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18:10 Chepstow

Premier Restaurant Opening Night Apprentice Banded Stakes (Class H) (Class H)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f 36y
  • Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 23.54s
  • 7 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Eurolink Artemis

4/1

    2
    Silk -

    Mr Whizz

    9/4

      1(3)
      Silk - Emerald Green, White stripe, White and Red halved sleeves, Red cap

      Eurolink Artemis

      4
      4/1
      • Form 00-0401
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-13

      held up well in rear, steady headway from 4f out, led on bit over 1f out, very easily

      2(4)
      Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue chevrons, diabolo on sleeves, Yellow cap, Royal Blue star

      Fortuna Mea

      192
      15/2
      • Form 060000-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7

      soon led, headed after 1f, tracked leaders til ridden and weakened 4f out

      3(6)
      Silk - Royal Blue and Dark Blue check

      Hellbent

      8
      7/2
      • Form 000563
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-7

      held up and keen, ridden over 3f, soon one pace

      4(2)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow Cross of Lorraine, chevrons on sleeves, Yellow cap

      Jezadil (IRE)

      17
      9/1
      • Form 0430-00
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-7

      slowly into stride, led after 1f, ridden and headed over 4f out, weakened 2f out

      5(7)
      Silk - Emerald Green and Yellow diabolo, White sleeves, Emerald Green and Yellow quartered cap

      Jim Lad

      242 v
      11/1
      • Form 00/0000-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7

      held up, ridden and weakened 5f out, never a factor

      6(1)
      Silk - Yellow, Dark Blue star, Yellow sleeves, Dark Blue seams and cap

      Middlemiss (IRE)

      261
      25/1
      • Form 00/5554-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7

      prominent for 2f, ridden and behind from 5f out

      7(5)
      Silk - Red and Emerald Green (quartered), Emerald Green sleeves, Red spots and cap

      Mr Whizz

      31
      9/4
      • Form 0-01443
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-7

      restrained in 2nd, led 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon one pace

      In depth

      Verdict

      There are not too many that can be seriously considered here with our vote going to Mr Whizz ahead of Eurolink Artemis, Jezadil and Hellbent. This is a race for apprentices in which the weights are partly determined by the number of winners that the jockey has ridden. Looking at the principals. Eurolink Artemis tends to come to herself at this time of year and, while the form of her Wolverhampton win 4 days ago is nothing out of the ordinary, this is not a strong race and, with form on the prevailing soft conditions, she looks set to go well. While Hellbent's overall form is very modest, he seems to be improving now and the drop to 10 furlongs from the 12 he ran over last time, could bring about further improvement. Jezadil's best winning form has come over further than 10 furlongs but she acts on soft and is another to hold solid claims in a race that lacks strength in depth, while Middlemiss is bred to be better than she has so far shown but has looked ordinary to date. Recent hurdling winner Mr Whizz has been kept busy on the all-weather and the best of his Turf form also puts him firmly in the mix too - sufficiently so for us to make him the selection.