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18:15 Chelmsford City

Woodford Reserve Handicap (Class 5)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 1m
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £10,050 added
  • Winner: £5,103
  • 2nd: £2,396
  • 3rd: £1,198
  • 4th: £599
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 38.78s
  • Off Time: 18:18:02
  • 9 Ran
1(8)
Silk - Light blue, red stars, red sleeves, light blue stars, red cap, light blue star

Almaan (USA)

19 p CD
6/1
  • Form 348-118
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 76

wore hood to post, steadied start, held up in rear, never involved

2(4)
Silk - Emerald green, yellow chevron, royal blue and red halved sleeves, white cap
33/1
  • Form 5854-15
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 76

held up towards rear, closer on inside turning in, 4th and no impression final furlong

3(7)
Silk - Emerald green, black armlets, black cap
12/1
  • Form 4374-38
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 75

chased leader, pushed along and lost 2nd over 2f out, ridden and no extra in 3rd over 1f out

4(2)
Silk - black, red triple diamond, diabolo on sleeves
4/1
  • Form 013-154
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 74

off the pace in last pair, never involved

5(5)
Silk - Orange, grey star
16/1
  • Form 816-676
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 74

led and set decent pace, ridden and strongly pressed inside final furlong, lost on the nod

6(9)
Silk - Dark blue, grey diamond
  • Form 260-124
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 73

off the pace and always towards rear

7(3)
Silk - Red, emerald green seams, emerald green and white quartered cap
7/2
  • Form 48-432D
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 72

chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out

8(6)
Silk - Dark Blue, Pink sleeves
10/3
  • Form 57/621-2
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 69

wore hood to post, mid-division, headway 2f out, switched right over 1f out, no headway

9(1)
Silk - White, Maroon triple diamond, Maroon cap, White diamond
13/2
  • Form 234545
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 68

chased leaders, went 2nd on inside over 2f out, strong challenge under pressure inside final furlong, won on the nod

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

ALMAAN (NAP) wasn’t at his best over a longer trip at Wolverhampton last time but had landed a course and distance double before that. Only 2lb higher than his latest success, he gets the vote in first-time cheekpieces. Blue Flame won over 7f at Newcastle earlier while Poetic Force landed a claimer over the same distance last month. Stopnsearch drops back down in trip but Always Fearless won over today’s distance at Lingfield in January.

Formwatch

Almaan (USA) 5-1 (9-5) Held up towards rear, pushed along 2f out, hung left final furlong, never on terms, 8th of 11, 5 1/2l behind Fountain Cross (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Mar.

Poetic Force (IRE) 11-1 (9-7) Slightly slow to stride, towards rear, ridden 2f out, headway on inside over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 6, 4 3/4l behind Dembe (9-7) at Lingfield 1m hcp (4) pol in Mar.

Baby Steps 9-1 (9-9) Soon disputing lead, pushed along and beaten over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 11, 11 1/4l behind Love Your Work (8-13) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Mar.

Elmejor (IRE) 9-2 (9-4) Held up, ridden over 1f out, driven and headway inside final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 9, 7l behind Enfranchise (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Feb.

Rhubarb Bikini (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Keen in front, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened quickly final furlong, last of 6, 5 1/4l behind Dembe (9-7) at Lingfield 1m hcp (4) pol in Mar.

Always Fearless (IRE) 6-1 (9-12) Held up in last pair, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, hung left and ridden inside final furlong, weakened into 4th inside final 100 yards, 4th of 7, 3l behind Finery (8-12) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (5) pol in Feb.

Stopnsearch 4-1 (9-4) Headway to lead after 2f and steadied pace, pushed along 2f out, ridden and edged right inside final furlong, headed briefly, stayed on gamely. originially finished 1st, disqualified and placed 3rd, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Mar beating Busby (8-13) by shd, 7 ran.

Blue Flame (IRE) 7-4fav (9-4) Edged left start, chased leaders, led 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no impression on winner after, kept on, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Sayifyouwill (9-7) at Kempton 7f hcp (5) pol in Feb.

Mawkeb (USA) 16-1 (8-12) Led after 1f, steadied pace over 5f out, pushed along and headed over 2f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 11, 4 1/4l behind Fountain Cross (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Mar.