19:00 Chelmsford City

Saturday 1 April 2023

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Woodford Reserve Cardinal Conditions Stakes (The Road To The Kentucky Derby) (GBB Race)

Off time: 19:03 | Winning time: 1m 37.23s

(1)

Alzahir^h,t¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 100| D

7/1

Useful gelding. Winner at Doha in February. Good head second of 7 to Brave Emperor in minor event at Kempton (8f, 9/2) 17 days ago. Likely to give another good account.

Form: 2871-12

(6)

Bold Act¹⁹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Harry Davies| T: C Appleby| OR: 101| D

10/3

Lightly-raced winner. Three wins from 4 runs last year. Career best when winning 4-runner nursery at Newmarket (8f, good, 4/9) in September, pushed out. Remains open to improvement.

Form: 2111-

(3)

Brave Emperor^b¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: L Morris| T: A Watson| OR: 101| C| D

6/1

Useful gelding. Three wins from 4 runs last year. Didn't need to improve to win 7-runner minor event (3/1) at Kempton (8f) 17 days ago by head from Alzahir, well positioned. Another bold show anticipated.

Form: 111-D11

(4)

Coco Jack¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Callum Shepherd| T: George Scott| OR: 95

20/1

Useful gelding. Four wins from 10 runs last year. 3 lengths fifth of 7 to Brave Emperor in minor event (14/1) at Kempton (8f) 17 days ago, left poorly placed. Clearly has work to do.

Form: 4123-35

(5)

Iconic Moment²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Jason Watson| T: J Tate| OR: 101| C

5/2

Promising type. Course winner. Won 7-runner listed race at Lingfield (7f, AW, 11/8) 28 days ago by short head from New Definition. Moving up to a mile could help bring about further improvement from this unbeaten colt, who holds an entry in the 2000 Guineas.

Form: 11-1

(11)

Killybegs Warrior¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: F Norton| T: C Johnston| OR: 96

66/1

Fairly useful colt. 8/1, 2½ lengths fourth of 7 to Brave Emperor in minor event at Kempton (8f) 17 days ago. Likely to again find a few too good.

Form: 13175-4

(9)

New Definition²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: T P Queally| T: J Tate| OR: 100

16/1

Useful colt. Latest win at Lingfield in December. 17/2, excellent short-head second of 7 to Iconic Moment in listed race at Lingfield (7f, AW) 28 days ago. May again find his stablemate too strong.

Form: 87321-2

(7)

Physique¹⁵⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Mohammed Tabti| T: P & O Cole

11/1

Twice-raced winner. 7/4, won 13-runner minor event at Newmarket (7f, good to soft) when last seen in October, bit in hand. This is much tougher but he's unexposed.

Form: 21-

(10)

Stormy Entry²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J A Heffernan| T: W P Browne| OR: 88| D

22/1

Latest win at Dundalk in February. Very good 3¼ lengths third of 8 to Cairo in listed race (15/2) at Dundalk (8f) 29 days ago. No more than an each-way squeak here.

Form: 2-113

(2)

Think Climate¹¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Marco Ghiani| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam| OR: 89| C

15/2

Two wins from 3 runs last year. Won 13-runner minor event (10/11) at Southwell (7.1f), plenty in hand. Off 116 days and will need to take a sizeable step forward if he's to follow up in this competitive contest.

Form: 611-

Non-Runners

(8)

Tenjin¹⁷

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: J Ryan J: Darragh Keenan

Forecasts

Iconic Moment (5/2), Bold Act (10/3), Brave Emperor (6/1), Alzahir (7/1), Think Climate (15/2), Tenjin (10/1), Physique (11/1), New Definition (16/1), Coco Jack (20/1), Stormy Entry (22/1), Killybegs Warrior (66/1)

While ICONIC MOMENT certainly doesn't appear to be short of speed, he shaped as though stepping up to a mile would be very much in his favour when overhauling stablemate New Definition close home over 7f at Lingfield last month. The best is probably yet to come from this colt and he is taken to maintain his 100% record. Godolphin's Bold Act improved with each of his 4 starts last season and is second choice ahead of recent Kempton 1-2, Brave Emperor and Alzahir.

Previous Winners

2022

Dark Moon Rising

Weight: 9-5 |Age: 3

J: K Stott | T: K A Ryan

6/1

Prize Money

1st: £51,540.002nd: £24,170.003rd: £12,090.004th: £6,040.005th: £3,020.006th: £1,510.00