Racecards
18:10 Chelmsford City
Play Scoop6Soccer At Betfred Handicap (Class 4)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £8,000 added
- Winner: £5,175
- 2nd: £1,540
- 3rd: £770
- 4th: £385
- Form 626092
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer R Harris
- Jockey George Downing
held up, headway over 1f out, ridden and ran on inside final furlong, led close home
- Form 904264
- Age 9
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer S C Williams
- Jockey Aaron Jones
chased leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed and no extra close home
- Form 613111
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey Philip Prince
slowly into stride, behind, carried badly right on bend inside final 4f, not recover
- Form 51/184-0
- Age 5
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 75
slowly into stride, recovered to lead over 4f out, hung right on bend over 2f out, headed 2f out, chased leaders on wide outside, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, eased
- Form 1552P3
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer J R Best
- Jockey Kieren Fox
led until over 4f out, chased leader, led gain 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, lost 2nd well inside final furlong
- Form 662129
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 73
went right start, took keen hold, held up, hung badly right on bend inside final 4f, no chance after
- Form 246522
- Age 5
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer J Gallagher
- Jockey L Morris
chased leaders, driven and kept on same pace inside final furlong
- Form 412232
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer R M H Cowell
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
chased leaders on outside, edged right briefly over 1f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 742190
- Age 10
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer L Williamson
- Jockey Lemos De Souza
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In depth
Verdict
Air Of York landed a hat-trick of Class 6 handicaps in good style with a win at Wolverhampton last week. But this is tougher and he drops back to the minimum trip. Falsify is much better off with the latter on earlier running here and is closely matched with You're Cool and Ada Lovelace but PENSAX LAD makes most appeal. The top weight went close in similar company at Kempton last week, with Doctor Parkes behind, and Ron Harris' charge can go one better in this. Mossgo has been thereabouts of late and is another to consider.
Formwatch
Pensax Lad (IRE) 33-1 (9-2) Towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong to take 2nd place towards finish, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Burning Thread (9-1) at Kempton 5f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Doctor Parkes 7-1 (8-13) Towards rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on and no impression, 4th of 10, 3l behind Burning Thread (9-1) at Kempton 5f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Air Of York (IRE) 2-1fav (10-5) Tracked leaders, not much room on inside over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, soon clear, ran on well, won at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Dec beating Clary (9-5) by 3 1/4l, 8 ran.
Pal Of The Cat 16-1 (9-1) Led, raced alone towards stand side over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened, last of 12, 25l behind Anonymous John (9-6) at Windsor 6f hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Mossgo (IRE) 8-1 (8-9) Mid-division, switched inside and headway over 1f out, ridden to lead narrowly 1f out, kept on, headed and no extra in 3rd near finish, 3rd of 9, 3/4l behind Snow Cloud (9-8) at Lingfield 5f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
You're Cool 7-1 (9-5) Chased leaders on outside, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Temple Road (8-9) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Ada Lovelace 13-2 (9-2) Chased leaders, led inside final furlong, soon ridden and ran on, caught post, 2nd of 10, shd behind Loumarin (8-9) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Falsify 6-1 (8-13) Chased leader, pushed along halfway, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, ran on, went 2nd post, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Temple Road (8-9) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Secret Asset (IRE) 7-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, hung left and weakened over 1f out, last of 10, 4 1/4l behind Loumarin (8-9) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (5) pol in Nov.