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ARC All Weather Bonus Is Back Handicap Stakes
Class 5, 1m2f, Flat, 3yo+, Rated 0-75, £3,716, 8 runners
- Going
- POLYTRACK: STANDARD
- Surface
- AW
- Weather
- Dry
- Stalls
- 6f - Centre; Remainder - Inside
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Metallo looks the clear pick at Chelmsford, with our rating of 88 putting him 11 lb clear of his nearest rivals and a margin that should count in a Class 5 over ten furlongs on the all-weather. The danger comes from a tightly bunched trio on 77, Magician of Riga, Kokoluna and Mr Nugget, but none of them has anything like his edge on our numbers. Renesmee and Maestro Del Mar are a little further back, so Metallo only needs to run to his level to take this. Metallo is our selection.
Runners
Rossa Ryan
John Butler 1/17
Metallo is yet to win in his last six, but a second two starts back shows he can get involved, and he has run over today's trip and going before after 23 days off. Our 88 rating, top of the eight, makes him the one to beat from 137 lb off an official 74, with last time out's unplaced run the one reservation.
- Sire
- Caravaggio (USA)
- Dam
- Sweet Dreams Baby (IRE) by Montjeu
- Owner
- Recycled Products Limited
- Foaled
- 9 Feb 2021
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 17 runs (6%)
- Trainer running to form
- 62%
- Ratings
- Perf 88, Speed 80
Marco Ghiani
Ismail Mohammed & Jose Santos 3/10
Maestro Del Mar is consistent, finishing third last time out, with a second three starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going, but he is yet to win in his last five starts. A 36-day break and 136 lb from draw 8 give him plenty to prove, with our rating of 75 only sixth best of eight.
- Sire
- Grendisar (IRE)
- Dam
- Aldara (USA) by Street Cry
- Owner
- Sultan Saeed Harib
- Foaled
- 18 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 10 runs (30%)
- Trainer running to form
- 56%
- Ratings
- Perf 75, Speed 76
David Egan
David Simcock 0/8
Mr Nugget has run over today's trip and on this going, and a win six starts back sits alongside a second five starts back, while our rating of 77 ranks him fourth of eight. The main risk is a slide since, with a ninth last time out and a sixth two starts back.
- Sire
- Oasis Dream (GB)
- Dam
- Surcingle (USA) by Empire Maker
- Owner
- Amo Racing Limited
- Foaled
- 17 Feb 2021
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 8 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 27%
- Ratings
- Perf 77, Speed 70
Charles Bishop
Eve Johnson Houghton 1/14
Kokoluna won two starts back and five starts back, and was second three starts back, so she arrives a leading threat with experience of today's trip and going, and a fresh 26 days since her last run. The one concern is a seventh last time out.
- Sire
- Ulysses (IRE)
- Dam
- Luna Mission (IRE) by Acclamation
- Owner
- Jonny Allison
- Foaled
- 18 Mar 2023
- Stable
- Blewbury, Oxfordshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 14 runs (7%)
- Trainer running to form
- 37%
- Ratings
- Perf 77, Speed 69
David Probert
James Horton 1/5
Hamdania has slipped to a sixth last time out and an eighth before that, so the form is heading the wrong way since a win four starts back. She has run on today's going and returns after 21 days, but our figures rank her seventh of eight.
- Sire
- Space Blues (IRE)
- Dam
- Neesaan (GB) by New Approach
- Owner
- Hamdani Racing And Partner 2
- Foaled
- 14 Apr 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 5 runs (20%)
- Trainer running to form
- 45%
- Ratings
- Perf 73, Speed 68
Sean Levey
Richard Hannon 3/25
Twice a winner in his last six starts, Magician of Riga has since finished fifth, fifth, so he arrives on a 28-day break having run over today's trip and going before; our rating of 77 ranks him second of eight. The main risk is that two below-par runs last time and the time before leave him needing to rediscover his winning touch from 132 lb.
- Sire
- Time Test (GB)
- Dam
- Grizzel (IRE) by Kodiac
- Owner
- Middleham Park Racing Xlviii
- Foaled
- 15 Feb 2023
- Stable
- Herridge, Wilts
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 25 runs (12%)
- Trainer running to form
- 33%
- Ratings
- Perf 77, Speed 68
Finley Marsh
Jim & Suzi Best 0/10
Liberate has finished eighth, seventh and ninth in her last three runs, so a win five starts back looks a long way off, and she's hard to fancy at 130 lb from draw 7. She has run over this trip and on this going and is back quickly after 11 days, but our figures rank her last of eight.
- Sire
- Study Of Man (IRE)
- Dam
- Be Free (GB) by Selkirk
- Owner
- John Joseph Smith
- Foaled
- 25 Jan 2022
- Stable
- Lewes, E Sussex
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 10 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 17%
- Ratings
- Perf 70, Speed 62
Darragh Keenan
Michael Keady 0/10
Renesmee is yet to win in her last six, with a ninth last time out following a second three starts back, though she has run over today's trip and going and is fresh enough after 14 days. Carrying 130 lb from stall 1, she looks a mid-pack type, with our rating of 76 the best argument for her.
- Sire
- Iffraaj (GB)
- Dam
- Magique (IRE) by Jeremy
- Owner
- Roberto Favarulo
- Foaled
- 13 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 10 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 34%
- Ratings
- Perf 76, Speed 73
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.