Racecards
20:05 Chelmsford City
Notleys Golf Club, Golfwise & G B Finch Handicap (Class 3)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £25,000 added
- Winner: £16,172
- 2nd: £4,812
- 3rd: £2,405
- 4th: £1,202
- Form 0-22117
- Age 7
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 96
held up in rear, switched right approaching final furlong, ridden and ran on, not reach leaders
- Form 1306-62
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey P J McDonald
tracked leader, led inside final furlong, ridden out
- Form 1-11535
- Age 5
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 94
- Trainer D K Ivory
- Jockey Jack Duern
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on towards finish
- Form 03-5038
- Age 7
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 93
- Trainer S C Williams
- Jockey Oisin Murphy
raced wide in touch towards rear, ridden and weakened over 1f out
- Form 3210-42
- Age 5
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 90
- Trainer Mrs R Carr
- Jockey Hollie Doyle
led, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
- Form 806351-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer S C Williams
- Jockey Harry Bentley
in touch in rear, ridden 2f out, headway inside final furlong, nearest finish
- Form 096-032
- Age 8
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 82
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
- Form 14715-4
- Age 5
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 82
in touch towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never a factor
- Form 180550
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 88
- Trainer P S McEntee
- Jockey Nicola Currie
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Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Love Dreams and Ower Fly ran well on their respective latest starts at Newmarket last week. Both only found one too good when attempting to make all and the former sports headgear for the first time today having failed to keep a straight line in the closing stages. But the front-running duo should set the race up nicely for the hold-up horse ELJADDAAF (NAP), who was given plenty to do at Lingfield last time but still finished ahead of Suzi's Connoisseur and is reunited with winning partner Robbie Winston today. Stablemate Lucymai is not out of this either while Via Serendipity ended last season with a victory at Newmarket and could also go well.
Formwatch
Eljaddaaf (IRE) 7-1 (9-7) Towards rear, ridden 2f out, never nearer, 7th of 13, 2 1/2l behind Take The Helm (9-3) at Lingfield 7f hcp (2) pol in Mar.
Love Dreams (IRE) 9-1 (9-4) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, swerved right towards finish, 2nd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Mjjack (9-6) at Newmarket 7f hcp (2) gs in Apr.
Lucymai 15-2 (9-0) Soon led, ridden and hung left over 1f out, headed approaching final furlong, no extra, 5th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Hunaina (9-0) at Kempton 1m lst fll stks (1) pol in Apr.
Suzi's Connoisseur 20-1 (9-5) Towards rear, ridden 2f out, kept on, never nearer, 8th of 13, 2 3/4l behind Take The Helm (9-3) at Lingfield 7f hcp (2) pol in Mar.
Ower Fly 14-1 (8-11) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 15, 1/2l behind Aeolus (9-7) at Newmarket 6f hcp (2) gs in Apr.
Via Serendipity 8-1 (8-11) Took keen hold, tracked leaders, went 2nd 2f out, ridden to lead final 100 yards, stayed on well, won at Newmarket 1m hcp (3) gf in Nov beating Salt Whistle Bay (8-7) by 1 1/4l, 8 ran.
Welliesinthewater (IRE) 5-1 (10-2) Chased leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Chaplin Bay (9-9) at Newcastle 7f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Atlas (IRE) 14-1 (8-10) Towards rear, not clear run under 2f out, some headway in 6th 1f out, switched right and kept on well inside final furlong, nearest at finish, 4th of 11, 1l behind Have A Nice Day (8-8) at Dundalk 7f hcp pol in Apr.
London (FR) 33-1 (8-11) Led stands side trio, towards rear when merged with centre group halfway, weakened over 2f out, 16th of 19, 14 3/4l behind Examiner (9-2) at Newmarket 1m hcp (2) gs in Apr.