18:45 Chelmsford City

Thursday 24 May 2018

All17:4018:1018:4519:1519:4520:2020:50

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  • 3YO plus  |   Class 4  |   1m  |   Standard  |   14 Runners  |   Polytrack  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 18:48  |   Winning time: 1m 37.20s
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Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
(13)
Horse silk
Tinos26
Age: 4|  Weight: 10-0| J: Liam Keniry| T: E Walker
33/1
Soldier Hollow gelding who cost €67,000 as a yearling and is related to plenty of winners. Improved on reappearance / second start at Wolverhampton last month (6l third) but must step up again.
2
(9)
Horse silk
Employer17
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-8| J: Josephine Gordon| T: H Palmer| D
4/1
Off the mark on second start at Windsor (1m, good to firm) this month, despite wandering around a bit in the closing stages. Should be more to come from this Camelot colt.
4
(14)
Horse silk
Bawaasil37
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-2| J: Dane O'Neill| T: Owen Burrows
14/1
Oasis Dream colt, related to a winner over this trip in Tamadhor. Dam a winner and half-sister to multiple Group winners. Unfancied 33/1 chance and ran accordingly in Newmarket debut last month (7f, good to soft).
5
(7)
Horse silk
Courtside211
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-2| J: Tom Marquand| T: D M Simcock| BF
14/1
Didn't justify market expectations in a maiden at Newmarket in the autumn over 1m2f (good to firm). Should prove capable in time, yard going well.
6
(1)
Horse silk
Drill30
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-2| J: L Morris| T: L M Cumani
5/1
Dansili colt who was too green to do himself justice on sole start as a juvenile. Improved on reappearance at Yarmouth (1m, good to firm) last month in finishing third. May prove capable of getting involved on AW bow.
7
(3)
Horse silk
Glenglade
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-2| J: T P Queally| T: I Mohammed & J Santos
28/1
Shamardal colt cost 80,000 gns as a yearling and is a half-brother to multiple winners. Market will reveal more but Queally a good booking for debut run.
8
(8)
Horse silk
Guarantorv1
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-2| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: G Peckham
50/1
Kodiac colt cost €77,000 as a foal, then made 120,000 gns as a yearling. Half-brother to 6f-1m winner Chapeau Bleu, wears hood on debut outing.
9
(16)
Horse silk
Mutafani17
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-2| J: S De Sousa| T: S & E Crisford
3/1
Improved on second start when 1L third behind Employer at Windsor (1m, good to firm) this month. Gets De Sousa back on board here and no reason not to build on that run.
10
(2)
Horse silk
Player's Luck12
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-2| J: J Mitchell| T: R Varian
25/1
Speightstown colt who fetched 70,000 gns as a yearling and is a half-brother to three winners over middle distances. Hasn't shown enough in two starts over similar trips to warrant selection here.
11
(12)
Horse silk
Qawamees197
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-2| J: Liam Jones| T: E A L Dunlop
12/1
Exceed and Excel colt outran odds of 33/1 on debut at Nottingham (1m½f, soft) in November when finishing a head second. Five further winners have come out of the race since. Yard yet to really fire this term, but needs respecting.
12
(11)
Horse silk
Rapier30
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-2| J: S W Kelly| T: Sir Michael Stoute
14/1
Animal Kingdom colt who cost 60,000 gns as a juvenile and a half-brother to three winners in the USA. Better run at Yarmouth (1m, good to firm) last month on second start, though will need improving on that to score here.
13
(6)
Horse silk
Take It Down Under
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-2| J: S Donohoe| T: E F Vaughan
20/1
Oasis Dream colt cost 180,000 gns yearling. Dam a two-year-old 7f winner, half-sister to high-class winner up to 2m Hartnell. Market check required on first start.
14
(4)
Horse silk
Team Decision33
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-2| J: Edward Greatrex| T: S bin Suroor
7/2
Colt by Teofilo, in trouble from the halfway stage in Newbury debut (1m, good to soft) last month. Should prove much better than that in time.
16
(5)
Horse silk
Madam Dragonfly13
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-11| J: F Norton| T: D K Ivory
100/1
Intello filly who cost 9,000gns as a yearling, readily held off in outings on the AW at Lingfield and Wolverhampton this spring, goes up in trip now but not hard to bypass.

Non-Runners

3
(15)
Horse silk
Wafy27
Weight: 9-8|  Age: 3
T: C Hills  J: Dane O'Neill
NR
15
(10)
Horse silk
Yvanlend
Weight: 9-2|  Age: 3
T: C Allen  J: William Carson
WD

Forecasts

Mutafani (3/1), Team Decision (7/2), Wafy (7/2), Employer (4/1), Drill (5/1), Qawamees (12/1), Courtside (14/1), Bawaasil (14/1), Rapier (14/1), Take It Down Under (20/1), Player's Luck (25/1), Glenglade (28/1), Tinos (33/1), Guarantor (50/1), Yvanlend (50/1), Madam Dragonfly (100/1)

Verdict

WAFY has his sights lowered dramatically after appearing in a Sandown Group 3 last month on seasonal bow. A winner at two, the Dubawi colt shaped well enough in that soft-ground contest and should take some stopping if adapting to the Polytrack here. Employer got off the mark last time out at Windsor, despite getting a bit lonely in front near the end, there should be more to come from him. The form of Qawamees runner-up finish on debut at Nottingham last backend has worked out and he completes the shortlist alongside Mutafani, who was only 1L behind Employer last time.
  1. Wafy
  2. Employer
  3. Qawamees

Prize Money

1st: £8,086.002nd: £2,406.003rd: £1,202.004th: £601.00

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