Racecards
20:30 Chelmsford City
Full Works Handicap (Class 5)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £6,500 added
- Winner: £2,862
- 2nd: £1,344
- 3rd: £672
- 4th: £336
- Form 43-456
- Age 4
- Weight 9-12
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer S bin Suroor
- Jockey P Cosgrave
close up, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, stayed on
- Form 03536-9
- Age 8
- Weight 9-12
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer D Shaw
- Jockey Darragh Keenan
close up, pushed along 2f out, ridden and kept on same pace
- Form 09-0566
- Age 6
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey Callum Shepherd
in touch, pushed along and headway approaching final furlong, kept on same pace
- Form 388953
- Age 4
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer Miss Gay Kelleway
- Jockey Daniel Muscutt
raced wide tracked leaders, led 5f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra
- Form 216286
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer G G Margarson
- Jockey George Bass
tracked leaders, pushed along and every chance over 1f out, weakened final furlong
Maysong
16- Form 773492
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer E A L Dunlop
- Jockey Cieren Fallon
towards rear, headway approaching final furlong, ridden to lead briefly inside final furlong, ran on
Lafan (IRE)
52- Form 44355
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer R Hannon
- Jockey Thore Hammer-Hansen
towards rear, headway when short of room approaching final furlong, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on
- Form 25-2855
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer P S McEntee
- Jockey Grace McEntee
dwelt always in rear
Art Dealer
19- Form 43567
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey B A Curtis
led, headed 5f out, tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Few arrive in decent form but Vasco Da Gama has posted a couple of better efforts recently without looking like winning. MAYSONG also came up with an improved effort when runner-up at Sandown recently and may finally have fallen far enough down the weights to end a long losing run. Lafan looks no nearer winning though has been gelded since last in action and Secret Moment remains unexposed.
Formwatch
Secret Moment (IRE) 6-1 (10-0) Mid-division, soon disputing second, clear second when pushed along 3f out, weakened, last of 6, 9 1/2l behind Kentucky Kitten (8-8) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in Jul.
Samphire Coast 40-1 (8-11) Pulled hard in mid-division, headway out wide chasing leaders 6f out, led over 4f out, ridden inside final 2f, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 12, 7 3/4l behind Lequinto (9-2) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Swiss Knight 18-1 (9-8) Held up, ridden and headway 2f out, kept on, 6th of 10, 4 1/4l behind Blu Boy (9-5) at Beverley 7f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Vasco Da Gama (FR) 5-1 (9-7) Slowly into stride, in rear, ridden over 2f out, headway on outer over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 7, 2 1/4l behind Greek Kodiac (9-2) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Luna Wish 40-1 (8-11) Steadied start, close up towards stand side, switched to centre group 5f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 6, 33 1/4l behind Sweet Enough (9-5) at Yarmouth 1m hcp fll (4) gd in Aug.
Maysong 16-1 (9-10) In rear, headway entering final 2f, ridden and stayed on to go 2nd close home, 2nd of 12, 2 1/4l behind Crema Inglesa (9-3) at Sandown 1m hcp (5) gs in Aug.
Lafan (IRE) 10-1 (9-4) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, one pace from over 1f out, 5th of 10, 9 1/2l behind Emerging (9-4) at Bath 1m mdn stks (4) gf in Jun.
Smart Qibili (USA) 50-1 (9-1) Held up, nudged along over 3f out, switched right over 1f out, made some late headway, never in contention, 5th of 7, 8 1/2l behind Headingley (9-9) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Jul.
Art Dealer 33-1 (9-2) Mid-division, ridden 4f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 7, dist behind Myristica (9-2) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Aug.