Chelmsford City
Tomorrow, May 1, 2025FlatClass 51m2f
Verdict
Verdict
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
Desert Shadow
Win or Each Way
Win or Each Way
Each Way terms: 1/5 odds for first 3 places
1. HerbygoesbananasJ: Charles BishopT: Chris Gordon- Price History:
- -
- Age:
- 4
- Weight:
- 10-2
- Gear:
- -
- Official Rating:
- 0
- Days Since Last Run:
- 159
VerdictOvercame inexperience to make a winning debut in a Huntingdon bumper in November. Half-brother to a useful Flat winner and should have a future on the level.
2. Senor CortezJ: Lewis EdmundsT: Robert EdderyF: 0- Price History:
- -
- Age:
- 4
- Weight:
- 10-2
- Gear:
- -
- Official Rating:
- 0
- Days Since Last Run:
- 10
VerdictModest form in bumpers and well beaten on recent Kempton Flat debut.- 3. AltareqJ: Jim CrowleyT: John & Thady GosdenF: 6
- Price History:
- -
- Age:
- 3
- Weight:
- 9-1
- Gear:
- -
- Official Rating:
- 0
- Days Since Last Run:
- 15
Verdict11/2, sixth of 15 in maiden at Newmarket (1m, good) on debut 15 days ago. Up in trip. Looks sure to improve with the step up to 1¼m likely to suit. 
4. BedfordJ: Rhys ClutterbuckT: Alan King- Price History:
- -
- Age:
- 3
- Weight:
- 9-1
- Gear:
- hood
- Official Rating:
- 0
- Days Since Last Run:
- -
VerdictEarthlight gelding. Closely related to smart 7f-1m winner Positive Impact and 1m winner Desert Rhapsody. Dam winner up to 1m (2-y-o 6f winner). Wears hood on debut. Kurakka has to be considered the yard first string unless the betting hints otherwise.
5. Belaya RiverJ: Mikkel MortensenT: Charlie FellowesF: 4- Price History:
- -
- Age:
- 3
- Weight:
- 9-1
- Gear:
- -
- Official Rating:
- 0
- Days Since Last Run:
- 22
Verdict15/2, very green when remote fourth of 7 in maiden at Nottingham (1¼m, good) on debut 22 days ago. Needs to have come on a lot.- 6. Desert ShadowJ: Tom MarquandT: Saeed bin SuroorF: 57
- Price History:
- -
- Age:
- 3
- Weight:
- 9-1
- Gear:
- -
- Official Rating:
- 0
- Days Since Last Run:
- 90
VerdictRan twice in Dubai in January, showing fair form when seventh in a very useful contest on the second occasion. Likely capable of better. - 7. KurakkaJ: Rossa RyanT: Alan KingF: 43-
- Price History:
- -
- Age:
- 3
- Weight:
- 9-1
- Gear:
- -
- Official Rating:
- 0
- Days Since Last Run:
- 148
VerdictPromise when reaching the frame in maiden/novice events over 1m at Kempton at the end of 2024. Big player up in trip on return. 
8. Plymouth BrethrenJ: Harry DaviesT: James OwenF: 46- Price History:
- -
- Age:
- 3
- Weight:
- 9-1
- Gear:
- -
- Official Rating:
- 0
- Days Since Last Run:
- 15
VerdictTwice-raced maiden, going backwards from AW debut when sixth of 9 in novice at Newmarket (1¼m, good, 22/1) 15 days ago.
9. Prepare To StrikeJ: Jack MitchellT: Simon & Ed CrisfordF: 35- Price History:
- -
- Age:
- 3
- Weight:
- 9-1
- Gear:
- -
- Official Rating:
- 0
- Days Since Last Run:
- 24
VerdictTwice-raced maiden. Fifth of 14 in maiden (11/1) at Kempton (1m) 24 days ago. Up in trip.
10. RespondJ: Jason WatsonT: Andrew Balding- Price History:
- -
- Age:
- 3
- Weight:
- 9-1
- Gear:
- hood
- Official Rating:
- 0
- Days Since Last Run:
- -
Verdict130,000 gns Ghaiyyath gelding. Dam, 11.4f/12.4f winner, half-sister to smart winner up to 1¼m One Voice. Wears hood on debut. Leading stable continues in form and he needs monitoring in the betting.
11. Savvy StellarJ: Daniel MuscuttT: S. P. C. WoodsF: 0-- Price History:
- -
- Age:
- 3
- Weight:
- 9-1
- Gear:
- -
- Official Rating:
- 0
- Days Since Last Run:
- 202
Verdict66/1, last of 12 in novice at Kempton (1m) on debut. Off 6 months. Up in trip.- Unnamed Favourite
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