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18:30 Chelmsford City

Betsi Handicap (Class 2)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 6f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £25,000 added
  • Winner: £13,500
  • 2nd: £6,338
  • 3rd: £3,170
  • 4th: £1,585
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 12.40s
  • Off Time: 18:30:10
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Shallow Hal

11/2

    2
    Silk -

    Soldier's Minute

    3/1

      1(2)
      Silk - White, Royal Blue stars, White and Red diabolo on sleeves, White cap, Red star

      Soldier's Minute

      216 h D
      3/1
      • Form 31-4410
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-10
      • Official Rating 106

      held up in rear, headway, switched right and bumped rival bend 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on, no impression on winner

      2(5)
      Silk - LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE epaulets

      Ventura Tormenta (IRE)

      784 D
      9/1
      • Form 151066/
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 100

      soon prominent on outside, ridden and outpaced when bumped bend 2f out, well held from over 1f out

      3(3)
      Silk - Light blue, grey and light blue striped sleeves, grey cap

      May Sonic

      63 DCD
      2/1
      • Form 22-3407
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 97

      took keen hold, prominent, ridden over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, no extra final 75 yards

      4(1)
      Silk - Maroon, royal blue seams, dark blue sleeves, dark blue and maroon hooped cap

      See You Boy

      43 D
      5/2
      • Form 432032
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-6
      • Official Rating 88

      took keen hold, prominent on inside, driven over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong

      5(4)
      Silk - Yellow and White (quartered), Yellow sleeves, White armlets, Yellow cap

      Shallow Hal

      195 D
      11/2
      • Form 432253
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-5
      • Official Rating 87

      made all, driven over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, stayed on well

      Previous results

      2021
      (1)
      Silk -

      Above (FR)

      13/8
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-1

      2020
      (4)
      Silk -

      Aberama Gold

      2/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-6

      2019
      (10)
      Silk -

      Lady Dancealot (IRE)

      5/1
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-6

      In depth

      Verdict

      This is tricky with most returning from lay-offs and May Sonic arriving out of form. SEE YOU BOY has placed recently having won once on the all-weather in nine outings in France and he gets a tentative vote having switched to Marco Botti. Soldier's Minute is preferred to Shallow Hal in this grade though both have an absence to overcome while Ventura Tormenta has been off the track since 2020.

      Formwatch

      Soldier's Minute 50-1 (9-5) Held up in mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, well beaten over 1f out, last of 14, 17 1/4l behind Bouttemont (9-5) at Newcastle 6f stks (2) pol in Apr.

      Ventura Tormenta (IRE) 18-1 (9-5) Steadied start, held up in last pair, never on terms, last of 6, 6 1/2l behind La Barrosa (9-0) at Newmarket 7f Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Sep.

      May Sonic 25-1 (10-0) In touch, pushed along 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 9, 9 1/4l behind City Walk (9-13) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (2) pol in Sep.

      See You Boy (8-13) 2nd of 9, 2l behind Pedrito (8-13) at Chantilly 6f stks pol in Oct.

      Shallow Hal 13-2 (8-12) Midfield, lost ground and towards rear after 1f, dropped to last and pushed along under 4f out, ridden over 2f out, headway and slightly short of room over 1f out, ran on into 3rd closing stages, 3rd of 8, 1 3/4l behind Fortamour (9-9) at Ripon 6f hcp (4) gd in May.