14:50 Chepstow

Friday 17 July 2020

All12:1512:4513:2013:5014:2014:5015:2015:50

NB Builders Merchants Handicap

Off time: 14:50 | Winning time: 2m 6.32s

1^st

(3)

Rosa Gold

39-8

10/11f

T: Rae GuestJ: Stefano Cherchi (5)

Held up towards rear, headway when not clear run over 2f out, soon switched right, not clear run from well over 1f out until switched right entering final furlong, led final 110 yards, readily tchd Evens

2^nd

(1)

Swooping Eagle

39-7

10/1

T: R VarianJ: J Mitchell

Held up in mid-division, headway 3f out, challenged 2f out, led over 1f out, wandered entering final furlong, hung right and headed 110 yards out, no impression on winner op 17/2 tchd 7/1

3^rd

1 ½

(7)

Mr Shady

39-7

18/1

T: J S MooreJ: Liam Keniry

Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, not clear run over 2f out, soon switched left, kept on inside final furlong, went 3rd last stride op 20/1 tchd 22/1

4^th

(8)

Flashing Approach

39-7

7/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: F Norton

Mid-division, pushed along 4f out, effort and edged right over 1f out, hung left inside final furlong, kept on, joined 4th post op 11/1 tchd 12/1

4^th

(5)

Savanna Gold

38-13

9/1

T: H PalmerJ: Gabriele Malune (3)

Prominent, led 5f out, ridden over 3f out, headed over 1f out, faded final 75 yards op 12/1

6^th

(13)

Armado

38-13

50/1

T: R StephensJ: H Crouch

Prominent, led after 1f, headed 5f out, every chance over 1f out, weakened final 100 yards op 66/1

7^th

(2)

Never Said Nothing

39-0

25/1

T: B BarrJ: Ray Dawson (5)

Raced keenly, chased leaders, not much room and edged right over 2f out, soon weakened op 14/1 tchd 12/1

8^th

(9)

Genever Dragon

39-4

11/1

T: Tom DascombeJ: Jane Elliott

Slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, impeded when struggling over 2f out, soon weakened op 9/1

9^th

6 ½

(11)

Muritz

39-7

14/1

T: J & S QuinnJ: David Probert

Held up in rear, bumped and carried right over 2f out, soon weakened op 22/1

10^th

(12)

Miraz

39-6

12/1

T: R HannonJ: S M Levey

Led, headed after 1f, prominent, carried right over 2f out, soon weakened op 11/1

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Non-Runners

(10)

Speech Room²⁰

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: B J Meehan J: M Dwyer

(6)

Soramond³⁴

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: E A L Dunlop J: Harry Bentley

(4)

Lightning Blue²

Weight: 8-2| Age: 3

T: M R Channon J: Nicola Currie

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.70Pl:£1.10, £2.70, £4.20EX:£10.90Trifecta:£86.80Tricast:£105.81SF:£11.23Swingers:£3.80, £5.30, £30.20

Forecasts

Rosa Gold (10/11), Soramond (6/1), Flashing Approach (7/1), Speech Room (8/1), Savanna Gold (9/1), Swooping Eagle (10/1), Genever Dragon (11/1), Miraz (12/1), Muritz (14/1), Mr Shady (18/1), Never Said Nothing (25/1), Lightning Blue (25/1), Armado (50/1)

The step up trip should be fine for ROSA GOLD (her dam won a 1m2f Listed race at Newbury before being shipped off to finish her racing career in the USA) and, given the manner of her two handicap wins so far, the filly looks be be progressing a bit too quickly for the rest of this lot to cope with. Soramond is up in grade and shoulders 3lb more after scraping her way to land a class 6 handicap last month; she's still respected in this company. Whereas Savanna Gold and Flashing Approach both need to improve but represent trainers that have excelled in nurturing similar talent so cannot confidently be ruled out.