17:55 Chelmsford City

Thursday 2 March 2017

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toteplacepot Racing's Favourite Bet Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 17:55 | Winning time: 1m 12.4s

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Multi Quest^b⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Ryan Powell| T: J E Long| OR: 54

20/1

Winner of this race last year but doesn't win often and never scored off a mark this high. Dangerous if allowed the run of the race though which isn't inconceivable if she can get over from her wide draw.

Form: 657548

(9)

Krazy Paving^b²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: A Kirby| T: Mrs A L M King| OR: 53

7/2

Scored for the first time since 2014 two starts back with a narrow win at Lingfield and showed he can be effective around here when finishing second to the well-handicapped Menelik last time. Handicapper has somewhat leniently dropped him 1lb for that effort so he must be in with a chance of going close if returning in the same form.

Form: 0-21216

(7)

Mighty Zip^p¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Jordan Uys⁽⁷⁾| T: L Williamson| OR: 52

8/1

C&D winner who bounced back to form with a win last time out over the minimum trip here in an apprentice race under this jockey. Needs to prove he can put in back-to-back performances now though.

Form: 3D1451

(1)

Home Again¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: M Harley| T: L Carter| OR: 52

9/4

Still a maiden after 14 starts but unlucky not to lose that tag here last time when finishing a nose second behind a well-backed favourite. Only up 2lb for that and that was his first start after a break so every chance he could come on for the run.

Form: 070760

(5)

Bella's Boy^p1⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Danny Brock| T: J Ryan| OR: 50

50/1

Very little promise in four starts to date, including last time here over a furlong further. Needs the first-time cheekpieces to work wonders.

Form: 4/6-099P

(2)

Tasaaboq^t⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Josephine Gordon| T: P S McEntee| OR: 48

6/1

Just one win from 42 starts and this hold-up performer looks better suited to some of the other AW tracks. Yard also been quiet recently.

Form: 114257

(6)

National Service^p,t⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: P Aspell| T: R Ford| OR: 47

7/1

Losing run now stands at 17 but he ran well in an apprentice race last time having the benefit of one of the more experienced jockeys in the race. Will need more in this though and can often miss the break so looks opposable.

Form: 738492

(4)

Zebedee's Girl⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: J F Egan| T: P D Evans| OR: 47

8/1

Still a maiden after 15 starts and needs the five month break to have had a positive effect. Probably better over further than this but any market support would be mildly interesting.

Form: 9075-64

(3)

Blistering Dancer¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: William Carson| T: A W Carroll| OR: 45

10/1

Just two wins from 43 starts and yet to score on the AW. Having first run here though and the track should suit his running style; yard's horses running well recently (5-29) so one of the more interesting ones.

Form: 250-473

Forecasts

Home Again (9/4), Krazy Paving (7/2), Tasaaboq (6/1), National Service (7/1), Mighty Zip (8/1), Zebedee's Girl (8/1), Blistering Dancer (10/1), Multi Quest (20/1), Bella's Boy (50/1)

KRAZY PAVING has been dropped 1lb for his latest effort behind a potentially very well-handicapped sort and it's possible the assessor may come to regret that decision. He has his optimum conditions here and may prove hard to beat in current form. The Tony Carroll stable are in fine form and Blistering Dancer may be able to improve on his relatively poor strike rate on course debut, particularly if he gets an easy time of things on the front end. Multi Quest is another who will want an easy lead and aims to make it back-to-back wins in the race after winning this last year off a 9lb lower mark. 1. Krazy Paving 2. Blistering Dancer 3. Multi Quest