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19:50 Chelmsford City
John Goode Memorial Handicap (Class 3)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £16,000 added
- Winner: £10,350
- 2nd: £3,080
- 3rd: £1,539
- 4th: £770
- Form 870122
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer J & S Quinn
- Jockey R Kingscote
led, headed and hung left over 1f out, no extra inside final 100 yards
- Form 4-18713
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 93
- Trainer R C Guest
- Jockey Connor Beasley
carried right start, chased leaders, led over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, ran on well
- Form 06-3360
- Age 7
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 92
- Trainer J S Moore
- Jockey P Cosgrave
chased leaders on outside, lost place over 1f out
- Form 6-80060
- Age 5
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 92
- Trainer Miss Gay Kelleway
- Jockey David Egan
awkward start, always behind
- Form 0312-90
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 88
went right start, prominent, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 083511
- Age 7
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer M Wigham
- Jockey James Doyle
chased leaders, effort on inside over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on, no impression on winner
- Form 361252
- Age 4
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer B R Millman
- Jockey Oisin Murphy
in rear, stayed on inside final furlong, went 4th post, no impression
- Form 28-0888
- Age 4
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer Rae Guest
- Jockey David Probert
rear of mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ran on, no impression on winner, almost took 2nd
- Form 149054
- Age 5
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer A Brittain
- Jockey Josephine Gordon
prominent, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 644311
- Age 6
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer C A Dwyer
- Jockey S De Sousa
in rear, driven on outside over 2f out, some late headway, no impression
- Form 23-9010
- Age 4
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer Mrs A Duffield
- Jockey S A Gray
Nonrunner
- Form 188400
- Age 5
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer S Dixon
- Jockey Josephine Gordon
Nonrunner
In depth
Verdict
EL ASTRONAUTE (NAP) has raced on the all-weather just the once before when finding only one too good over track and trip last month. This is easier and John Quinn’s charge gets the nod. Handytalk won over an extended 5f at Bath during the summer but is 9lb higher today while Foxy Forever and Saved My Bacon are upped in class off higher marks as they both bid for hat-tricks. Udontdodou won over 6f here earlier while Abstraction has a chance off his current mark back in handicap company today.
Formwatch
El Astronaute (IRE) 9-1 (9-7) Keen soon led, headed 4f out, pressed leader, led again over 1f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, 2nd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Powerallied (8-7) at Chester 5f hcp (2) gd in Sep.
Udontdodou 5-2fav (9-10) Held up mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, headway 1f out, kept on to take 3rd place inside final furlong, no impression, 3rd of 11, 5l behind Mazzini (9-7) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (3) pol in Jul.
Abstraction (IRE) 125-1 (9-1) Raced near side, chased leaders, pushed along halfway, soon weakened, last of 17, 22l behind Take Cover (9-1) at Newbury 5f Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Sep.
Lightscameraction (IRE) 33-1 (9-11) Towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened, last of 13, 9 1/2l behind Confessional (9-2) at Chester 5f hcp (3) gs in Jul.
Aleef (IRE) 33-1 (8-8) Led stand side, headed by stand side 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 14th of 22, 10 1/4l behind Spring Loaded (8-9) at Doncaster 6f hcp (2) gs in Sep.
Foxy Forever (IRE) 4-1fav (9-10) Help up and keen, headway over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, led post, won at Newmarket 5f hcp (4) gf in Aug beating Diamond Lady (9-9) by shd, 9 ran.
Handytalk (IRE) 4-1fav (9-6) Pressed leader, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 7, 3/4l behind Highland Acclaim (9-8) at Epsom 6f hcp (3) gf in Aug.
Show Stealer 11-2 (9-4) Towards rear, headway final furlong, not much room inside final furlong, never dangerous, 8th of 10, 4 3/4l behind Justice Lady (8-12) at Sandown 5f hcp (3) gd in Sep.
Stanghow 7-1 (9-2) Prominent, led over 3f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, no extra towards finish, 4th of 9, 2 1/2l behind Tarboosh (9-4) at Ripon 5f hcp (3) gf in Sep.
Saved My Bacon (IRE) 5-1 (9-3) A little slow to break, in rear, headway 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (4) pol in Jul beating Alsvinder (9-6) by hd, 10 ran.
Rosina 20-1 (9-8) Always in rear, last of 10, 8 3/4l behind Kinloch Pride (8-6) at Musselburgh 5f hcp (4) gf in Aug.
Crosse Fire 25-1 (8-8) With leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 13, 22 1/2l behind Paddy Power (9-3) at Pontefract 5f hcp (4) hvy in Sep.