13:40 Chelmsford City

Thursday 27 August 2020

All12:4013:1013:4014:1014:4015:1015:4516:15

Racing To School Inspiring Young Minds Handicap

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 6  |   6f  |   Standard  |   8 Runners  |   Polytrack  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:43  |   Winning time: 1m 11.95s
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Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
(6)
Horse silk
Blessed To Empressb11
Age: 5|  Weight: 9-7| J: Tom Marquand| T: Miss A Murphy| OR:  55| CD
9/2
C&D winner. 10/1 and blinkered for 1st time, fourteenth of 16 in handicap at Ripon (6f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Others more persuasive.
Timeform
3
(3)
Horse silk
Toolatetodelegatep,t8
Age: 6|  Weight: 9-5| J: Ray Dawson(5)| T: B Barr| OR:  53| D
3/1
11/2, respectable fifth of 10 in handicap at Bath (5.7f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Not the easiest to win with nowadays, but should give another decent account.
Timeform
4
(7)
Horse silk
Pushkin Museumt27
Age: 9|  Weight: 9-4| J: A Kirby| T: J Butler| OR:  52| D
4/1
40/1, creditable fifth of 13 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 27 days ago, left poorly placed. Very much of interest here off a career-low mark on the back of that eye-catching effort.
Timeform
5
(8)
Horse silk
Badger Berry167
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-3| J: David Egan| T: C Wallis| OR:  51| D
15/2
Winner at Southwell in March. Creditable fourth of 11 in handicap there (6.1f, 4/1) when last seen in March, running on late. Solid each-way chance if able to reproduce that form back on polytrack.
Timeform
6
(9)
Horse silk
Poppy Mayp16
Age: 6|  Weight: 9-2| J: J P Sullivan| T: J G Given| OR:  50| CD
9/1
C&D winner. Seventeen runs since last win in 2019. Respectable fourth of 11 in minor event (9/1) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 16 days ago. Something to find on form.
Timeform
7
(2)
Horse silk
Valley Bellev43
Age: 4|  Weight: 8-13| J: L Morris| T: P S McEntee| OR:  47| CD
4/1
C&D winner in 2018. 10/1, bit below form sixth of 10 in handicap at Yarmouth (6f, good to firm) 43 days ago. Visor refitted and while her strike rate (1-37) is hardly compelling, she's on a good mark.
Timeform
8
(4)
Horse silk
Ask The Guru40
Age: 10|  Weight: 8-12| J: R Havlin| T: M J Attwater| OR:  45| D
22/1
Twenty-nine runs since last win in 2018. 10/1, below form seventh of 13 in minor event at Bath (5.7f, firm) 40 days ago. Likely to come up short once more.
Timeform
9
(5)
Horse silk
Chocolaat Heer44
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-11| J: Harry Bentley| T: J & S Quinn| OR:  48
16/1
33/1 and visored for 1st time, last of 10 in handicap at Ripon (6f, good) 44 days ago. Plenty to find on form.
Timeform

Non-Runners

2
(1)
Horse silk
Pull Harder Con2
Weight: 9-6|  Age: 3
T: R Brisland  J: Tyler Heard
NR

Forecasts

Toolatetodelegate (3/1), Pull Harder Con (7/2), Valley Belle (4/1), Pushkin Museum (4/1), Blessed To Empress (9/2), Badger Berry (15/2), Poppy May (9/1), Chocolaat Heer (16/1), Ask The Guru (22/1)

Verdict

PUSHKIN MUSEUM left the impression that he's close to concert pitch when putting in good late work from a compromising position at Wolverhampton last time. He has been given a helping hand by the assessor and is appealing here with Adam Kirby back aboard. Pull Harder Con's winning run came to a halt at Yarmouth on Tuesday and bigger threats may be posed by Valley Belle and Toolatetodelegate.

  1. PUSHKIN MUSEUM (IRE)
  2. VALLEY BELLE (IRE)
  3. TOOLATETODELEGATE

Prize Money

1st: £2,782.002nd: £828.003rd: £414.004th: £207.00

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