20:15 Chelmsford City

Thursday 23 October 2025

All16:4517:1517:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:15

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Off time: 20:15 | Winning time: 1m 38.35s

1^st

(2)

Tonal

59-6

3/1f

T: Ian WilliamsJ: Ryan Kavanagh (5)

Slowly into stride, towards rear, headway on inside 3f out, angled out over 2f out, wide turning in, led over 1f out, came clear final furlong op 10/3

2^nd

7 ½

(4)

First Encounter

49-7

11/1

T: J GallagherJ: Daniel Muscutt

Raced keenly tracking leaders inside, angled out and wide turning in, went 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner op 16/1 tchd 9/1 and tchd 18/1

3^rd

(1)

Chloe's Courage

38-13

7/1

T: J RyanJ: Laura Pearson

Mid-division inside, headway chasing leaders over 1f out, soon, ridden, rider lost reins briefly inside final furlong, kept on in 3rd inside final furlong, no chance with winner op 9/1 tchd 13/2

4^th

2 ¼

(8)

Cinderella Man

49-9

10/3

T: P PhelanJ: Paddy Bradley

Chased leaders out wide, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong op 3/1

5^th

3 ½

(6)

Kessaar Power

59-9

4/1

T: P S McEnteeJ: D Egan

Keen pressing leader, challenging when edged left over 1f out, weakened final furlong op 11/2

6^th

(13)

Captain Cess

39-7

18/1

T: A WintleJ: Cieren Fallon

Steadied and switched left start, held up in last pair, some late minor headway, never on terms tchd 16/1 and tchd 20/1

7^th

(5)

Beautiful Dawn

49-2

15/2

T: James OwenJ: P Cosgrave

Led but pressed, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong tchd 7/1

8^th

(12)

Hock Eye The Noo

39-7

11/1

T: C JohnstonJ: S D Bowen

Off the pace in last pair, never involved op 15/2

9^th

6 ½

(11)

Poke The Bear

38-11

33/1

T: Hayley BurtonJ: Frederick Larson

Switched left after start, held up in last pair, never remotely involved op 20/1

10^th

1 ¾

(10)

Zaramara

38-13

80/1

T: M ApplebyJ: Dominique Van Der Kraats (7)

Raced wide and never closer than mid-division op 50/1

11^th

(3)

Pistrucci

39-6

25/1

T: W GreatrexJ: Finley Marsh

Mid-division, pushed along and weakened inside final 3f, tailed off op 20/1 tchd 28/1

12^th

(7)

Hannahs Story

49-0

125/1

T: Mrs S J HumphreyJ: George Wood

Chased leaders out wide, pushed along and outpaced over 3f out, soon lost touch, tailed off op 50/1

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Non-Runners

(9)

Monks Mead⁶⁵

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: M D I Usher J: K Stott

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.00Pl:£2.10, £3.60, £2.30EX:£45.70Trifecta:£235.60Tricast:£193.26SF:£38.21Swingers:£11.80, £7.10, £18.40

Forecasts

Tonal (3/1), Cinderella Man (10/3), Kessaar Power (4/1), Chloe's Courage (7/1), Monks Mead (7/1), Beautiful Dawn (15/2), First Encounter (11/1), Hock Eye The Noo (11/1), Captain Cess (18/1), Pistrucci (25/1), Poke The Bear (33/1), Zaramara (80/1), Hannahs Story (125/1)

This can go the way of CINDERELLA MAN who opened his account over C&D recently and is taken to defy a 2 lb weights rise with relatively few miles still on the clock. C&D scorer Monks Mead heads the list of dangers with Chloe's Courage, Tonal and Hock Eye The Noo in the picture too.

CINDERELLA MAN (IRE)
MONKS MEAD
CHLOE'S COURAGE

Previous Winners

2024

Kessaar Power

Weight: 9-7 |Age: 4

J: L Morris | T: P S McEntee

16/1

Prize Money

1st: £3,664.002nd: £1,719.003rd: £859.004th: £430.005th: £214.00