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17:55 Chepstow

Ethel Gold Memorial Handicap (Class 6)

  • 20 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 16y
  • Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 0m 59.25s
  • 20 Ran
2
Silk -
15/2

    3
    Silk -
    4
    Silk -
    20/1

      1(2)
      Silk - Red, White cross belts, Light Blue sleeves and cap
      • Form 224301
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-12
      • Official Rating 55

      always prominent, led just inside final furlong, ran on well

      2(5)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Pink star and sleeves, Royal Blue cap, White star

      Melaina

      95 p
      25/1
      • Form 950-000
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 55

      soon led far side, headed after a furlong, in touch until ridden and weakened 2f out

      3(14)
      Silk - ORANGE and PURPLE (quartered), EMERALD GREEN sleeves and cap
      6/1
      • Form 900113
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 55

      in touch, short of room and switched right over 1f out, no extra final furlong

      4(7)
      Silk - ROYAL BLUE, YELLOW stars, hooped sleeves and stars on cap
      50/1
      • Form 408-000
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 54

      always struggling in rear

      5(18)
      Silk - White, Royal Blue stars, White and Red diabolo on sleeves, White cap, Red star
      9/1
      • Form 93-8561
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 54

      in touch until ridden 2f out, weakened quickly 1f out

      6(9)
      Silk - Dark Green, Red epaulets, chevrons on sleeves

      Lady Pekan

      11 v D
      25/1
      • Form 681820
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 52

      prominent until ridden and weakened over 2f out

      7(4)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Red triple diamond, sleeves and cap

      Kiss The Rain

      11 b BFD
      14/1
      • Form 030043
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 51

      in touch, ridden 2f out, weakened 1f out

      8(8)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Grey epaulets

      Montana

      14 BF
      15/2
      • Form 40-9330
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 50

      always in touch, ridden 2f out, headway approaching final furlong, no extra when challenged winner inside final furlong

      9(20)
      Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue hoops, Light Blue sleeves, Dark Blue diabolo
      11/2
      • Form 6-07602
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 52

      in touch, with leader 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong

      10(19)
      Silk - Purple and Emerald Green diabolo, Royal Blue and Yellow halved sleeves, Orange cap
      16/1
      • Form 052189
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 52

      in touch until ridden and weakened well over 1f out

      11(12)
      Silk - YELLOW, BLACK star, quartered cap

      Fly More

      30 p CDDC
      9/1
      • Form 635090
      • Age 8
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 48

      always prominent, ridden 1f out, soon one pace

      12(6)
      Silk - RED, WHITE sash, ROYAL BLUE sleeves, WHITE armlets, RED and WHITE striped cap
      40/1
      • Form 8-00700
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 48

      always in rear

      13(13)
      Silk - PURPLE, EMERALD GREEN hoop, WHITE cap
      • Form 60-7508
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-12
      • Official Rating 47

      slowly into stride, always behind

      14(17)
      Silk - Dark Green and Red check, Dark Green sleeves
      33/1
      • Form 690-640
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-11
      • Official Rating 48

      behind and never dangerous

      15(11)
      Silk - White, Purple diamond, Purple sleeves, White diamonds, Purple cap
      • Form 4-70
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-10
      • Official Rating 47

      never in contention

      16(10)
      Silk - YELLOW, BLACK star, quartered cap
      25/1
      • Form 00098-8
      • Age 8
      • Weight 8-10
      • Official Rating 45

      always prominent, ridden 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

      17(15)
      Silk - White, Black stars, Black cap, White star
      • Form 324641
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-10
      • Official Rating 45

      held up, soon outpaced, ridden and ran on without being dangerous final furlong

      18(3)
      Silk - Black and Light Green check, Pink sleeves and cap

      Tomthevic

      6 p D
      20/1
      • Form 602569
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-10
      • Official Rating 45

      prominent far side, led after a furlong until headed inside final furlong, no extra close home

      19(16)
      Silk - YELLOW, BROWN chevrons, YELLOW sleeves and cap, BROWN star
      50/1
      • Form 070-0
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 45

      always mid-division

      20(1)
      Silk - White, Dark Blue stars, Dark Blue sleeves, White armlets
      • Form 009
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 45

      in touch on stand side, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

      In depth

      Verdict

      A very competitive event to end the card and we will give a sporting vote to Edged In Gold, Ballybunion and Taboor are just two of many dangers. Peter Makin's three-year-old was a winner on the all-weather at Wolverhampton last time. Waiting tactics did the trick on that occasion and he should be able to get plenty of cover in this contest. Ballybunion returned to winning ways at Catterick last time, comfortably beating Mystery Pips. He has a very capable claimer on board to lessen the load of top-weight and the combination will be hard to keep out of the money. Taboor has landed a couple of modest races recently and wasn't disgraced last time when third to Never Without Me following a slow start. If he sets off on terms today he should make his presence felt. Recent victor Jasmine Pearl is another to consider for each-way purposes, but for the winner we return to Edged In Gold.

      Formwatch

      Ballybunion (IRE) 10-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to lead well inside final furlong, won at Catterick 5f hcp (6) gf beating Mystery Pips (8-11) by 1 1/2l, 17 ran.

      Taboor (IRE) 6-1 (8-4) Slowly into stride, held up, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, ran on well, 3rd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Never Without Me (8-4) at Leicester 5f hcp (5) gs.

      Edged In Gold 11-2 (9-7) Held up and behind, good headway over 2f out, ridden to lead just inside final furlong, soon edged left, ran on, won at W'hampton 5f 3yo hcp (6) pol in Jul beating Rock Fever (8-13) by a nk, 13 ran.

      Lady Pekan 7-1 (8-12) With leader, led over 3f out until over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 10th of 12, 5l behind New Options (9-1) at W'hampton 5f hcp (6) pol.

      Kiss The Rain 9-2jt-fav (8-13) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, switched right and bumped well over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 2l behind New Options (9-1) at W'hampton 5f hcp (6) pol.

      Pro Tempore 40-1 (9-0) Led stands' side group throughout, hard ridden and ran on final furlong, just failed, 2nd of 14, shd behind Valiant Romeo (9-1) at Folkestone 5f hcp (6) gf.

      Phantom Song (IRE) 40-1 (7-12) Led, headed halfway, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 9th of 12, 19l behind Middleton Grey (8-12) at Newmarket 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gs.

      Jasmine Pearl (IRE) 9-1 (8-8) Steadied start, in rear, headway over 2f out, led 1f out, kept on, won at Brighton 6f hcp (6) frm beating Tuscan Flyer (9-0) by 3/4l, 16 ran.