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16:05 Chepstow

European Breeders Fund Fillies' Handicap (fillies) (Class D)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 23y
  • Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 44.51s
  • 10 Ran
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1
Silk -

Easter Parade

4/1

    2
    Silk -

    Prime Attraction

    25/1

      3
      Silk -

      Clarisse

      9/4

        1(10)
        Silk - Mauve and White check, striped sleeves

        Clarisse

        27
        9/4
        • Form 63120-1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-0

        led 2f, led again over 3f out, headed and weakened inside final furlong

        2(5)
        Silk - White, Light Blue chevron and sleeves, Black cap

        Tidal

        10 b
        14/1
        • Form 6-00060
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-8

        slowly into stride and keen, ran wide to lead after 2f, clear 5f out, ridden and headed 3f out, weakened 2f out

        3(3)
        Silk - Pink, Dark Blue seams, Pink cap

        Beechy Bank (IRE)

        247
        25/1
        • Form 006/01-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-6

        always in touch, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakend inside final furlong

        4(9)
        Silk - White

        Night Beauty

        21
        9/2
        • Form 03-6
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-1

        tracked leaders until ridden and weakened over 4f out

        5(1)
        Silk - Light blue, dark blue stripe, white sleeves, yellow cap

        Starry Mary

        7
        11/4
        • Form 303-352
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-8

        mid-division, headway over 3f out, soon ridden and weakened

        6(8)
        Silk - Emerald Green, White spots, White sleeves, Emerald Green armlets, hooped cap

        Knotty Ash Girl (IRE)

        32
        25/1
        • Form 350-000
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-7

        always behind

        7(6)
        Silk - Purple, Gold braid, Scarlet sleeves, Black velvet cap, Gold fringe

        Easter Parade

        21
        4/1
        • Form 00-0
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-6

        tracked early leader, 4th on inside and not much room 4f out, switched right 2f out, ran on well inside final furlong to lead close home

        8(7)
        Silk - Red, Yellow stars, chevrons on sleeves, Red cap

        Prime Attraction

        7
        25/1
        • Form 5005-60
        • Age 6
        • Weight 8-4

        held up in rear, headway 3f out, ridden and ran on well inside final furlong

        9(4)
        Silk - Light Blue and Maroon (quartered), Light Blue sleeves, Dark Blue cap

        Beetle Bug

        25
        50/1
        • Form 0-500
        • Age 3
        • Weight 7-12

        always behind

        10(2)
        Silk - YELLOW, DARK BLUE hollow box, armlets and cap

        Denise Best (IRE)

        7 b
        50/1
        • Form 42430-0
        • Age 5
        • Weight 7-12

        badly left, headway on wide outside 2f out, ridden and no extra final furlong

        In depth

        Verdict

        A race not to get too heavily involved in, but it may be worth giving Beechy Bank the chance to show her 200/1 win at Warwick was not a fluke; Clarisse, Starry Mary and Night Beauty are likely to provide the stiffest opposition. Mary Hambro's filly was the longest priced flat winner for 180 years, when landing a Classified Stakes race at Warwick last September, and has not raced since. That was her first run for the new stable, and although the handicapper has raised her 28 pounds after that, he may have erred on the generous side and strictly on the book she looks well in here on a mark of 66. Clarisse is an improving filly and Henry Candy's charge was a well-backed favourite when winning a Bath handicap on her reappearance, so is likely to go well on this six pound higher mark. Starry Mary is fairly consistent and should not be too far away if able to reproduce the form which saw her go down by just a head at Bath last week, while the booking of Jamie Spencer catches the eye for Ed Dunlop's Night Beauty on her handicap debut, and this King Of Kings filly is likely to go well from a mark of just 78.