Race cards · Thu 31 Aug
Thursday 31 August · Chelmsford City, England
14:25 Ire-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish Novice Stakes (GBB Race)
- Distance
- 0m 7f 0y
- Going
- Standard
- Class
- 4
- Prize
- GBP 10000
- Runners
- 16
Race preview
Emperor's Star rates highly after a couple of respectable performances and needs taking seriously. However, his costly Sandown defeat has taken a few subsequent knocks and he might be worth taking on with fellow Royal Lodge entrant ANNAFEL, who is from the family of a Dubai World Cup winner in Well Armed. The Gosdens' newcomer cost 220,000gns and is bred to be effective on synthetics so can make an immediate impact. Desert Rhapsody is another notable debutant.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emperor's Star | 25 | W Buick | C Appleby | 9 7 | 8-13 | |
| 2 | Run Boy Run | 2 | N Callan | R Spencer | 9 7 | 13-2 | |
| 3 | Celtic Warrior | 6 | Oisin Murphy | A M Balding | 9 7 | 17-2 | |
| 4 | Annafel | K Shoemark | J & T Gosden | 9 7 | 8-1 | ||
| 5 | Keady Town | 8 | George Rooke | R Hughes | 9 7 | 100-1 | |
| 6 | Papagei | 7 | James Doyle | J Ferguson | 9 7 | 33-1 | |
| 7 | Upper Hand | 4 | Dylan Hogan | J Butler | 9 7 | 150-1 | |
| 8 | Beach Point | Jefferson Smith | W J Knight | 9 7 | 80-1 | ||
| 9 | Blow Me Away | 8700 | Stefano Cherchi | S C Williams | 9 7 | 250-1 | |
| 10 | Desert Rhapsody | Ross Coakley | S Crisford | 9 7 | 25-1 | ||
| 11 | Knight Templar | 809 | S W Kelly | Sir Mark Prescott | 9 7 | 200-1 | |
| 12 | Orbital | Darragh Keenan | Sir Mark Prescott | 9 2 | 50-1 | ||
| 13 | Nukanan | 3 | Kyle Strydom | R Varian | 9 7 | 13-2 | |
| 14 | Mad Punter | 78 | Cieren Fallon | B J Meehan | 9 7 | 40-1 | |
| 15 | By Default | 5 | Marco Ghiani | Jane Chapple-Hyam | 9 7 | 33-1 | |
| 16 | Spirit La Adelita | 77 | J F Egan | Darryll Holland | 9 2 | 150-1 |