Racecards
16:30 Chelmsford City
Irish Lotto At totesport.com Maiden Stakes (Class 5)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 1m 2f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £7,400 added
- Winner: £4,787
- 2nd: £1,424
- 3rd: £712
- 4th: £356
- Form 450-
- Age 4
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer O Murphy
- Jockey Seamus Cronin
tracked leader, led inside final 7f, pushed along 3f out, joined 2f out, soon ridden, kept slight lead, edged right inside final furlong, headed and no extra final 100 yards
- Form 02-2
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer J & T Gosden
- Jockey N Mackay
slowly into stride, headway tracking leading pair 3 wide 8f out, 2nd inside final 7f, ridden to challenge inside final furlong, stayed on to lead final 100 yards
Fayetta
10- Form 0432-4
- Age 3
- Weight 8-1
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer D Loughnane
- Jockey Laura Coughlan
tracked leaders until lost place halfway, rallied into modest 3rd over 2f out, plugged on
Freedom's Breath
104- Form 09-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-1
- Trainer M Appleby
- Jockey Jane Elliott
led until over 6f out, soon dropped to 3rd, pushed along over 3f out, outpaced when lost 3rd and weakened over 2f out
Velvet Vista
53- Form 77-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-1
- Trainer M H Tompkins
- Jockey Hollie Doyle
held up in 5th, closer in 4th halfway, weakened over 2f out
In depth
Verdict
GANTIER will likely prove a warm order here. Blinkers are fitted for the first time after suffering a narrow-margin defeat over today’s trip at Lingfield and John Gosden’s Frankel colt can open his account in this modest company. Fayetta has placed on a couple of occasions and attempts a longer trip today while the four-year-old Redemptorist competed over longer distances in Ireland last year and debut for new connections. Velvet Vista and Freedom's Breath have yet to figure and look up against it.
Formwatch
Redemptorist (IRE) 33-1 (9-5) Mid-division best, ridden and no extra over 3f out, weakened, last of 16, 31 1/4l behind Aircraft Carrier (9-5) at Gowran Park 1m 4f mdn Soft - Heavy in Oct.
Gantier 2-1 (9-2) Slowly away soon pushed along, headway on outer when hampered after 1f, close up, ridden 2f out, stayed on to go 2nd close home, 2nd of 6, 3/4l behind Marhaban (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 2f stks (5) pol in Jan.
Fayetta 11-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, ridden and outpaced over 1f out, kept on towards finish, just missed 3rd, 4th of 7, 5l behind Alkaamel (9-4) at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Freedom's Breath 150-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, pushed along and weakened 2f out, 9th of 10, 13 1/4l behind Frankellina (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m fll stks (4) gf in Oct.
Velvet Vista 100-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, towards rear, outpaced over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never near leaders, 7th of 12, 16 1/2l behind Divine Image (9-0) at Chelmsford City 1m fll stks (4) pol in Dec.