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15:10 Nottingham

Cliff Smith 70th Birthday Celebration Fillies' Handicap (Class D) (fillies) (Class D)

  • 14 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 54y
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 45.34s
  • 14 Ran
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1
Silk -

Our Jaffa (IRE)

4/1

    2
    Silk -

    Pella

    50/1

      3
      Silk -

      Marinaite

      25/1

        1(15)
        Silk - Light Green, White chevron, striped sleeves

        Sky Galaxy (USA)

        13
        50/1
        • Form 15000-0
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-7

        mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened

        2(1)
        Silk - Yellow, Dark Green stripe, striped sleeves, quartered cap

        Baileys Dancer

        11
        8/1
        • Form 140-040
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-6

        chased leaders over 4f

        3(3)
        Silk - Black and Orange stripes, White cap

        Our Jaffa (IRE)

        12
        4/1
        • Form 41
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-5

        in touch, led 2f out, driven out

        4(9)
        Silk - Brown, White hooped sleeves, Red and White quartered cap

        Abington Angel

        18
        50/1
        • Form 32660-0
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-3

        always behind

        5(14)
        Silk - Royal Blue, White triple diamond, diabolo on sleeves and diamonds on cap

        Citrine Spirit (IRE)

        11
        3/1
        • Form 0-613
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-2

        with leader, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened

        6(8)
        Silk - LIGHT GREEN and PURPLE (quartered), LIGHT GREEN sleeves, WHITE cap

        Marinaite

        18
        25/1
        • Form 215220
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-1

        led, ridden and headed 2f out, no extra inside final furlong

        7(4)
        Silk - Pink and Purple (halved), sleeves reversed, Pink and Purple quartered cap

        Magical Mimi

        31
        66/1
        • Form 5130-00
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        soon behind, kept on inside final furlong, never dangerous

        8(12)
        Silk - Pink, Royal Blue triple diamond and diamond on cap

        Speedbird (USA)

        19
        11/2
        • Form 20-02
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out

        9(11)
        Silk - MAROON, white sleeves, maroon cap, white star

        Catherine Howard

        18
        9/1
        • Form 1-40
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-13

        mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong

        10(13)
        Silk - Red, Emerald Green sash and sleeves, White cap

        Coconut Cookie

        18
        50/1
        • Form 200-0
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-11

        always behind

        12(5)
        Silk - Red, Beige seams, armlets and cap

        Charmatic (IRE)

        25
        5/1
        • Form 00-5221
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-7

        slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, not much room over 2f out, soon ridden, no extra inside final furlong

        13(10)
        Silk - Emerald Green, Red sleeves, Emerald Green seams, Red cap

        Molinia

        23
        66/1
        • Form 550-0
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-4

        irons broke soon after start, soon pulled up

        15(6)
        Silk - Royal Blue and Light Blue (quartered), White sleeves, Light Blue armlets, White cap, Royal Blue star

        Susiedil (IRE)

        23
        20/1
        • Form 0140-00
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-2

        towards rear, ridden and headway 2f out, soon hung left, weakened final furlong

        16(7)
        Silk - Royal Blue and Yellow (quartered), Yellow sleeves, Red cap

        Pella

        23
        50/1
        • Form 006
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-0

        dwelt, towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, ran on inside final furlong, not reach winner

        11(2)
        NR

        Time To Relax (IRE)

        13
        • Form 241023
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-8

        Nonrunner

        14(16)
        NR

        Filliemou (IRE)

        18
        • Form 40400-0
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-4

        Withdrawn

        In depth

        Verdict

        Although Charmatic has a little to prove if the ground stays on the fast side, she has shown slightly more progression than Citrine Spirit and Speedbird and is marginally preferred today. The lightly raced Our Jaffa and Catherine Howard are also open to a fair amount of improvement and are worth considering if they are supported in the preliminaries. However, the general consensus from the jockey to have ridden her is that Charmatic needs this better ground to be seen at her best and, as such, she is persevered with today. The handicapper has taken a chance in leaving her on a mark of just 65 and she could easily prove to be very well treated at the moment. Citrine Spirit is a previous course and distance winner and appeals as the best of the rest with Frankie Dettori doing the steering. However, the form of Charmatic's recent success at Beverley looks strong in the context of this race and she is the one they will all have to pass to win.