Racecards
17:00 Chelmsford City
Betfred TV Handicap (Class 6)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £5,000 added
- Winner: £3,234
- 2nd: £962
- 3rd: £481
- 4th: £240
- Form 557/07-6
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 60
held up in rear, under pressure over 2f out, soon beaten
- Form 911-271
- Age 8
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer J G M O'Shea
- Jockey Ciaran McKee
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon rallied, no extra final furlong
- Form 652-333
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer Heather Dalton
- Jockey Saleem Golam
tracked leaders, led over 1f out, soon headed, rallied to lead again inside final furlong, headed post
- Form 3586-23
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer Emma Owen
- Jockey T P Queally
tracked leader, driven to challenge over 2f out, soon every chance, weakened over 1f out
- Form 082861-
- Age 5
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 52
- Trainer P S McEntee
- Jockey Josephine Gordon
chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, soon rallied, ran on to lead again post
- Form 4836-41
- Age 6
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer J G M O'Shea
- Jockey Georgia Cox
Nonrunner
In depth
Verdict
Narrowly beaten over track and trip earlier in the month, LOUIS VEE is holding his form well and won an apprentice's race over 6f here last week. He escapes a penalty for that and is preferred to Honiton Lace, who landed a lowly Class 7 event here in December and is 6lb higher today. Royal Rettie is usually thereabouts without being good enough and Ertidaad is still searching for his first win. Ali Bin Nayef drops back in trip after a couple of modest efforts over a mile while Clement was due to run at Lingfield yesterday.
Formwatch
Ali Bin Nayef 16-1 (9-6) Headway to lead 6f out, ridden and headed entering final 2f, weakened final furlong, 6th of 9, 6 3/4l behind Etaad (9-7) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Louis Vee (IRE) 7-2 (9-6) Close up, pushed along over 2f out, led over 1f out, held on towards finish, won at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (6) pol in Jan beating Compton Prince (9-4) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Royal Rettie 5-1 (8-9) Keen, close up, ridden over 1f out, headway inside final furlong, ran on, 3rd of 6, 1/4l behind Queen Aggie (9-5) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp fll (5) pol in Jan.
Ertidaad (IRE) 7-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, no impression, 3rd of 5, 5l behind Fujin (9-7) at Southwell 6f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Honiton Lace 25-1 (9-3) Held up and behind, heaway on inside over 2f out, chased leaders and hung left over 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, ran on to lead well inside final furlong, won at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (7) pol in Dec beating Tasaaboq (9-5) by 1 1/2l, 13 ran.
Clement (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on towards finish, 4th of 10, 2 3/4l behind Cookie Ring (8-12) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Jan.