19:35 Chelmsford City

Thursday 24 August 2023

All17:5518:3019:0519:3520:0520:35

Weatherbys Stallion Book Chelmsford City Cup Handicap

Off time: 19:38 | Winning time: 1m 24.11s

1^st

(4)

Aljari

79-4

9/2

T: Tom CloverJ: J Mitchell

Raced keenly, held up just off the pace in 4th, good headway on inside turning in, went 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well op 3/1

2^nd

(1)

Maxi Boy

69-2

9/2

T: M L W BellJ: K Stott

Raced keenly, led but pressed, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, well held tchd 4/1

3^rd

(6)

Chola Empire

48-9

11/2

T: D M SimcockJ: David Probert

Held up off the pace in 5th, good headway out wide over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, never quite going pace to challenge op 9/2

4^th

(8)

Siam Fox

59-1

22/1

T: K FrostJ: J F Egan

Steadied rear, headway on inside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to challenge op 18/1 tchd 16/1

5^th

(5)

Riot

69-0

6/1

T: D O'MearaJ: Ben Robinson

Wore hood to post, held up in last pair, headway chasing leaders over 1f out, weakened final 100 yards op 7/2

6^th

(3)

Wyvern

49-1

9/4f

T: S C WilliamsJ: Callum Shepherd

Handy 3rd, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 9/2

7^th

4 ½

(2)

Meishar

79-9

15/2

T: Jane Chapple-HyamJ: Daniel Muscutt

Wore hood to post, pressed leader, ridden edged left and lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened quickly final furlong op 11/1 tchd 12/1

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Non-Runners

(9)

Zero Carbon⁸

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: R Hughes J: Non Runner

(7)

Amber Island⁷⁹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 6

T: D Loughnane J: Laura Pearson

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.50Pl:£2.10, £2.40EX:£23.50Trifecta:£114.70Tricast:£111.80SF:£24.20Swingers:£3.70, £4.40, £4.60

Forecasts

Wyvern (9/4), Aljari (9/2), Maxi Boy (9/2), Chola Empire (11/2), Zero Carbon (11/2), Riot (6/1), Amber Island (13/2), Meishar (15/2), Siam Fox (22/1)

ALJARI is in the middle of a resurgence and did well to get up having met trouble at Windsor last month, so he's fancied to complete the hat-trick for all that this looks a reasonable event for the grade. Riot has been in good order and should be on the premises again, while Wyvern deserves respect having found only one too good over C&D last time.