn Magic (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f stks (5) pol in Nov.

      Postmark 9-2 (11-9) Chased leaders, not fluent 5th, pushed along after 3 out, went 2nd from last, no impression on winner, kept on, 2nd of 6, 4 1/4l behind Enthused (11-13) at Huntingdon 2m hcp (4) gd in Oct.

      Sayf Al Dawla 80-1 (8-2) Started very slowly, lost all chance and always behind, 26th of 34, 11 1/4l behind Astro King (9-12) at Newmarket 1m 1f hcp (2) gf in Sep.

      Penzance 5-1 (9-3) Tracked leader until 4f out, tracked leaders, led over 1f out, soon hung left, ridden clear final furlong, won at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Dec beating King's Code (9-12) by 4l, 11 ran.

      Three Yorkshiremen (IRE) 2-1 (11-2) Tracked leader, lost 2nd after 4th, headway going well 3 out, driven approaching next, where jumped to dispute lead, ran on, headed final 110yds, not match winner, 2nd of 5, 2 1/4l behind Rory The Cat (11-2) at Musselburgh 2m mdn (4) sft in Nov.