17:08 Chelmsford City

Thursday 7 April 2022

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Ladies Day With Sophie Ellis-Bextor Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:09 | Winning time: 59.18s

(3)

Alia Choice⁶³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: K Stott| T: K A Ryan| CD

4/5

Promising individual. Ready winner of C&D novice 63 days ago. More to come and bold show looks assured.

Form: 4-1

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(2)

Intelligentsia^t1²¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: P J Dobbs| T: R Hughes

3/1

Debut winner last July. 11/2, 17½ lengths last of 12 to Romantic Time in 6f Salisbury Group 3 in September. Worth another chance. Tongue strap added on return.

Form: 10-

(5)

Bear Profit

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Marco Ghiani| T: S C Williams

17/2

€80,000 Profitable half-brother to 2-y-o 8.6f winner Metatron. Dam once-raced half-sister to high-class winner up to 1¼m Allybar, third in Dubai World Cup. Betting should guide to expectations.

Form:

(9)

Ideal Guest¹⁶²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: T P Queally| T: G G Margarson| OR: 70

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 11 in nursery (6/1) at Kempton (6f). Off 162 days.

Form: 53550-

(10)

Lord Cherry^t1¹¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Luke Catton⁽⁷⁾| T: S C Williams

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Ninth of 12 in novice at this course (6f, 80/1). Off 115 days. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 59-

(6)

Sousa

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: N Callan| T: M Botti

8/1

£32,000 yearling, £60,000 2-y-o. Exceed And Excel colt. Dam maiden (stayed 1m) out of winning half-sister to smart 7f/7.5f winner Green Coast. Worth a precautionary market check.

Form:

(8)

Sweet Glance¹¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: O McSweeney⁽⁵⁾| T: K A Ryan| D

16/1

Twice-raced winner. Won 11-runner maiden (9/2) at Wolverhampton (5f) in December, bit in hand. Off 117 days. May well do better.

Form: 41-

(4)

Baileys Bling

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Stefano Cherchi⁽³⁾| T: Miss A Murphy

33/1

30,000 gns Profitable filly. Half-sister to 3 winners, including useful winner up to 7f Rock On Baileys and 5.7f winner Devils Roc. Betting should guide.

Form:

(7)

Ballistic Berry²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Jessica Macey

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Sixth of 7 in minor event at Newcastle (5f, 66/1) 20 days ago. Hard to fancy.

Form: 7-6

Non-Runners

(1)

California Cherry³³

Weight: 8-12| Age: 3

T: R M H Cowell J: Ray Dawson

Forecasts

Alia Choice (4/5), Intelligentsia (3/1), Sousa (8/1), Bear Profit (17/2), Sweet Glance (16/1), Ideal Guest (20/1), Baileys Bling (33/1), California Cherry (33/1), Ballistic Berry (200/1), Lord Cherry (250/1)

This may be dominated by the previous winners in the line-up, with INTELLIGENTSIA taken to get her career back on track at the expense of Kevin Ryan pair Alia Choice and Sweet Glance.