Racecards
17:40 Chelmsford City
Example At Chelmsford City 14th August Handicap (Class 6)
- 4 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £5,527 added
- Winner: £2,322
- 2nd: £1,090
- 3rd: £545
- 4th: £300
Bezzas Lad (IRE)
213- Form 197831-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer M Appleby
- Jockey Alistair Rawlinson
Soon led, ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong, ran on
- Form 90-3271
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer I Furtado
- Jockey D C Costello
Held up in touch, nudged along 3f out, headway 2f out, weakened 1f out
- Form 850097
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer M Moubarak
- Jockey Ray Dawson
Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, headway to lead inside final furlong, ran on well
- Form 264846-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 57
- Trainer Frank Bishop
- Jockey Danny Brock
NonRunner
In depth
Verdict
LAST DATE has recorded all three wins so far at this venue including his latest outing in first-time cheekpieces. The headgear may bring further progress and he’s preferred to Bezzas Lad. The latter ended last year with a victory over 6f at Nottingham and is 6lb higher debuting for a new yard while Jems Bond had just the one outing last season and also steps up in trip. Sparkling Diamond and Salam Ya Faisal are hard to recommend though the latter is back on a winning mark.
Formwatch
Bezzas Lad (IRE) 18-1 (9-0) Went left and bumped start, made all and led field centre to far side, clear when ridden over 1f out, ran on strongly, unchallenged, won at Nottingham 6f hcp (5) gd in Sep beating Spanish Star (9-11) by 1 3/4l, 14 ran.
Last Date 17-2 (9-7) Tracked leader 2f, remained handy, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, all out, won at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (6) pol in Apr beating Velvet Vista (9-8) by ns, 15 ran.
Jems Bond 16-1 (9-2) In touch, ridden 2f out, effort and edged left inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 6th of 12, 4 1/2l behind War of Clans (9-3) at Doncaster 6f hcp (6) gs in Jun.
Salam Ya Faisal (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) In rear, brief progress over 2f out, soon weakened over 1f out, never in contention, 7th of 11, 5l behind Street Poet (8-13) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Sparkling Diamond 10-3 (9-6) Close up, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out, 6th of 12, 3 3/4l behind Bobby Joe Leg (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Nov.