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14:15 Chelmsford City

toteexacta Pick The 1st And 2nd Handicap (Class 3)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 5f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £11,500 added
  • Winner: £7,439
  • 2nd: £2,214
  • 3rd: £1,106
  • 4th: £553
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 0m 58.17s
  • Off Time: 14:15:13
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Red Stripes (USA)

5/1

    2
    Silk -

    Waseem Faris (IRE)

    8/1

      1(6)
      Silk - Purple, yellow chevron, yellow sleeves, purple armlets, purple cap, yellow star

      Meadway

      15 p D
      9/2
      • Form 950401
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 92

      in touch, very wide into straight 2f out, headway and edged left entering final furlong, ran on, not reach leaders

      2(2)
      Silk - ORANGE and PURPLE (quartered), EMERALD GREEN sleeves and cap

      Normal Equilibrium

      46 DCD
      5/1
      • Form 000046
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 90

      prominent, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong

      3(7)
      Silk - White, Purple cap

      Royal Bajan (USA)

      15 v DCD
      16/1
      • Form 505550
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 90

      raced wide prominent, weakened over 1f out

      4(4)
      Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow spots

      Waseem Faris (IRE)

      25 D
      8/1
      • Form 113194
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 90

      raced wide led, headed halfway, ridden and every chance over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, kept on

      5(5)
      Silk - BLACK, RED disc, halved sleeves, quartered cap

      It Must Be Faith

      23 D
      9/2
      • Form 552072
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 87

      dwelt in touch, ridden 2f out, no impression

      6(3)
      Silk - Light blue, dark blue armlets, dark blue cap

      Stocking

      34 D
      11/4
      • Form 532195
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 84

      slow into stride in touch in rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, not quicken towards finish

      7(1)
      Silk - White, Royal Blue stars, White and Maroon striped sleeves, Maroon cap

      Red Stripes (USA)

      5 CCD
      5/1
      • Form 332356
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-10
      • Official Rating 81

      prominent on inner, led halfway, ridden out

      In depth

      Verdict

      It could pay to stick with MEADWAY here. The latter returned a clear winner in better company than this on the Fibresand at Southwell recently and should close if proving as effective on this surface. It Must Be Faith is usually thereabouts off similar marks though still looks high enough in the weights and finished just behind fifth-placed Stocking over track and trip last month with Waseem Faris further behind. The latter is closely matched with Red Stripes on latest running at Lingfield but Normal Equilibrium and Royal Bajan are hard to fancy in their current form.

      Formwatch

      Meadway 9-2fav (8-12) Went left start, prominent, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Southwell 5f hcp (3) pol in Dec beating Mappin Time (9-3) by 2l, 14 ran.

      Normal Equilibrium 9-2 (9-6) Prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 7l behind Judicial (9-1) at Kempton 5f hcp (3) pol in Nov.

      Royal Bajan (USA) 20-1 (9-5) In touch, lost place over 2f out, 13th of 14, 12 1/4l behind Meadway (8-12) at Southwell 5f hcp (3) pol in Dec.

      Waseem Faris (IRE) 8-1 (8-10) Pressed winner, ridden 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 3l behind Lightscameraction (9-7) at Lingfield 5f hcp (2) pol in Dec.

      It Must Be Faith 7-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway on inside over 2f out, led inside final 2f, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final frulong, kept on, 2nd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Basil Berry (9-7) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (3) pol in Dec.

      Stocking 7-1 (8-4) Dwelt in rear, ridden over 1f out, effort when not much room inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 5th of 12, 2 1/2l behind Medicean Man (9-7) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (2) pol in Nov.

      Red Stripes (USA) 9-1 (9-4) Prominent, ridden 2f out, edged left over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 4l behind Seve (9-6) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (4) pol in Dec.