17:45 Chelmsford City
Thursday 30 March 2017
All17:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:1520:45
Bet toteplacepot At betfred.com Apprentice Handicap
- 3YO only  |  Class 6  |  1m 2f  |  Standard  |  9 Runners  |  Polytrack  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 17:48Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 2m 5.42s
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Unplaced in four efforts so far and her maiden form looks weak. Has a good pedigree for this surface and step up in trip may help but she hasn't shown enough to be of interest, particularly from a wide draw.
Well beaten in three outings to date but has shaped with some promise on occasions and should enjoy the bigger emphasis on stamina. Will need to be ridden a little more aggressively to get competitive around here.
Unplaced on all four starts but did run okay at Kempton on his second start at odds of 66/1. Given a bit of time to recover after a disappointing effort at Kempton last time (looked a good race for the grade) and may improve for the break. Jockey has a good strike-rate on the AW (18.52%) so he's probably worth his 7lb claim in this line up and he has a good draw to work with. Each-way player.
Comprehensively beaten in three starts in maidens but may do better for the step up in trip and a mid-season break. Has the help of an exciting prospect in the saddle claiming 3lb and interesting to see what the market makes of him.
Still a maiden after 10 starts but kept on well last time at Southwell suggesting the step up in trip may suit. Player off the same mark provided she copes with Polytrack for the first time.
Still a maiden after seven starts but she's shown improved form on her last three efforts in handicaps with a career best last time, finishing a close up fourth. Another who has shaped like she will enjoy the extra distance, staying on eye-catchingly on a couple of occasions but vulnerable to anything unexposed.
Won a Southwell maiden auction contest in January and remains 4lb higher, a mark from which she has been found wanting on her last three efforts. Often breaks slowly, as seen last time, and she doesn't look as effective on the AW surfaces away from Southwell.
Remains a maiden after 10 starts but he's a more reliable type than several of these and he was only narrowly beaten when trying this trip for the first time last time out. Capable of going one better for a jockey in flying form.
Cost 30,000 gns as a yearling but hasn't looked like delivering an immediate return on that investment in three maidens so far, including a tailed-off effort over C&D earlier in the month. Hard to fancy.
Forecasts
Moneyoryourlife (3/1), Beauchamp Opal (7/2), Jive Factor (7/2), Bonnie Arlene (5/1), Lady Hester (12/1), Conkering Hero (12/1), Log Off (14/1), Zenovia (14/1), Navajo Star (28/1)
It may be worth taking a chance on CONKERING HERO in the opener. He was no match for most of the field at Kempton last time but he shaped as if he may have been amiss and it was his first run for nearly four months, so he can be forgiven that. The gelding had previously shown some ability on Polytrack on his only previous start on the surface and he returns from another break here. Provided connections have got him ready to go, he could surprise at a likely big each-way price for a jockey with a fine strike-rate on the AW (18.52%). Moneyoryourlife is another maiden who gets the services of a jockey in good form. He showed improved form when upped in trip last time and a repeat of that effort may be good enough to take this. Provided Zenovia receives more of a positive ride, she may be capable of getting on the premises.
- Conkering Hero
- Moneyoryourlife
- Zenovia
Prize Money
1st: £3,234.002nd: £962.003rd: £481.004th: £240.00
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