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19:40 Chelmsford City

Betfred 1400 Shops Nationwide Handicap (Class 6)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 1m
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £5,000 added
  • Winner: £3,234
  • 2nd: £962
  • 3rd: £481
  • 4th: £240
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 38.17s
  • Off Time: 19:43:29
  • 11 Ran
1(11)
Silk - Black, Yellow stars, hooped sleeves and star on cap
20/1
  • Form 14800-8
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 65

held up towards rear, ridden and well beaten over 2f out

2(7)
Silk - Black and pink (quartered), black sleeves, pink stars, black cap

Pyla (IRE)

14 p D
6/1
  • Form 11676-2
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 65

prominent on outside, took keen hold, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home

3(8)
Silk - Purple, beige and purple hooped sleeves, quartered cap
8/1
  • Form 07611-4
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 64

held up towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, no impression

4(2)
Silk - White, Grey sleeves, Black stars, Black cap
5/1
  • Form 2472-37
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 63

prominent, ridden over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong

5(4)
Silk - Mauve, White star and star on cap
11/1
  • Form 4541-47
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 62

prominent, took keen hold, ridden over 2f out, one pace over 1f out, shied away from rival and weakened entering final furlong

6(1)
Silk - Black, Yellow epaulets, striped sleeves and star on cap
  • Form 00413-6
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 62

held up towards rear, headway when not much room and switched left over 1f out, hampered inside final furlong, went 3rd, unable to challenge

7(5)
Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue diamond and sleeves
  • Form 00308-9
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 62

led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

8(3)
Silk - Yellow, Black cross belts and sleeves, Quartered cap
8/1
  • Form 28080-6
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 62

tracked leaders, switched right over 1f out, challenged inside final furlong, ran on, just held

9(6)
Silk - Light Blue, Purple stars, Light Blue sleeves, Purple cap
20/1
  • Form 9050-69
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 60

mid-division, driven and struggling over 2f out

10(9)
Silk - Royal blue, orange stars on sleeves, orange cap, royal blue star
2/1
  • Form 844121-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 60

held up in mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, edged left and led inside final furlong, hard pressed, held on

11(10)
Silk - White, Black braces, Black sleeves, White stars, Black cap, White star
33/1
  • Form 41647-7
  • Age 9
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 57

last to break, in rear, ridden over 2f out, never involved

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

Bridge Of Sighs won over track and trip in December with Spirit Of Gondree back in third but the latter has been well beaten subsequently. Greek Islands failed in his bid to land a treble when only fourth in a seller last time so the vote goes to PYLA (NAP). The latter went close when attempting to make all in a higher grade handicap over course and distance a fortnight and may well go one better in this. Limerick Lord won at Southwell in December but hasn't figured since while Napoleon Solo remains winless, though drops further down the weights.

Formwatch

Golden Highway (USA) 14-1 (8-13) Slowly into stride, outpaced in rear, always behind, 8th of 9, 23 1/4l behind Zaeem (9-7) at Southwell 7f hcp (4) pol in Jan.

Pyla (IRE) 25-1 (9-1) Led, ridden over 1f out, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 9, nk behind Giovanni Di Bicci (8-12) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (5) pol in Feb.

Greek Islands (IRE) 11-1 (9-13) Held up, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 7, 6 1/4l behind Moonlight Venture (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (6) pol in Jan.

Napoleon Solo 9-2 (9-7) Raced wide towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, never a factor, 7th of 10, 6 3/4l behind Afkar (9-3) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Jan.

Limerick Lord (IRE) 13-2 (9-0) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, held when hampered over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 15 1/4l behind St Patrick's Day (9-13) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Feb.

Spirit Of Gondree (IRE) 8-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 8 1/4l behind Exalted (8-8) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Jan.

Voice of A Leader (IRE) 25-1 (9-4) Slowly away in rear, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 9, 15 3/4l behind Biff Johnson (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Feb.

Little Lord Nelson 8-1 (9-2) In rear, headway over 1f out, one pace and no impression, 6th of 9, 6 3/4l behind Giovanni Di Bicci (8-12) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (5) pol in Feb.

Soaring Spirits (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) Close up, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, 9th of 11, 7 1/4l behind Seamster (9-9) at Lingfield 6f hcp (6) pol in Jan.

Bridge Of Sighs 13-8fav (8-13) In rear, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead and edged right just inside final furlong, readily, won at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (6) pol in Dec beating Frantical (8-12) by 3/4l, 9 ran.

Youm Jamil (USA) 33-1 (8-10) Slowly away in rear, ridden over 2f out, never on terms, 7th of 9, 10 3/4l behind Jammy Guest (9-11) at Kempton 7f hcp (5) pol in Jan.