18:15 Chelmsford City

Thursday 1 May 2025

All17:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:1520:45

Racing Value At bet365 Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 18:17 | Winning time: 2m 5.95s

1^st

(2)

Kurakka

39-1

3/1

T: A KingJ: Rossa Ryan

Close 3rd inside, went 2nd turning in, ridden to lead entering final furlong, stayed on well tchd 5/2 and tchd 10/3

2^nd

1 ¾

(3)

Desert Shadow

39-1

4/1

T: S bin SuroorJ: Tom Marquand

Led and set steady pace, jinked right briefly halfway, edged right 1f out, headed soon after, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, no chance with winner op 3/1

3^rd

4 ½

(7)

Altareq

39-1

6/4f

T: J & T GosdenJ: Jim Crowley

Tracked leader, pushed along and lost 2nd turning in, ridden and weakened in 3rd final furlong, just held on for modest 3rd op 5/4

4^th

(8)

Respond

39-1

14/1

T: A M BaldingJ: Jason Watson

Slowly into stride and went left start, ran green towards rear, still plenty do over 1f out, switched left and stayed on well inside final furlong, just missed 3rd op 16/1 tchd 12/1

5^th

1 ¼

(6)

Prepare To Strike

39-1

9/2

T: S & E CrisfordJ: J Mitchell

Tracked leading trio, pushed along out wide over 2f out, weakened final furlong op 7/1 tchd 15/2

6^th

3 ¼

(5)

Savvy Stellar

39-1

200/1

T: S WoodsJ: Daniel Muscutt

Bit awkwardly away, mid-division on inside, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened turning in op 150/1 tchd 250/1

7^th

(4)

Plymouth Brethren

39-1

40/1

T: James OwenJ: Harry Davies

Pulled very hard and never closer than mid-division op 28/1

8^th

(9)

Belaya River

39-1

125/1

T: C FellowesJ: Mikkel Mortensen (5)

Held up towards rear inside, ridden on inside over 1f out, never involved op 150/1 tchd 200/1

9^th

2 ¾

(10)

Senor Cortez

410-2

300/1

T: R EdderyJ: Lewis Edmunds

Went right start, always towards rear op 200/1

10^th

(11)

Bedford

39-1

50/1

T: A KingJ: Rhys Clutterbuck

Started slowly, always in rear op 80/1

11^th

4 ½

(1)

Herbygoesbananas

410-2

80/1

T: C GordonJ: Charles Bishop

Always towards rear op 40/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.50Pl:£1.30, £1.60, £1.20EX:£16.20Trifecta:£34.50SF:£15.41Swingers:£2.50, £1.50, £2.00

Forecasts

Altareq (6/4), Kurakka (3/1), Desert Shadow (4/1), Prepare To Strike (9/2), Respond (14/1), Plymouth Brethren (40/1), Bedford (50/1), Herbygoesbananas (80/1), Belaya River (125/1), Savvy Stellar (200/1), Senor Cortez (300/1)

ALTAREQ shaped promisingly in the Wood Ditton at the Newmarket Craven meeting and is narrowly preferred to the returning Kurakka, with both colts promising to benefit from the step up to 1¼m. Desert Shadow also showed enough in Dubai earlier in the year to think he could make an impact in a race like this.

ALTAREQ
KURAKKA (FR)
DESERT SHADOW

Previous Winners

2024

Niigata

Weight: 9-1 |Age: 3

J: R Coakley | T: S & E Crisford

13/2

Prize Money

1st: £4,187.002nd: £1,965.003rd: £982.004th: £491.005th: £245.00

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