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All-Weather Championship Is Back Nursery Handicap Stakes
Class 6, 1m2f, Flat, 2yo, Rated 0-65, £3,140, 9 runners
- Going
- POLYTRACK: STANDARD
- Surface
- AW
- Weather
- Cloudy
- Stalls
- 6f - Centre; Remainder - Inside
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Chaise Longue is our selection in this nine-runner Class 6 over ten furlongs at Chelmsford, and the case rests on a progressive profile and a fitness edge that count for plenty in a modest event like this. Magical Life is the top-rated runner on our figures, three pounds ahead of our pick, so she is the chief danger, though that is a narrow gap that can be overturned by a sharper, more improving rival. Whiskey Galore and Queens Bandit also sit within a few pounds and must be respected in a competitive contest. Chaise Longue is the call, albeit with only low confidence.
Runners
Billy Loughnane
Charlie Clover 2/6
Queens Bandit makes plenty of appeal after a second two starts back and a third three starts back, and she's fit enough from just 19 days off, having run on today's going before. The one concern is a sixth last time out, and she's yet to win in her last three starts.
- Sire
- Lope Y Fernandez (IRE)
- Dam
- Queen's Charter (GB) by Oasis Dream
- Owner
- Queens Charter Syndicate
- Foaled
- 30 Mar 2024
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 6 runs (33%)
- Trainer running to form
- 43%
- Ratings
- Perf 57, Speed 56
Robert Havlin
Ed Dunlop 1/16
Chaise Longue arrives in good heart, a winner last time out and a second two starts back, and she's fresh after 31 days off and has run on today's going before. Carrying 132 lb from draw 8, her only reservation is a patchy earlier record, but the upward trend makes her our pick.
- Sire
- State Of Rest (IRE)
- Dam
- Divanova (FR) by Lope De Vega
- Owner
- Ed Dunlop Racing Club Ii
- Foaled
- 15 Feb 2024
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 16 runs (6%)
- Trainer running to form
- 52%
- Ratings
- Perf 61, Speed 56
Hector Crouch
Michael Bell 0/13
Whiskey Galore comes in off a fourth last time out, a step up on a seventh two starts back, and a second three starts back shows he can get involved; he has run on today's going and our rating of 58 ranks him third of nine. The main risk is that he is winless in his last six, with a ninth four starts back among the weaker runs.
- Sire
- Sergei Prokofiev (CAN)
- Dam
- Tropicana Bay (GB) by Oasis Dream
- Owner
- Mrs H Breitmeyer And Partner
- Foaled
- 27 Mar 2024
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 13 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 35%
- Ratings
- Perf 58, Speed 53
David Egan
J. S. Moore 0/12
Magical Life sits top of our ratings at 64 and has run over today's trip and going, with a second two starts back and a third six starts back showing she can get involved; the risk is an eighth last time out just five days ago, and she remains winless in her last six.
- Sire
- Territories (IRE)
- Dam
- One Life (JPN) by War Front
- Owner
- Jeremy Holt Partners
- Foaled
- 20 Mar 2024
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 12 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 35%
- Ratings
- Perf 65, Speed 62
Finley Marsh
Richard Hughes 1/10
Best Yet was seventh last time out and is winless in her last five, though she has run on today's going before and returns after 28 days off. Our rating of 55 ranks her sixth of nine, so she looks a midfield type from stall five off 123 lb.
- Sire
- Study Of Man (IRE)
- Dam
- Beta (GB) by Selkirk
- Owner
- Miss K Rausing
- Foaled
- 12 Apr 2024
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 10 runs (10%)
- Trainer running to form
- 40%
- Ratings
- Perf 55, Speed 58
Callum Shepherd
Charlie Johnston 4/21
Wild Orchid won last time out and has run on today's going, but that victory followed a fourth, a fifth and a seventh, so consistency is the question after 38 days off. Our rating of 57 ranks her fifth of nine, and she carries 123 lb from draw 9.
- Sire
- Showcasing (GB)
- Dam
- Orchid Lily (GB) by Dansili
- Owner
- Kingsley Park 44
- Foaled
- 1 Feb 2024
- Stable
- Middleham Moor, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 21 runs (19%)
- Trainer running to form
- 35%
- Ratings
- Perf 57, Speed 56
Harry Davies
Jonathan Portman 1/17
Winless in her last three, Turtle Star was seventh last time out and unplaced before that, and she returns after 48 days off, so she is hard to fancy. She has run on today's going and runs from stall four, but our figures rank her eighth of nine.
- Sire
- Kameko (USA)
- Dam
- Second Star (IRE) by Sea The Stars
- Owner
- Shelmore Bloodstock And Partners
- Foaled
- 22 Mar 2024
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 17 runs (6%)
- Trainer running to form
- 40%
- Ratings
- Perf 46, Speed 51
Kieran O'Neill
Edward Smyth-Osbourne 0/6
Yet to win in his last six, Allaboutthelunch is hard to fancy at seventh of nine on our figures, though a third last time out and a second three starts back show he can get involved, and he has run on today's going before.
- Sire
- Mohaather (GB)
- Dam
- Faughill (IRE) by Lawman
- Owner
- E S O Racing Rowan Partner
- Foaled
- 6 Mar 2024
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 6 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 50, Speed 46
Rhys Elliott (5)
William Muir & Chris Grassick 1/17
Hoosthat is hard to fancy: he was unplaced last time out, after a sixth two starts back and an eighth three starts back, and he returns from a 73-day break. He is yet to win in that spell, though he has run on today's going before and our figures rank him last of nine.
- Sire
- Land Force (IRE)
- Dam
- Want The Fairytale (GB) by Mount Nelson
- Owner
- Mondial Racing
- Foaled
- 16 Apr 2024
- Stable
- Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 17 runs (6%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 36
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.