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15:50 Chelmsford City
Betfred Download The Mobile App Spring Cup Handicap (Class 2)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £35,000 added
- Winner: £21,788
- 2nd: £6,524
- 3rd: £3,262
- 4th: £1,631
- Form 165-005
- Age 7
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 100
tracked leader over 2f, chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened well over 1f out, eased when no chance inside final furlong
- Form 1/32686-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 98
- Trainer D Loughnane
- Jockey D Nolan
led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, no chance with winner, lost 2nd post
- Form 27464-0
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer M Botti
- Jockey Andrea Atzeni
slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on under pressure into 3rd well inside final furlong, hung left near finish, snatched 2nd post, no chance with winner
- Form 24/211-1
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 93
- Trainer S bin Suroor
- Jockey James Doyle
tracked leaders on outside, went 2nd over 5f out, every chance 2f out, hung left and lost 2nd over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong
- Form 83006-3
- Age 6
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 86
tracked leaders, good headway on inside into 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon ridden and kept on well
- Form 156762
- Age 7
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer G C Bravery
- Jockey Patrick Pilley
held up in rear, headway and switching right when not clear run over 1f out, soon switched left, stayed on inside final furlong but never going pace to reach leaders
- Form 51-3158
- Age 7
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer S Dixon
- Jockey K T O'Neill
chased leaders, pushed along and outpaced over 3f out, driven on outside inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out
In depth
Verdict
This contest has been decimated by it's transfer from Newbury. Gabrial's Kaka won the Newbury version in 2014 but has not won again since and POWER GAME makes more appeal. Saeed Bin Suroor's charge has rattled-up a hat-trick on the all-weather and has not finished improving yet judged on the ease of his latest victory over 1m2f here. Azraff went close at the track in October and can be forgiven a below par effort in testing ground in the Spring Mile at Doncaster while Subtle Knife won at Lingfield in January but will find this tougher. Earth Drummer won a decent handicap at Wolverhampton the last time he raced on the all-weather and makes more appeal than the Southwell winners Boots And Spurs and Pearl Nation.
Formwatch
Pearl Nation (USA) 12-1 (9-6) Towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, one pace, 5th of 10, 6 1/4l behind Moon River (8-6) at Southwell 7f hcp (2) pol in Mar.
Earth Drummer (IRE) 5-1 (9-5) Held up in touch, headway and effort 2f out, ridden 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 6th of 8, 5 1/2l behind Chancery (9-4) at York 1m 2f hcp (2) gs in Oct.
Azraff (IRE) 9-1 (9-9) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, weakened approaching final furlong, 17th of 21, 20l behind Lord Of The Rock (9-1) at Doncaster 1m hcp (2) sft in Apr.
Power Game 6-5fav (8-5) Went right start, in touch, headway when carried right over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, soon hung left under pressure, ran on, won at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Jan beating Ansaab (8-7) by 1l, 7 ran.
Gabrial's Kaka (IRE) 12-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, 8th halfway, ridden under 2f out and no impression in 6th 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, 3rd of 22, 4 1/4l behind Sruthan (9-6) at Curragh 1m hcp Yielding - Soft in Mar.
Subtle Knife 9-1 (9-4) Held up in touch, headway on outside over 2f out, went 2nd well over 1f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, kept on same pace, 2nd of 8, 2 1/4l behind Dilgura (8-9) at Leicester 7f hcp (4) hvy in Apr.
Boots And Spurs 12-1 (9-4) Chased leaders far side group, ridden 3f out, weakened last 100 yards, 8th of 17, 12l behind Muntadab (9-1) at Doncaster 7f hcp (4) sft in Apr.