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18:10 Chelmsford City

Ministry Of Sound Classical 21st August 2021 Handicap (Class 5)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 1m
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £6,500 added
  • Winner: £2,862
  • 2nd: £1,344
  • 3rd: £672
  • 4th: £336
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 37.55s
  • Off Time: 18:13:01
  • 9 Ran
1(3)
Silk - Purple, white sleeves, purple stars, purple cap, white star
6/4
  • Form 1706-11
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-13
  • Official Rating 71

mid-division on inside, closed over 4f out, led over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, ran on well

2(6)
Silk - Royal blue, pink triple diamond, sleeves and diamond on cap
33/1
  • Form D3/5-448
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 72

tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong

3(1)
Silk - LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE epaulets
  • Form 3765-32
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 70

led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no impression on winner final furlong, kept on

4(9)
Silk - Light Blue, Orange epaulets, orange cap
14/1
  • Form 332265
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 69

pressed leader, led over 1f out, soon headed, kept on inside final furlong

5(2)
Silk - Red, white star and sleeves

Velvet Vision

455 ht BFDCD
5/1
  • Form 040/112-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 67

slowly into stride, took keen hold towards rear, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened

6(8)
Silk - Turquoise,  black stars on sleeves, black cap
  • Form 7846-24
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 66

slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway on outside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never on terms

7(4)
Silk - Royal blue, emerald green stars, royal blue sleeves, royal blue cap, emerald green star

Alezan

22 CD
13/2
  • Form 4521-31
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 63

tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, switched left over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong

8(7)
Silk - Orange, Royal Blue stripe
80/1
  • Form 00-4788
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 62

blindfold on when stalls opened and very slowly away, latched on to field over 4f out, lost touch over 2f out

9(5)
Silk - Emerald Green, Red armlets, Red cap
10/1
  • Form 009713
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 62

mid-division, not clear run over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

In depth

Verdict

Mykonos St John carries 5lb extra bidding for a hat-trick but Brighton winner Alezan has a rise in the weights negated by an apprentice’s allowance. Velvet Vision returns from a lay-off with a chance off her current mark but Casina Di Notte hasn’t won on the all-weather in 19 attempts. SPIRITOFTHENORTH is taken to open his account as he was narrowly beaten by a horse now rated 85 in novice company at Beverley and can race off a lower mark back on the all-weather.

Formwatch

Mykonos St John 2-1fav (10-0) Held up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders 2f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in May beating Prince Rock (9-4) by 1l, 12 ran.

Born To Destroy 12-1 (9-7) Mid-division, ridden 3f out, never involved, 8th of 9, 9 1/4l behind Alix James (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (5) pol in Mar.

Spiritofthenorth (FR) 11-10jfav (9-5) Tracked leader, pushed 3f out, ridden before final furlong, kept on well but always held, 2nd of 5, 3/4l behind Unknown Pleasures (9-0) at Beverley 1m stks (5) gf in Apr.

Greek Kodiac (IRE) 10-1 (8-13) Keen raced centre, overall leader, pushed along 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on, 5th of 6, 1 1/4l behind Ahdab (9-11) at Yarmouth 1m hcp (4) gf in Apr.

Velvet Vision 2-1fav (9-5) Slowly into stride, soon prominent, led 3f out, headed inside final furlong, held towards finish, 2nd of 6, 1l behind Charlie Arthur (9-5) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Feb.

Casina Di Notte (IRE) 11-2 (9-9) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, switched outside final bend, effort over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Channel Packet (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (6) pol in Feb.

Alezan 11-4 (9-6) Led, headed over 4f out, tracked leader, ridden to lead again inside final furlong, ran on, won at Brighton 7f hcp (6) gf in Apr beating Lets Go Lucky (8-11) by 1l, 7 ran.

Busby (IRE) 100-1 (9-7) Just worse than midfield, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 11, 6 3/4l behind Street Poet (8-13) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Apr.

Salam Ya Faisal (IRE) 7-2fav (9-11) Held up towards rear, kept on final furlong, good headway on outside over 1f out, ran on well towards finish, not reach leaders, 3rd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Velvet Vista (10-2) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (6) pol in May.