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1 May 2024
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Chantilly Handicap (Div I) (Class 4) (3yo+) (Course A) (Turf) Racecard

  • Channel: SKY
  • Distance: 1m 55y
  • Going: Good
Runners
12

Type
Flat

Surface
Turf

Selection

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Racecard

No.(Draw)
Runner
Best Odds
1
(12)
D Star silk
CD
D Star tb
J: Angus Chung 5
T: A S Cruz
CD
2 x C&D Winner - Won 2 times before on this course at this distance
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 1 wins from 29 in the last 14 days (3%)
Generally out of form since the turn of the year; drops 1lb below his last winning mark
03889-
Age: 4
Weight: 9-9
OR: 58
Days: 21
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
10 Apr 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-4 tb 10/12 Capital Legend (6½L) 57/10 59 57
20 Mar 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-4 tb 3/12 Courier Magic (¾L) 33/1 58 67
6 Mar 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-4 tb 8/11 Strongest Boy (5½L) 17/1 60 59
7 Feb 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 7-12 tb 8/12 Eighteen Palms (4½L) 11/1 61 64
21 Jan 24 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-11 tb 9/14 Storm Rider (4½L) 53/1 63 64
29 Dec 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 8-5 tb 7/12 Star Contact (4L) 24/1 64 67
2
(8)
Excel Wongchoy silk
Excel Wongchoy t
J: Alexis Badel
T: P C Ng
Safely held on all four local starts, including his Class 4 debut last month; best watched
9800-1
Age: 4
Weight: 9-8
OR: 57
Days: 14
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
17 Apr 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-9 t 9/12 Turin Warrior (8½L) 9/1 59 53
31 Mar 24 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 8-8 8/14 Frantanck (5¾L) 126/1 61 61
16 Mar 24 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-7 10/14 Outgate (5¾L) 149/1 63 58
3 Mar 24 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-9 11/14 Blue Marlin (7½L) 25/1 63 53
15 Aug 23 Dun Dundalk (AW) 7f St Md 9-4 1/14 Not Forgotten (1¾L) 5/2 - 91
16 May 23 Kln Killarney 8f Gd/Y 3yMd 9-8 5/11 Just An Hour (7¼L) 7/1 - 69
3
(7)
Volcanic Spark silk
Volcanic Spark b
J: Harry Bentley
T: P F Yiu
Made his breakthrough in January and has remained in reasonable form since; chance
4931-6
Age: 4
Weight: 9-7
OR: 56
Days: 24
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
7 Apr 24 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 9-4 b 4/14 Californiatotality (2½L) 9/1 56 62
24 Mar 24 Sha Sha Tin 8f GF Hc 9-6 b 9/14 Californiatotality (5½L) 23/5 56 58
12 Feb 24 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-4 b 3/13 Voyage Samurai (1¼L) 13/1 56 63
13 Jan 24 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-1 b 1/14 Master Tornado (nse) 11/5F 51 63
23 Dec 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-2 b 6/14 Fighting Machine (2½L) 56/10 52 59
11 Nov 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-4 b1 7/14 Holy Lake (3¾L) 19/1 52 55
4
(2)
Not A Few silk
Not A Few p
J: Andrea Atzeni
T: Douglas Whyte
Step in the right direction in February but has again struggled in his last two outings
90600-
Age: 4
Weight: 9-4
OR: 53
Days: 21
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
10 Apr 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-4 p 9/12 Glorious Journey (7¼L) 141/1 55 49
13 Mar 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-7 p 11/12 Show Respect (14L) 41/1 57 39
15 Feb 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-9 6/12 Charity Bingo (4L) 31/1 59 64
28 Jan 24 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 8-8 11/14 Sweet Encounter (7½L) 148/1 61 54
13 Jan 24 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 8-3 10/14 Fallon (9¾L) 258/1 63 51
26 Dec 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 8-9 10/11 Raging Blizzard (10½L) 126/1 63 41
5
(11)
Cordyceps One silk
CD
Cordyceps One
J: Ellis Wong 10
T: C H Yip
CD
4 x C&D Winner - Won 4 times before on this course at this distance
Two below-par efforts since being introduced to the Sha Tin dirt; should fare better here
072161
Age: 6
Weight: 9-2
OR: 51
Days: 11
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
20 Apr 24 Sha Sha Tin 8.5f St Hc 9-1 12/14 Galvanic (11L) 38/1 51 37
3 Apr 24 Sha Sha Tin 8.5f St Hc 8-10 7/14 Forever Folks (3¾L) 12/1 51 54
6 Mar 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 8-12 2/11 Strongest Boy (nk) 26/5 49 60
15 Feb 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 8-1 1/11 Brave Witness (2½L) 48/10 42 58
4 Feb 24 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-5 6/14 Sunlight Power (3½L) 20/1 42 48
4 Jan 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-6 1/12 Medic Elite (nk) 78/10 37 48
6
(3)
Setanta silk
Setanta tb
J: L J Ferraris
T: Mark Newnham
Cold Recent Form Jockey - 0 wins from 16 in the last 14 days (0%)
Built upon two promising efforts when making the frame last month; possible contender
367000
Age: 6
Weight: 9-2
OR: 51
Days: 14
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
17 Apr 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-1 tb 3/12 Turin Warrior (1L) 19/1 51 62
31 Mar 24 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-2 tb 6/14 Lucky Gold (4¼L) 9/1 53 55
16 Mar 24 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 9-5 t 7/12 Champion Instinct (4L) 13/1 55 59
12 Feb 24 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-8 tb 11/13 Voyage Samurai (5¾L) 19/1 58 53
21 Jan 24 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-9 tb 11/14 Superb Kid (5½L) 22/1 60 57
1 Jan 24 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-9 tb 11/14 Fun Together (4½L) 33/1 62 62
7
(9)
Absolute Sunshine silk
Absolute Sunshine p
J: Jerry Chau 2
T: David A Hayes
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 1 wins from 26 in the last 14 days (4%)
Yet to make a significant impact in any of his 12 local starts; look elsewhere
008969
Age: 4
Weight: 8-13
OR: 48
Days: 11
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
20 Apr 24 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 8-12 tb 13/13 Celtic Times (7½L) 101/1 51 46
7 Apr 24 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 9-4 tb 10/14 Californiatotality (6½L) 81/1 54 51
24 Mar 24 Sha Sha Tin 8f GF Hc 9-6 tb 8/14 Californiatotality (5¼L) 53/1 56 59
6 Mar 24 Hap Happy Valley 9f Gd Hc 9-8 tb 9/12 Amazing Teens (8L) 11/2 58 53
7 Feb 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 8-3 tb 6/12 Eighteen Palms (3¾L) 58/1 61 65
24 Jan 24 Sha Sha Tin 8.5f St Hc 8-4 tb1 9/14 So We Joy (9L) 102/1 63 56
8
(5)
Running Boy silk
Running Boy
J: C Y Ho
T: K W Lui
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 0 wins from 22 in the last 14 days (0%)
Started at big odds and ran accordingly on his first four career outings; best watched
0080
Age: 4
Weight: 8-10
OR: 45
Days: 28
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
3 Apr 24 Sha Sha Tin 6f St Hc 8-13 t 10/11 Must Go (13½L) 99/1 48 21
13 Mar 24 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 9-0 t 12/12 King Eccellente (10½L) 44/1 50 32
28 Feb 24 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 9-2 t 8/11 Super Joy N Fun (5L) 123/1 52 51
7 Feb 24 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 9-3 t 11/12 Super Joy N Fun (8L) 113/1 52 39
9
(6)
Brave Witness silk
Brave Witness t
J: Karis Teetan
T: C S Shum
Yet to strike in eight career starts but has made the frame on a couple of occasions
040260
Age: 4
Weight: 8-8
OR: 43
Days: 31
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
31 Mar 24 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-8 t 13/14 Lucky Gold (7¼L) 11/1 45 39
13 Mar 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 8-11 t 4/12 Show Respect (2¾L) 9/1 47 55
28 Feb 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 8-10 t 11/12 Samarkand (6L) 21/1 47 46
15 Feb 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 8-11 t 2/11 Cordyceps One (2½L) 7/1 47 57
7 Feb 24 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 9-0 t 6/12 Super Joy N Fun (4L) 11/1 49 49
17 Jan 24 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 9-1 t 11/12 Crystal Powerful (4½L) 14/1 50 50
10
(1)
Fruity Warrior silk
Fruity Warrior t
J: L Hewitson
T: C Fownes
Cold Recent Form Jockey - 1 wins from 26 in the last 14 days (4%)
Six-race maiden; needs to bounce back from a poor performance over at Sha Tin last month
0499-5
Age: 3
Weight: 8-7
OR: 42
Days: 24
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
7 Apr 24 Sha Sha Tin 10f Gd Hc 8-7 tb 11/13 Winning Steps (14L) 13/2 44 29
16 Mar 24 Sha Sha Tin 9f Gd Hc 9-0 tb1 4/14 Casa Cosmo (4L) 22/1 46 54
3 Mar 24 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 8-11 t 9/14 Devas Twelve (5¼L) 21/1 48 49
18 Feb 24 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-13 t 9/14 Only U (4L) 81/10 50 50
23 Dec 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd 3yHc 9-3 t 5/14 The Absolute (6¾L) 23/1 52 47
3 Dec 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 9-1 t 9/12 Ka Ying Rising (8¼L) 17/1 52 45
11
(10)
Dragon Pride silk
CD
C
D
Dragon Pride
J: Ben E Thompson
T: T P Yung
CD
2 x C&D Winner - Won 2 times before on this course at this distance
C
3 x Course Winner - Won 3 times before at this course
D
4 x Distance Winner - Won 4 times before at this distance
Took advantage of dip into Class 5 in March but well beaten returning to this grade latest
010950
Age: 7
Weight: 8-6
OR: 41
Days: 21
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
10 Apr 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 8-5 12/12 Capital Legend (11½L) 26/1 41 27
20 Mar 24 Hap Happy Valley 9f Gd Hc 9-7 1/12 Superb Daddy (1¼L) 154/10 36 52
10 Mar 24 Sha Sha Tin 9f Gd Hc 9-7 b 13/14 Smart Beauty (7¾L) 31/1 38 38
25 Feb 24 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 9-7 b 9/13 Little Fairy (4¾L) 12/1 40 41
28 Jan 24 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 8-5 b 5/13 Beato (3¾L) 30/1 42 48
17 Jan 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 8-10 v 12/12 Win Win Fighter (9½L) 20/1 44 35
12
(4)
Cheong Fat silk
Cheong Fat he
J: M L Yeung
T: C W Chang
0-12 but has shown a good level of ability over a variety of trips this term; shortlisted
57954-
Age: 5
Weight: 8-5
OR: 40
Days: 14
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
17 Apr 24 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-5 he 5/12 Exuberant (3½L) 15/2 42 43
31 Mar 24 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-7 he 7/14 Lucky Gold (4¾L) 28/1 44 45
6 Mar 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 8-9 he 9/11 Strongest Boy (6¾L) 19/1 46 42
15 Feb 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 8-12 he 5/12 Charity Bingo (3L) 77/10 48 56
17 Jan 24 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 9-0 he 4/12 Crystal Powerful (2¼L) 48/10 49 56
29 Dec 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-12 he 4/12 Ernest Feeling (1½L) 11/1 49 58
13
(13)
Sky Trust silk
Sky Trust htb
T: C Fownes
Unexposed 3yo who has played some part in all five career starts so far; claims
34535
Age: 3
Weight: 9-0
OR: 49
Days: 17
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
14 Apr 24 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF Hc 9-0 htb 3/14 Owners' Praise (2½L) 36/5 50 57
24 Mar 24 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF Hc 9-2 htb1 4/14 Loyal Bo Bo (1¾L) 32/5 51 60
3 Mar 24 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 9-1 ht 5/14 Oriental Smoke (2½L) 59/10 52 55
18 Feb 24 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 9-1 ht1 3/12 James Tak (1½L) 25/1 52 62
21 Jan 24 Sha Sha Tin 5f Gd Hc 9-1 t 5/14 Rubylot (3L) 34/1 52 53
14
(14)
Chater Gold silk
Chater Gold p
T: David A Hayes
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 1 wins from 26 in the last 14 days (4%)
All three runs this year have been underwhelming; needs to get back on track quickly
008-38
Age: 3
Weight: 8-10
OR: 45
Days: 21
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
10 Apr 24 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 8-11 p 11/12 Capital Legend (7¼L) 58/1 47 43
24 Mar 24 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-12 p 11/14 Second To None (4¼L) 66/1 49 50
4 Feb 24 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-0 p 8/14 Vantastic Choice (4¼L) 34/1 51 53
23 Dec 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd 3yHc 9-3 3/14 The Absolute (5¾L) 29/1 52 50
15 Nov 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 9-1 8/12 Multidarling (7L) 64/1 52 45
Verdict

A tentative vote goes to VOLCANIC SPARK, who remains unexposed and can add to his early career breakthrough at Sha Tin in January.

Verdict silk image
Volcanic Spark

Betting Forecast:

4/1 Volcanic Spark,

9/2 Cheong Fat,

5/1 Cordyceps One,

6/1 Setanta,

15/2 Brave Witness,

12/1 D Star,

Fruity Warrior,

16/1 Running Boy,

20/1 Excel Wongchoy,

Absolute Sunshine,

Dragon Pride,

25/1 Not A Few

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