18:00 Chelmsford City

Saturday 28 October 2023

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Betsi Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 18:02 | Winning time: 2m 4.71s

(12)

Man Of Monaco³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: J Fanning| T: C Johnston| D

5/1

Improved from debut when won 5-runner minor event (13/2) at Beverley (9.9f, heavy) 38 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 21

(3)

Manny Boy⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: K T O'Neill| T: Mrs C A Dunnett

250/1

300/1, showed a bit more than on debut when ninth of 12 in minor event at Kempton (8f) 52 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 09

(2)

Total Master²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Aidan Keeley⁽³⁾| T: I Mohammed

200/1

50/1, offered little upped markedly in trip 2 years on from his debut when last of 5 in minor event at Ripon (12f, soft) 4 weeks ago.

Form: 0/5

(4)

Apolo¹³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Darragh Keenan| T: R Eddery

66/1

Twice-raced maiden. 7/2, ran no sort of race when last of 10 in minor event at Windsor (10f, good to soft) back in June. First run for yard after leaving John & Thady Gosden (9,000 gns) and has been gelded.

Form: 40

(10)

Assail

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: L Morris| T: D M Simcock

12/1

£130,000 yearling, No Nay Never gelding. Closely related to 1½m winner Sarsons Risk and half-brother to 7f winner Mayne and 2-y-o 1m winner Glengowan. Dam, 1½m winner, sister to smart 1½m winner Say.

Form:

(1)

Didactic Patrick⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: George Wood| T: Dr J D Scargill

66/1

66/1, showed some ability when third of 5 in minor event at Lingfield (10f, AW) on debut 6 weeks ago, not knocked about.

Form: 3

(15)

Enrico Caruso³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden

8/1

Looked badly in need of the experience when fifth of 6 in minor event (4/1) at Lingfield (10f, AW) on debut 32 days ago, very slowly away. Will surely improve on that initial effort, possibly by quite a bit.

Form: 5

(6)

Incremental²¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: M L W Bell

9/4

Showed promise when fourth of 6 in minor event (9/1) at Kempton (10f) on debut 7 months ago, slowly away. First run for yard after leaving John & Thady Gosden (35,000 gns) and has been gelded.

Form: 4

(11)

Lord Melbourne¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: R Coakley| T: S & E Crisford

7/4

9/4, showed bundles to work on once more when second of 4 in maiden at Pontefract (12f, good to soft) 19 days ago, outstayed by a stronger stayer but pulling clear of rest. Remains capable of better and may prove hard to beat.

Form: 32

(14)

Sir Cilia^h¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Christian Howarth⁽³⁾| T: M Crawley

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. Hooded for 1st time, first run since leaving Eve Johnson Houghton after 5 months off when thirteenth of 14 in maiden at Windsor (8.1f, good to soft, 80/1) 12 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 70

(7)

A Touch Of Silver²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Alice Bond⁽⁷⁾| T: J Parr

150/1

40/1, fared little better than on debut after 4 months off when fifth of 6 in minor event at Epsom (10.1f, good to firm) 27 days ago.

Form: 75

(9)

Daydream Express¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Benoit D L Sayette| T: J & T Gosden

11/1

Twice-raced maiden. Sixth of 12 in maiden (3/1) at Kempton (7f) 12 days ago, left poorly placed. Significantly up in trip. Worth another chance to build on her debut promise.

Form: 36

(5)

Karriewhitchit^h1

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Cameron Noble| T: S & E Crisford

20/1

Dubawi filly. Sister to 2-y-o 7f winner Kazimiera and useful 1m-1¼m winner Franz Kafka and half-sister to useful 1¼m-1¾m winner Charles Kingsley. Wears hood and interesting to see which way she goes in the betting.

Form:

Non-Runners

(8)

Inspiritus¹²

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: R Varian J: J Mitchell

(13)

Romilda¹⁷

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: W J Haggas J: Cieren Fallon

Forecasts

Lord Melbourne (7/4), Incremental (9/4), Man Of Monaco (5/1), Inspiritus (7/1), Enrico Caruso (8/1), Romilda (8/1), Daydream Express (11/1), Assail (12/1), Karriewhitchit (20/1), Didactic Patrick (66/1), Apolo (66/1), Sir Cilia (150/1), A Touch Of Silver (150/1), Total Master (200/1), Manny Boy (250/1)

Plenty in with chances but LORD MELBOURNE showed bundles to work on once again when runner-up at Pontefract recently and, with further progress on the cards, he's fancied to make it third time lucky dropped back to 1¼m for his all-weather debut. Incremental showed promise amidst greenness when fourth at Kempton back in April and he may emerge as the main danger having been gelded/moved yards since. Daydream Express and newcomer Karriewhitchit round off the shortlist.