15:55 Chelmsford City

Thursday 31 August 2023

All14:2514:5515:2515:5516:2516:55

Blesma, Limbless Veterans Charity Handicap

Off time: 15:57 | Winning time: 58.67s

1^st

(1)

Boom The Groom

129-13

5/1

T: A W CarrollJ: N Callan

Made all, driven over 1f out, stayed on gamely inside final furlong op 11/2 tchd 9/2

2^nd

(5)

Darlo Pride

38-12

9/1

T: A CarsonJ: Dylan Hogan

Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on, not able to challenge winner op 11/1 tchd 17/2

3^rd

2 ¼

(8)

Storm Melody

109-3

25/1

T: A StrongeJ: R Havlin

Chased winner, ridden over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, kept on op 18/1

4^th

1 ½

(3)

Universal Grace

39-2

11/2

T: S C WilliamsJ: Cieren Fallon

Hampered over 4f out, in rear, headway 1f out, went 4th inside final 100 yards, stayed on, not trouble leaders op 7/1 tchd 8/1

5^th

(7)

Laertes

49-7

13/8f

T: M ApplebyJ: Oisin Murphy

Held up towards rear, switched right final bend, stayed on widest of all inside final furlong, not trouble leaders op 7/4 tchd 15/8

6^th

1 ½

(2)

Reversion

49-0

25/1

T: C WallisJ: George Wood

Held up in mid-division, driven and edged right over 1f out, no impression op 22/1 tchd 18/1

7^th

(9)

Toplight

59-6

16/1

T: C BanhamJ: Joey Haynes

Chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, soon held, weakened inside final furlong op 20/1

8^th

(11)

Next Second

49-2

20/1

T: Mrs R CarrJ: Joanna Mason

Always towards rear op 22/1 tchd 18/1

9^th

nse

(4)

Mintana

39-5

10/1

T: H J EvansJ: Laura Coughlan (5)

Not much room over 4f out, held up in mid-division, driven over 1f out, never dangerous op 13/2

10^th

(6)

Profitable Dawn

39-9

9/1

T: H SpillerJ: Jefferson Smith

Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, weakened inside final furlong op 7/1

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Non-Runners

(10)

Under Curfew⁷

Weight: 9-7| Age: 7

T: A W Carroll J: K Shoemark

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.00Pl:£1.90, £2.80, £5.60EX:£56.00Trifecta:£680.30Tricast:£1,036.28SF:£48.24Swingers:£6.70, £16.50, £24.80

Forecasts

Laertes (13/8), Under Curfew (4/1), Boom The Groom (5/1), Universal Grace (11/2), Darlo Pride (9/1), Profitable Dawn (9/1), Mintana (10/1), Toplight (16/1), Next Second (20/1), Storm Melody (25/1), Reversion (25/1)

This looks wide open but LAERTES is taken to make a winning start for Mick Appleby having slipped in the weights and gain his breakthrough success, with Oisin Murphy in the saddle for the first time. Under Curfew is handily weighted and rates a big threat with recent Lingfield scorer Boom the Groom also highly respected along with C&D second Universal Grace.

LAERTES (USA)
UNDER CURFEW
BOOM THE GROOM (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022

Morty

Weight: 9-9 |Age: 4

J: Mark Winn | T: D O'Meara

11/2

Prize Money

1st: £4,004.002nd: £1,879.003rd: £939.004th: £470.005th: £234.00