18:15
Midnite It's Actually Pretty Good Handicap Stakes
Class 6, 6f, Flat, 3yo+, Rated 0-65, £3,140, 11 runners
- Going
- POLYTRACK: STANDARD
- Surface
- AW
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Pull The Rug No. 5, stall 4
David Egan · Grace Harris
✓ Distance winner ✓ Trainer in form (2/9, 14 days)
Pull The Rug is our selection in this Chelmsford sixth-class sprint, and his progressive profile earns him the nod over Dark Side Thunder, who is rated just three pounds better on our figures. Pull The Rug sits only narrowly behind that rival, so the gap is easily bridged if he keeps moving in the right direction over six furlongs on the all-weather. Dark Side Thunder is the chief danger as the top-rated runner, while General Assembly and Far Too Fizzy, both a couple of pounds adrift of our pick, make this a tightly packed contest. Pull The Rug looks the one to side with, even if confidence is low.
Runners
Rossa Ryan
David Loughnane 0/9
Fresh from a win last time out, Far Too Fizzy has run over today's trip and going and is back after 23 days, making him a leading danger. The risk is a 135 lb burden after a seventh two starts back, which shows his form can dip.
- Sire
- Far Above (IRE)
- Dam
- Fizzy Feet (IRE) by Footstepsinthesand
- Owner
- David Lowe
- Foaled
- 4 May 2023
- Stable
- Stoke Heath, Shropshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 9 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 29%
- Ratings
- Perf 65, Speed 66
Hector Crouch
Michael Bell 0/13
Koffee And Kale arrives fresh from a third last time out, and has been second in two of the three runs before that, yet he is still winless in his last six. He has run over today's trip and going, but 134 lb from draw 10 is a stiff ask for a mid-ranked sort.
- Sire
- Ardad (IRE)
- Dam
- Mara Grey (IRE) by Azamour
- Owner
- Kms Orange Limited
- Foaled
- 12 Apr 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 13 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 35%
- Ratings
- Perf 65, Speed 63
Joey Haynes
Chelsea Banham 0/2
Fuseboard arrives a double winner, successful last time out and two starts back, with experience of today's trip and going, but a 77-day absence and a 133 lb burden are concerns. Our rating of 57 ranks him tenth of eleven, so he is hard to fancy from stall 9.
- Sire
- Dream Ahead (USA)
- Dam
- Fibou (USA) by Seeking The Gold
- Owner
- Power Geneva (Equine) Ltd
- Foaled
- 20 Apr 2023
- Stable
- Cowlinge, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 2 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 59%
- Ratings
- Perf 57, Speed 56
George Wood
Jessica Macey 0/10
Dark Side Thunder arrives fit enough after 24 days, a second three starts back and a third five starts back showing his level, and he has run over today's trip and going. Our rating has him top of the 11, but a ninth last time out is the obvious concern.
- Sire
- Night Of Thunder (IRE)
- Dam
- Dark Side Princess (GB) by Strategic Prince
- Owner
- M M Foulger
- Foaled
- 26 Mar 2019
- Stable
- Doncaster, S Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 10 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 17%
- Ratings
- Perf 70, Speed 69
David Egan
Grace Harris 2/9
Pull The Rug brings consistent form, finishing fourth last time out and fourth two starts back, and she's fresh enough after 17 days off, having run over today's trip and going. Our rating of 67 backs her profile, though she's yet to win in her last six.
- Sire
- Mehmas (IRE)
- Dam
- Bungee Jump (IRE) by Canford Cliffs
- Owner
- The Maximus Syndicate
- Foaled
- 18 Mar 2023
- Stable
- Shirenewton, Gwent
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 9 runs (22%)
- Trainer running to form
- 43%
- Ratings
- Perf 67, Speed 70
Charles Bishop
Adam Kirby 0/13
Travel Agent is winless in his last six, finishing eighth last time out and seventh two starts back, though he has run over today's trip and going and is fresh enough after 15 days. Carrying 131 lb from stall 1, he looks short of a leading chance, with our rating of 62 only eighth of 11.
- Sire
- No Nay Never (USA)
- Dam
- Flower Fashion (FR) by Flower Alley
- Owner
- Mr D Morgan
- Foaled
- 13 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Kirtling, Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 13 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 38%
- Ratings
- Perf 62, Speed 64
Kieran O'Neill
Scott Dixon 1/24
Woolridge is hard to fancy, ranked ninth of eleven on our figures, with a trainer going 1/24 in the last 14 days, but he was third last time out and a winner two starts back. He has run over today's trip and going, and returns after 16 days.
- Sire
- Zoustar (AUS)
- Dam
- Carolinae (GB) by Makfi
- Owner
- Amphitheatre Racing Limited
- Foaled
- 9 Mar 2022
- Stable
- Rolleston, Notts
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 24 runs (4%)
- Trainer running to form
- 19%
- Ratings
- Perf 61, Speed 60
Cieren Fallon
Martin Dunne 0/5
Tactical Plan was fifth last time out and has run over today's trip, but he is winless in his last six and was eighth two starts back, so consistency is a question. Fit after 16 days, he runs off 130 lb from stall three, with our rating of 65 sitting above his official 60.
- Sire
- Kodiac (GB)
- Dam
- Game Plan (GB) by Australia
- Owner
- M Dunne
- Foaled
- 31 Jan 2022
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 5 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 32%
- Ratings
- Perf 65, Speed 65
Billy Loughnane
James Tate 2/15
Preferred comes here fresh from a second last time out and just 10 days ago, with a third five starts back among a consistent set of finishes, yet she is winless in her last six. She has run over today's trip and going, but 128 lb from stall 8 and a seventh-ranked profile in our ratings leave her with plenty to prove.
- Sire
- Masar (IRE)
- Dam
- Zumran (GB) by Rock Of Gibraltar
- Owner
- Mrs Clare E Percival
- Foaled
- 17 Feb 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 15 runs (13%)
- Trainer running to form
- 39%
- Ratings
- Perf 63, Speed 62
Jack Doughty
Clare Hobson 0/3
General Assembly arrives fresh from a run 17 days ago, has run over today's trip and going, and our rating of 65 ranks him third of 11, with a speed figure of 67 to back it up. The risk is obvious, as he is winless in his last six and was only sixth last time out.
- Sire
- Starspangledbanner (AUS)
- Dam
- Black Rodded (GB) by Bahamian Bounty
- Owner
- Clare Hobson Racing Partnership
- Foaled
- 5 Feb 2021
- Stable
- Royston, Herts
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 3 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 42%
- Ratings
- Perf 65, Speed 67
Alice Bond (5)
Conrad Allen 0/1
Poetic Grace was third last time out but is winless in her last six, with a fourth, a sixth and two fifths in that spell, and she has run over today's trip and going. Rated bottom of eleven on our figures, she is hard to fancy despite a 31-day break and that recent bit of consistency.
- Sire
- Kodi Bear (IRE)
- Dam
- Sonnet Rose (IRE) by Poet's Voice
- Owner
- John C Davies
- Foaled
- 9 Mar 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 1 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 28%
- Ratings
- Perf 50, Speed 51
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.