Racecards
17:30 Chelmsford City
Club Restaurant & Lounge Selling Stakes (Class 4)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £9,000 added
- Winner: £4,711
- 2nd: £2,210
- 3rd: £1,104
- 4th: £553
- Form 72-2515
- Age 6
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer D M Simcock
- Jockey L Morris
anticipated start and slowly away, keen in touch, carried right on bend 2f out, ridden and made no impression over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
- Form 50133-5
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer J Candlish
- Jockey George Wood
keen, tracked leaders, ridden out wide 2f out, went second inside final furlong, not pace of winner
- Form 05603-1
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer Kieran Burke
- Jockey Ashley Lewis
raced in last, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, made no telling impression
- Form 12278-8
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 78
raced in second, made challenge 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong
- Form 578-730
- Age 6
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey Jason Watson
wore hood to post, led, faced challenge 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
In depth
Formwatch
Hitched (IRE) 6-1 (9-9) Took keen hold in rear, asked for effort over 1f out, headway into fourth final furlong, lost fourth final strides, 5th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Borgi (9-7) at Lingfield 1m hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Good Banter (IRE) 40-1 (9-3) Mid-division on inner, ridden along 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, plugged on same pace inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 5 3/4l behind I'm Workin On It (8-12) at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Zoffandia (IRE) 5-2 (9-6) Mid-division, made headway in behind leaders over 3f out, shaken up to press leaders over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, went clear inside final furlong, readily, won at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Feb beating Baloo's Blues (8-11) by 4 1/2l, 11 ran.
City Of God (IRE) 9-2cfav (9-6) Midfield, raced wide throughout, outpaced over 1f out, soon weakened, 8th of 9, 5 3/4l behind Hitched (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Epictetus (IRE) 11-1 (9-7) Wore hood to start, led, headed after 1f, prominent, pushed along 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, soon weakened (trainer representative could offer no explanation for performance of gelding, gelding examined by vet who had nothing to report), 11th of 12, 11 1/4l behind Wyld Bill (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Cristo 11-2 (9-9) Midfield, pushed along 2f out, headway over 1f out, ridden inside final 110yds, weakened towards finish, 8th of 12, 2l behind Wyld Bill (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Feb.