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20:40 Chelmsford City

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  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £8,000 added
  • Winner: £5,175
  • 2nd: £1,540
  • 3rd: £770
  • 4th: £385
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 5.06s
  • Off Time: 20:42:31
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Barsanti (IRE)

11/10

    2
    Silk -

    Qasser (IRE)

    5/1

      1(4)
      Silk - Yellow, large Black spots and spots on cap

      Barsanti (IRE)

      190
      11/10
      • Form 5323-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 75

      shows signs of greenness at times, held up, closed over 4f out, not much room when challenging just over 1f out, led entering final furlong, soon clear, easily

      2(5)
      Silk - Light Blue, White chevrons on sleeves, White cap

      Qasser (IRE)

      20
      5/1
      • Form 5/2134-7
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 72

      prominent, led and edged left over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, stayed on same pace, no impression on winner

      3(6)
      Silk - Yellow, Dark Blue seams, armlets and cap

      Archie's Advice

      42 D
      6/1
      • Form 5785-62
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 70

      held up in rear, outpaced 2f out, no headway after

      4(3)
      Silk - Orange, White diamonds on sleeves

      Enriching (USA)

      18 DCD
      10/1
      • Form 261-356
      • Age 8
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 67

      tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, outpaced from over 1f out

      5(7)
      Silk - Dark green, yellow cross belts, halved sleeves, dark green and black hooped cap

      Comanche Chieftain (CAN)

      21 p
      5/1
      • Form 0128-22
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-12
      • Official Rating 67

      soon led, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, hampered after, stayed on one pace inside final furlong

      6(2)
      Silk - Yellow, White cap, Dark Blue star

      Black Minstrel (IRE)

      12 p BFD
      12/1
      • Form 80/6-316
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-11
      • Official Rating 65

      prominent, took keen hold, close up when hampered 1f out, stayed on same pace

      7(1)
      Silk - Yellow, large Royal Blue spots and armlets, Black cap, Yellow stars

      Sacred Square (GER)

      21 p
      25/1
      • Form 7436-54
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-9
      • Official Rating 63

      held up, ridden over 2f out, no headway

      In depth

      Verdict

      A chance is taken that BARSANTI is good enough on his reappearance. Placed on three occasions in maiden company last year, he has more scope than most of this modest bunch. Comanche Chieftain, Sacred Square and Enriching have all fallen victim to the progressive Biff Johnson recently while Archie's Advice was still beaten out of sight when runner-up at Southwell last time. Black Minstrel won at Wolverhampton earlier in the month but ran a shocker at the same track on his latest start.

      Formwatch

      Barsanti (IRE) 15-8 (9-5) Tracked leaders, driven to challenge over 3f out, hung left under pressure over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Desdichado (9-5) at Ffos Las 1m 2f mdn stks (5) hvy in Aug.

      Qasser (IRE) 11-2 (8-9) Tracked leader until 3f out, soon not clear run and lost place, well beaten and eased inside final furlong, 7th of 10, 10 3/4l behind Coillte Cailin (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Feb.

      Archie's Advice 3-1 (9-7) Chased leaders on outside, outpaced over 3f out, rallied over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with easy winner, 2nd of 7, 13l behind Billy Bond (8-11) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Jan.

      Enriching (USA) 12-1 (9-5) Made most until ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 1 1/4l behind Biff Johnson (9-9) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Feb.

      Comanche Chieftain (CAN) 10-3 (9-5) Led, clear 7f out, reduced lead over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 9, 4 1/2l behind Biff Johnson (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Feb.

      Black Minstrel (IRE) 9-4fav (9-12) Tracked leaders, took keen hold and soon tracked leader, pushed along to lead over 2f out, headed approaching 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 15 1/2l behind La Havrese (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Feb.

      Sacred Square (GER) 33-1 (9-4) In touch, outpaced over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not trouble leaders, 4th of 9, 6 3/4l behind Biff Johnson (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Feb.