19:00 Chelmsford City

Tuesday 25 July 2017

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Barentsz Gin Challenge Handicap

Off time: 19:01 | Winning time: 1m 11.36s

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(11)

Leader Writer¹¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: S Donohoe| T: H Spiller| OR: 95

16/1

Has run well in Listed/Group company in France on several occasions but entitled to need this run after some time off and drop back in trip probably on the sharp side.

Form: 2759-63

(7)

Sign of The Kodiac⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: L Morris| T: J G Given| OR: 94| CD

7/1

C&D winner from a 1lb higher mark than this 14 months ago and won a conditions event at Dundalk earlier in the season. Has looked a little out of form since then but probably a little out of his depth on All-Weather Championships Final's Day and has never looked quite as effective on turf. Worth giving another chance to around here on a realistic mark.

Form: 961750

(13)

Udontdodou³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Connor Beasley| T: R C Guest| OR: 93| CD

5/2

Two from two over C&D justifying favouritism here on his latest outing. Probably has more to come but he'll do well to land what looks like a deeper race off 6lb higher from a wide draw.

Form: 74-1871

(9)

Russian Soul^p¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-10| J: D C Costello| T: J A Osborne| OR: 93| D

16/1

Dual Group 3 winner who got off the mark for this yard at Chester in May. Drop back in trip and switch to Polytrack shouldn't be an issue and he's smooth travelling type who ran well last time out at Epsom but doesn't always find a great deal and this track unlikely to play to his strengths.

Form: 464164

(10)

Kadrizzi^t1,v¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: R Winston| T: D K Ivory| OR: 92| C| D

6/1

Yet to get his head in front this year but worked his way back down to a reasonable mark as a result. Return to AW could see him in a better light after some poor efforts on turf and he has won at this course earlier in his career; each-way possibilities if the first-time tongue-tie has the desired effect.

Form: 520600

(5)

Mazzini^p1²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: George Wood⁽³⁾| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 90| D

11/4

Gone off favourite or second favourite on every one of his 13 starts but only managed to get his head in front twice. Beaten on all four starts this campaign but best of those efforts came when runner-up here. Hold-up style probably better suited to the other AW tracks though and he'll need first-time cheekpieces to improve him.

Form: 31-6826

(1)

Upavon^h,t²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Aaron Jones⁽³⁾| T: S C Williams| OR: 88| CD

14/1

Not won for nearly a year now but should be sharper for a recent pipe opener on turf. Won twice over C&D earlier in his career, so nature of the track obviously no concern, and couldn't be better drawn but doesn't look to have much scope from this mark. Can be slow to start and won't get away with those tactics here; one that needs everything to fall right.

Form: 382296

(4)

Stanghow¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 88

12/1

Consistent sort who got back on track with a win at Beverley two starts back and ran well after a poor start at York last time. Gives the impression he's thriving currently and every chance he could run well from a handy draw.

Form: 424314

(6)

Captain Lars^v¹¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: Martin Lane| T: D Shaw| OR: 83| C

25/1

Winner over longer trips earlier in his career but has proved a revelation drop back to sprint distances. Patchy record fresh so may need this run and handicap mark has proved beyond him in the past.

Form: 1-64515

(2)

Brother Tiger^p⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 8-10| J: D Allan| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 79| C| D

10/1

Course winner but all his best recent form has been over the minimum trip. Not exactly a straightforward sort and can over-race but back down to a fair mark at least.

Form: 015564

(8)

Dutiful Son¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 8-9| J: Jack Duern| T: S Dow| OR: 78| CD

25/1

Five-time winner at Kempton and only victory away from that course came over C&D. Only one win since 2015 and consistency not his forte these days. On a fair mark but others arrive with stronger claims.

Form: 310069

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(12)

Captain Dion¹⁰¹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: K A Ryan J: Lewis Edmunds

(3)

Maakaasib¹³

Weight: 8-10| Age: 3

T: S & E Crisford J: Oisin Murphy

Forecasts

Udontdodou (5/2), Mazzini (11/4), Kadrizzi (6/1), Captain Dion (6/1), Sign of The Kodiac (7/1), Maakaasib (7/1), Brother Tiger (10/1), Stanghow (12/1), Upavon (14/1), Russian Soul (16/1), Leader Writer (16/1), Dutiful Son (25/1), Captain Lars (25/1)

Maakaasib is an interesting runner and he won well at Kempton last time out. With less miles on the clock than most of these and a course and distance win to his name he could be the one to beat. However, it's SIGN OF THE KODIAC who narrow preference is for. The return to the AW should suit and he recorded a course and distance win himself from a higher mark last year. Kadrizzi may prove best of the rest if the first-time tongue-tie has a positive effect.