Racecards
17:00 Chelmsford City
Bet totequadpot At totesport.com Handicap (Class 4)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £10,000 added
- Winner: £5,434
- 2nd: £1,617
- 3rd: £808
- 4th: £404
- Form 506770-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 85
- Trainer R A Fahey
- Jockey Barry McHugh
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 252121-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 82
soon led and raced freely, ridden and headed 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
- Form 286741-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer A G Newcombe
- Jockey A Kirby
broke well, mid-division, headway over 1f out, soon edged left and not much room, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 163235-
- Age 8
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer S C Williams
- Jockey Rob Hornby
prominent, every chance 1f out, weakened well inside final furlong
- Form 001333-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer S C Williams
- Jockey Jason Hart
held up in rear, took keen hold, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, led close home
- Form 620199-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer K R Burke
- Jockey B A Curtis
prominent, effort on inside to lead 1f out, kept on, headed close home
- Form 842645-
- Age 6
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer M Appleby
- Jockey George Rooke
rearing in stalls, chased leaders, started racing keenly 5f out, ridden over 1f out, soon beaten
- Form 424912-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer D Loughnane
- Jockey R Kingscote
Nonrunner
In depth
Verdict
Plenty with claims but BUSBY has won two of his last three outings having scored at Kempton last time and gets the vote in his current frame of mind. Ginger Fox won over 6f before finding only one too good at Wolverhampton when ahead of Self Assessment while Tomily won a claimer over course and distance in October and this isn’t much tougher. Revolutionise has been racing over 6f but stays this far and is another to consider in an open contest.
Formwatch
Gallipoli (IRE) 40-1 (8-13) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway on outside over 2f out, soon beaten, 14th of 18, 6 1/2l behind Dirty Rascal (8-11) at Goodwood 7f hcp (3) gd in Jul.
Busby (IRE) 6-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, headway to lead over 1f out, ran on, won at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Nov beating Strawberry Jack (9-8) by 3/4l, 12 ran.
Tomily (IRE) 4-1 (10-0) Tracked leaders on inside, ridden over 1f out, led entering final furlong, stayed on well, won at Chelmsford City 7f stks (6) pol in Oct beating Onebaba (9-2) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Swift Approval (IRE) 9-2 (9-0) Chased leaders on inside, went 2nd 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, weakened towards finish, 5th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Polybius (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp (3) pol in Nov.
Revolutionise (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) Sweating, slowly into stride, held up in 6th, headway between horses over 1f out, plugged on in 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 4 3/4l behind Spirit Of May (9-4) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Self Assessment (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Always towards rear, 9th of 12, 4 3/4l behind Jackstar (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Glory of Paris (IRE) 8-1 (9-1) Chased leaders, chance 2f out, 3rd and held when switched left over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 4 3/4l behind Directory (9-6) at Southwell 1m hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Ginger Fox 4-1 (9-6) Took keen hold, held up in mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 1f out, went 2nd well inside final furlong, not trouble winner, 2nd of 12, 1l behind Jackstar (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (4) pol in Dec.