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17:45 Chelmsford City

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  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 6f
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £9,750 added
  • Winner: £5,531
  • 2nd: £1,646
  • 3rd: £823
  • 4th: £411
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 12.20s
  • Off Time: 17:47:19
  • 6 Ran
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Silk -

Gentlemen

5/1

    2
    Silk -

    King Robert

    3/1

      1(4)
      Silk - White, Royal Blue cross belts, check sleeves, White cap, Royal Blue spots

      King Robert

      27 DCD
      3/1
      • Form 4641-63
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 82

      tracked leaders, smooth headway over 1f out, shaken up to lead entering final furlong, soon ridden and hard pressed, headed and no extra inside final 50 yards

      2(5)
      Silk - ROYAL BLUE, YELLOW and ROYAL BLUE diabolo on sleeves, YELLOW cap

      Red Alert

      28 DCD
      6/1
      • Form 04311-4
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 82

      chased leaders, driven 2f out, switched outside over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on to chase front pair inside final furlong, no impression final 100 yards

      3(6)
      Silk - Light green, white chevron and sleeves

      Classic Pursuit

      27 v CD
      20/1
      • Form 0371-57
      • Age 8
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 80

      raced keenly, tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, driven and outpaced final furlong

      4(1)
      Silk - Dark Blue and White diabolo, hooped sleeves and cap

      Smokey Lane (IRE)

      14 b D
      4/1
      • Form 2745-73
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 80

      led narrowly, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, soon lost place, no extra

      5(2)
      Silk - Emerald green, red hoops, red sleeves, emerald green armlets

      Al Asef

      35 p
      2/1
      • Form 44049-4
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 78

      with leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out until inside final furlong, weakened final 100 yards

      6(3)
      Silk - Black, Red armlets

      Gentlemen

      15 h CDCD
      5/1
      • Form 4-34461
      • Age 8
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 76

      slowly into stride, in rear, driven over 2f out, switched right and headway over 1f out, soon ridden to chase leader, stayed on well to lead inside final 50 yards

      In depth

      Verdict

      Gentlemen finished in front of Smokey Lane when scoring over 7f here in November and won again over the latter trip at Newcastle recently. Red Alert ended last year with a double and ran well on last month’s comeback at Kempton but KING ROBERT was placed in a higher grade sprint over course and distance recently and is taken to come out best having won at this level here in December. Al Asef has slipped down the weights and Ryan Moore takes over the reins today while Classic Pursuit is not badly treated with an apprentice’s allowance helping his cause.

      Formwatch

      King Robert 12-1 (8-9) Chased leaders, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Desert Doctor (9-1) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (3) pol in Jan.

      Red Alert 14-1 (9-7) Raced keenly, tacked leader, effort 2f out, soon ridden, lost place over 1f out, rallied on outside well inside final furlong, just held, 4th of 7, 1/2l behind Choice Encounter (9-2) at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Jan.

      Classic Pursuit 17-2 (8-10) Outpaced in rear, last of 7, 11 1/4l behind Midnight Malibu (8-11) at Southwell 5f hcp (3) pol in Jan.

      Smokey Lane (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Soon led, keen, headed over 1f out, kept on under pressure, 3rd of 6, 1 1/2l behind Fuwairt (9-4) at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Feb.

      Al Asef 2-1 (9-2) Close up, pushed along 2f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, not trouble leaders, 4th of 6, 3 1/4l behind Doc Sportello (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Jan.

      Gentlemen 7-1 (9-7) Raced keenly, made all and set steady pace, quickened 2f out, ridden and ran on inside final furlong, won at Newcastle 7f hcp (5) pol in Feb beating Chosen World (8-11) by hd, 6 ran.