17:45 Chelmsford City

Saturday 11 March 2017

All17:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:1520:4521:15

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Off time: 17:46 | Winning time: 1m 38.70s

1^st

(6)

Hold Firm

59-9

5/2f

T: M H TompkinsJ: Gabriele Malune (5)

Chased leaders, 2nd 2f out, led 1f out, just held on op 9/4

2^nd

(9)

Mowhoob

79-2

14/1

T: B BarrJ: Joshua Bryan (5)

Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, went close 2nd and edged left inside final furlong, stayed on, just held op 12/1

3^rd

(8)

The Special One

49-7

7/1

T: A StrongeJ: George Wood

Mid-division, headway 2f out, edged left and close 3rd inside final furlong, held towards finish tchd 8/1

4^th

1 ½

(4)

Makhfar

69-7

6/1

T: M D I UsherJ: Mitch Godwin

Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway when not much room and hanging left over 1f out, stayed on, went 4th close home, no impression op 8/1

5^th

(10)

Blackthorn Stick

89-8

8/1

T: P BurgoyneJ: D A Parkes

Pressed leader, led 2f out, ridden and headed 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong op 7/1

6^th

(7)

Randall's Alannah

79-4

9/2

T: S FaheyJ: C J McGovern (3)

In rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never nearer tchd 5/1

7^th

(2)

Spirit Of Gondree

99-6

5/1

T: J M BradleyJ: Charlie Bennett

Led early, tracked leaders, ridden and one pace over 1f out op 7/1

8^th

(5)

Kristoff

48-12

11/1

T: J R BoyleJ: Isobel Francis (7)

Held up towards rear, eased and well beaten from over 2f out op 12/1

9^th

(3)

Bella's Boy

48-12

33/1

T: J RyanJ: Darragh Keenan (5)

Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 28/1

10^th

(1)

Ms Arsenal

59-5

20/1

T: G C BraveryJ: Lulu Stanford (3)

Took keen hold, soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened op 25/1

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Non-Runners

(12)

Kafeel⁵⁰

Weight: 9-9| Age: 6

T: G & J Moore J: Paddy Bradley

(11)

Tavener¹⁴

Weight: 9-9| Age: 5

T: D C Griffiths J: Finley Marsh

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.20Pl:£1.20, £4.70, £2.60EX:£47.30Trifecta:£208.80Tricast:£231.19SF:£44.31Swingers:£7.30, £3.90, £21.60

Forecasts

Hold Firm (5/2), Randall's Alannah (9/2), Spirit Of Gondree (5/1), Tavener (11/2), Makhfar (6/1), The Special One (7/1), Blackthorn Stick (8/1), Kafeel (10/1), Kristoff (11/1), Mowhoob (14/1), Ms Arsenal (20/1), Bella's Boy (33/1)

Randall's Alannah and Mowhoob lock horns again after their controversial finish over C&D last month which saw the latter awarded the race in the stewards room. If either can reproduce that level of form - by no means guaranteed - they would be in contention in this open-looking contest, though there may more mileage in taking a chance on the potentially well-treated SPIRIT OF GONDREE returning to form from a favourable draw. Any sort of market move for recent yard movers Kafeel and Makhfar would be interesting.