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14:40 Chelmsford City

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  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £15,500 added
  • Winner: £10,027
  • 2nd: £2,984
  • 3rd: £1,491
  • 4th: £746
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 2.53s
  • Off Time: 14:42:23
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Gifts Of Gold (IRE)

3/1

    2
    Silk -

    Homespin (USA)

    11/1

      1(6)
      Silk - Grey, brown seams, brown cap

      El Ghazwani (IRE)

      45 t D
      9/1
      • Form 61-1196
      • Age 5
      • Weight 10-1
      • Official Rating 101

      held up in last pair, headway on wide outside over 1f out, soon ridden, plugged on in modest 4th final furlong

      2(3)
      Silk - Royal blue

      Gifts Of Gold (IRE)

      182 v D
      3/1
      • Form 12-3807
      • Age 5
      • Weight 10-0
      • Official Rating 100

      difficult loading, led over 1f, tracked leader, led again going well over 2f out, soon clear, easily

      3(1)
      Silk - Dark green and yellow stripes, dark green cap

      Gold Town

      553
      4/1
      • Form 114/447-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 10-0
      • Official Rating 100

      steadied start, held up in rear, ridden and beaten over 1f out, never a factor

      4(2)
      Silk - White, Royal Blue hoop, diabolo on sleeves, Royal Blue cap

      Protected Guest

      19 D
      3/1
      • Form 22-5799
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 93

      tracked leaders on inside, pushed along over 3f out, carried head high under pressure and weakened final furlong

      5(4)
      Silk - White, grey chevron

      Infrastructure

      257
      18/5
      • Form 413346-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 93

      tracked leaders on outside, plugged on in 3rd final furlong, never any chance with winner

      6(5)
      Silk - Silver, tassel on cap

      Homespin (USA)

      26
      11/1
      • Form 2110-98
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 87

      tracked leader until led over 8f out, pushed along and headed over 2f out, soon outpaced and no chance with winner, kept on for 2nd

      In depth

      Verdict

      Homespin won twice as a juvenile but has finished last in both starts this year. Protected Guest hasn’t been in the best of form either while El Ghazwani has changed stables and is much better treated on Turf. The others all have an absence to overcome and GIFTS OF GOLD (NAP) is making his all-weather debut and dropped in distance but he did win twice on Turf last summer over this sort of trip and runners from his yard rarely arrive at the track undercooked. Infrastructure needs much further while Gold Town debuts for a new stable and hasn’t raced since February 2019, though is a former Group 3 winner.

      Formwatch

      El Ghazwani (IRE) 5-1 (9-11) Not much room start, behind, headway over 1f out, never dangerous, 6th of 9, 5 1/2l behind Involved (9-10) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Jul.

      Gifts Of Gold (IRE) (9-0) 7th of 9, 7 1/2l behind Secret Advisor (9-0) at Meydan 1m 6f Grp 3 gd in Feb.

      Gold Town 7-2 (9-6) 7th of 10, 7 1/4l behind Rodaini (8-13) at Meydan 7f hcp fst in Feb.

      Protected Guest 40-1 (9-2) Held up in mid-division, headway on outside tracking leaders over 2f out, ridden and one pace when carried head high over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Look Closely (9-3) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp (2) gf in Aug.

      Infrastructure 9-1 (9-3) In touch, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, not trouble leaders, 6th of 8, 6 1/4l behind Raymond Tusk (9-3) at Newcastle 2m stks (2) pol in Dec.

      Homespin (USA) 14-1 (8-12) Restless in stalls, led, joined 3f out, narrowly headed over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened quickly final furlong, last of 8, 7 1/4l behind Society Lion (8-12) at Goodwood 7f hcp (2) gf in Aug.