Racecards
19:15 Chelmsford City
Retraining Of Racehorses Handicap (Class 3)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £11,500 added
- Winner: £7,439
- 2nd: £2,214
- 3rd: £1,106
- 4th: £553
- Form 270624
- Age 4
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 90
- Trainer A Carson
- Jockey William Carson
tracked leading pair on inside, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, soon beaten
- Form 12-1250
- Age 4
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 90
- Trainer R Varian
- Jockey J Mitchell
made all, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well, unchallenged
Quloob
20- Form 434-092
- Age 6
- Weight 9-12
- Official Rating 88
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey Hollie Doyle
held up in 4th, quick move on outside tracking winner over 2f out, ridden and no impression when lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 3-23602
- Age 5
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer H & R Charlton
- Jockey Thomas Greatrex
held up last and pushed along at times, good headway and wide on home turn, ridden over 1f out, went 2nd edging left inside final furlong, never able to challenge
- Form 45-3221
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer D M Simcock
- Jockey S W Kelly
held up in last pair, good headway on inside 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, ridden and no impression when dropped to 3rd inside final furlong
- Form 311131
- Age 3
- Weight 8-1
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer Sir Mark Prescott
- Jockey L Morris
tracked leader, niggled along after halfway, pushed along and lost 2nd over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
In depth
Verdict
Quloob has won over hurdles since finishing runner-up over 1m6f at Newmarket but True Destiny had an easier task when finishing second at Wolverhampton recently. Pianissimo was still well beaten when finding only one too good at Kempton earlier but Pleasure Garden has shown progressive form in lower grade contests and headgear is applied having won at Chepstow last time. The 1m4f winner Caledonian Crusade looks a threat if lasting home but AUSTRALIS (NAP) returns to the all-weather for the first time since finishing runner-up in the Northumberland Plate at Newcastle and Roger Varian’s charge can return to winning ways.
Formwatch
Pianissimo 5-1 (9-13) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway to chase leader over 1f out, faded final furlong, 4th of 7, 10 1/4l behind High Wells (8-12) at Kempton 2m hcp (3) pol in Sep.
Australis (IRE) 14-1 (8-12) Raced wide in touch, ridden and headway 2f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 17, 7 1/2l behind Euchen Glen (9-7) at Haydock 1m 6f hcp (2) sft in Sep.
Quloob 8-11fav (11-5) Chased leaders, not always fluent, hit 3rd, struggling 3 out, soon weakened, 4th of 8, 26 1/4l behind Courtandbould (11-12) at Fontwell 2m 2f (4) gd in Sep.
True Destiny 15-2 (10-2) Mid-division, headway 3f out, switched right over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no impression on winner, 2nd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Soghan (10-0) at Wolverhampton 2m 1f hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Caledonian Crusade (IRE) 6-4fav (9-2) Tracked leaders in 3rd, went 2nd over 2f out, pushed along for effort 2f out, hung slightly left and led 1f out, ridden and asserted final 100yds, won at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Aug beating Caen Na Coille (10-1) by 2 1/4l, 8 ran.
Pleasure Garden (USA) 10-11fav (9-1) Led 1f, ridden to lead again over 2f out, driven out, won at Chepstow 2m hcp (5) gs in Aug beating With Pleasure (9-7) by shd, 12 ran.