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17:30 Chepstow

William Hill Keep Your Raceday Positive Racing League Race 8 Handicap (Class 4)

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 14y
  • Going: Good to Soft (Good in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £25,000 added
  • Winner: £12,885
  • 2nd: £6,042
  • 3rd: £3,022
  • 4th: £1,510
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 35.89s
  • Off Time: 17:30:54
  • 12 Ran
1(8)
Silk - White, grey seams (RacingLeague)
9/2
  • Form 0-34263
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-13
  • Official Rating 86

prominent near side, led 3f out and soon ridden, headed over 1f out, no extra final 100 yards

2(10)
Silk - Emerald green, dark green seams (RacingLeague)

Sun King (IRE)

14 pt D
11/2
  • Form 3-54554
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-11
  • Official Rating 84

led near side, headed 4f out, pushed along and outpaced 3f out, late headway inside final furlong

3(7)
Silk - Black, light brown seams (RacingLeague)
18/1
  • Form 521553
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-10
  • Official Rating 83

mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, kept on final furlong

4(3)
Silk - Red, brown seams (RacingLeague)

Yantarni

14 p D
12/1
  • Form 20-7404
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 81

handy, pushed along and weakened 2f out

5(12)
Silk - Black, light brown seams, grey cap (RacingLeague)

Hartswood

13 D
6/1
  • Form 475-142
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 80

mid-division near side, hard ridden 2f out, headway final furlong but could not go pace of leaders, kept on well in 3rd

6(4)
Silk - Red, brown seams, pink cap (RacingLeague)
14/1
  • Form 526312
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 78

led, ridden and headed 3f out, weakened thereafter

7(11)
Silk - Emerald Green, dark green seams, light green cap (RacingLeague)
40/1
  • Form 151617
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 78

slowly away, held up, ridden off pace over 2f out, headway between rivals final furlong, soon challenging, worn down close close home

8(1)
Silk - Maroon, purple seams (RacingLeague)
  • Form 935155
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 77

led far side, clear over 1f out, ridden and hard pressed final 100 yards, ran on well, held on gamely

9(5)
Silk - White, grey seams, orange cap (RacingLeague)

Albegrey

43 BFD
11/2
  • Form 4374-13
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 76

held up, some headway under pressure over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong

10(2)
Silk - Yellow, gold seams (RacingLeague)
25/1
  • Form 795650
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 76

prominent far side, pushed along and outpaced 3f out, plugged on final furlong

11(9)
Silk - Light blue, dark blue seams (RacingLeague)

Celtic Empress

13 ht D
11/1
  • Form 40-6873
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 74

mid-division, pushed along 3f out, weakened 2f out

12(6)
Silk - Maroon, purple seams, purple cap (RacingLeague)
9/1
  • Form 2-64354
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 71

in rear, struggling over 2f out, minor late headway

In depth

Verdict

Hartswood chased home in-form stable companion Tele Red in an amateurs’ handicap at York latest and won at Thirsk in the spring, though this evening’s ground may be softer than ideal. It may also be too testing for United Front and Cabinet Of Clowns has never raced on anything softer than good. TITIAN was second in the Spring Mile at Doncaster in April run on heavy ground. He’s won on soft going at that track and arrives off the back of a fair third off this mark at Newmarket. Macs Dilemma and Albegrey could also play a part.

Formwatch

Titian (IRE) 9-1 (9-9) Prominent, led over 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, one pace and lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Darkness (10-0) at Newmarket 1m hcp (3) gf in Jul.

Sun King (IRE) 9-2 (9-12) Midfield, headway 3f out, ridden and chased leaders 2f out, kept on, 4th of 9, 1/2l behind Achillea (8-5) at Yarmouth 1m hcp (4) gs in Jul.

United Front (USA) 15-2 (9-10) Prominent, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed final 110 yards, lost second towards finish, 3rd of 9, 1/4l behind Achillea (8-5) at Yarmouth 1m hcp (4) gs in Jul.

Yantarni 14-1 (9-4) Prominent, ridden to challenge over 1f out, briefly went second 1f out, weakened final 110 yards, 4th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Farhh To Shy (9-10) at Yarmouth 7f hcp (3) gs in Jul.

Hartswood 5-1 (11-9) Midfield, pushed along over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, went second final strides, 2nd of 13, 2 1/4l behind Tele Red (10-13) at York 1m hcp (4) gs in Jul.

Macs Dilemma (IRE) 6-1 (10-4) Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed towards finish, 2nd of 8, hd behind Obama Army (8-11) at Chepstow 1m hcp (5) gs in Jul.

Arcadian Nights 12-1 (9-8) Prominent, pushed along over 3f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 7th of 13, 5l behind Eeetee (9-7) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Apr.

Cabinet Of Clowns (IRE) 4-1 (10-4) Close up, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 7l behind Bint Al Daar (9-2) at Newmarket 1m hcp (5) gd in Aug.

Albegrey 2-1fav (8-13) Tracked leader, led 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 10, 2 3/4l behind Clear Angel (9-3) at Carlisle 1m hcp (4) gs in Jun.

Power of Darkness 12-1 (10-3) Keen, in touch, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 12, 19 3/4l behind Bint Al Daar (9-2) at Newmarket 1m hcp (5) gd in Aug.

Celtic Empress 9-2 (10-1) Slowly away, held up in rear, switched left 4f out, driven along 3f out, headway approaching final furlong, no extra towards finish, 3rd of 8, 3/4l behind Obama Army (8-11) at Chepstow 1m hcp (5) gs in Jul.

Snapcracklepop 10-1 (9-8) Slowly into stride, pushed along early in rear, headway out wide over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 4th of 9, 3l behind Night Arc (9-9) at Sandown 1m hcp (4) gd in Jul.