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16:35 Chepstow

Weatherbys Travel Handicap (Class D)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 2f
  • Going: Good to Firm
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 57.58s
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Ulshaw

12/1

    2
    Silk -

    Decisive

    5/4

      2(4)
      Silk - WHITE, BLACK disc, striped sleeves

      Look First (IRE)

      12
      2/1
      • Form 500456
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-12

      held up and behind, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened

      3(1)
      Silk - Dark Green, Yellow cap, Dark Green star

      Decisive

      12
      5/4
      • Form 6253-11
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-4

      chased leader, winner from 4f out, ridden final furlong but not quicken

      4(3)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow stripe, chevrons on sleeves, Yellow cap

      Monsal Dale (IRE)

      17
      8/1
      • Form 440246
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-3

      soon led, headed 4f out, ridden and weakened 3f out

      5(2)
      Silk - BLACK, PINK hoops, WHITE sleeves, PINK cap

      Ulshaw

      54
      12/1
      • Form 231303
      • Age 6
      • Weight 7-13

      led early, keen, always prominent, led 4f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on well final furlong

      6(6)
      Silk - RED and ROYAL BLUE diamonds, EMERALD GREEN and RED striped sleeves, RED cap, EMERALD GREEN diamond

      Kaluana Court

      258
      7/1
      • Form 410040-
      • Age 7
      • Weight 7-12

      held up, headway 3f out, ridden over 2f out, one paced final furlong

      1(5)
      NR

      Tom Paddington

      19
      • Form 441/10-4
      • Age 8
      • Weight 10-0

      Withdrawn

      In depth

      Verdict

      A fairly trappy handicap despite the small field, but Look First is just taken to get the better of the lightly-raced Tom Paddington and the hat trick-seeking Decisive. The latter benefited from an enterprising ride from Eddie Ahern, making all of the running to land a handicap at Kempton, with Look First nearly eight lengths away in sixth. However, the selection now enjoys a five pound pull in the weights and as Chepstow is not the easiest of tracks for front-runners, is fancied to reverse the form. Look First had earlier finished a good fifth in the Queen's Prize, and a reproduction of that form could be good enough here. Tom Paddington is an eight-year-old who has clearly had his training problems but is with the right man in Hugh Morrison, and if he can improve on his reappearance fourth at Newbury recently he would have strong claims here.