Racecards
19:30 Chelmsford City
Christmas Party Nights Handicap (Class 2)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 1m 2f
- Going: Standard / Slow
- Surface: Polytrack
- £25,000 added
- Winner: £13,500
- 2nd: £6,338
- 3rd: £3,170
- 4th: £1,585
- Form 12-1552
- Age 4
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 102
- Trainer S & E Crisford
- Jockey R Coakley
soon tracking leader, led after 1f, ridden and strongly pressed over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong
- Form 4483-79
- Age 7
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 98
- Trainer M Botti
- Jockey Marco Ghiani
held up in rear, headway on inside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 3rd final strides
- Form 61-1
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 94
- Trainer Sir Michael Stoute
- Jockey R Kingscote
slowly into stride, soon tracking leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and stayed on in 2nd inside final furlong, never going pace of winner
- Form 032412
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 93
- Trainer D J S Ffrench Davis
- Jockey Owen Lewis
raced keenly, led 1f, tracked leader, ridden to challenge over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 472310
- Age 5
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 90
- Trainer S Pearce
- Jockey J Mitchell
raced keenly, held up in last pair, good headway out wide over 1f out, stayed on in 3rd inside final furlong, no chance with winner, lost 3rd final strides
- Form 1767-74
- Age 5
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey Joanna Mason
tracked leaders on inside, hung left and weakened over 1f out
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
BELIEVE IN STARS (NAP) defied a penalty at Goodwood on his belated seasonal debut and further progress is expected now handicapping. Greatgadian returned to winning ways over a mile at Newcastle and remains on a winning mark while Mr Professor had slipped down the weights before scoring at Goodwood in September. Storm Catcher won at Newcastle earlier and Base Note went close at the same track back in April.
Formwatch
Base Note 6-1 (9-7) Held up in rear, switched left and headway over 1f out, chased winner entering final furlong, unable to get on terms, stayed on, 2nd of 6, 1l behind Notre Belle Bete (9-7) at Newcastle 1m 2f stks (2) pol in Apr.
Felix (9-10) 9th of 14, 16 1/4l behind Blue Trail (9-7) at Meydan 1m 2f hcp gd in Feb.
Barenboim 6-1 (9-10) Held up well off the pace in rear, never a fctor, last of 9, 18 1/2l behind Cemhaan (9-9) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in May.
Believe In Stars (IRE) 9-2 (10-3) Tracked leaders, chased leader over 1f out, pushed along to lead inside final furlong, edged right and ridden close home, won at Goodwood 1m 2f stks (4) gd in Sep beating King Lear (9-11) by hd, 8 ran.
Mr Professor (IRE) 10-3 (10-4) Prominent, headway to press leader over 2f out where ridden, soon chased new leader, kept on inside final furlong but no match for ready winner, 2nd of 8, 6l behind Botanical (9-9) at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp (3) sft in Oct.
Storm Catcher (IRE) 66-1 (8-10) Raced centre, chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, soon every chance, weakened inside final furlong, 20th of 34, 8 1/2l behind Astro King (9-12) at Newmarket 1m 1f hcp (2) gf in Sep.
Yorkshire Lady 13-2 (10-8) Held up, headway 2f out, ridden and ran on final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 15, 9l behind Kihavah (10-6) at York 1m 4f hcp (3) gf in Jun.
Greatgadian (GER) 15-8fav (10-0) Held up last, still a lot to when started to make headway before 2f out, pushed along and made rapid headway on nearside to go prominent before 1f out, slightly intimidated by rival just before final furlong but lost little momentum, rallied and ran on strongly when led well inside final 50 yards, just prevailed, won at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Oct beating Pastiche (9-10) by nk, 8 ran.