20:00 Chelmsford City

Thursday 6 October 2022

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Off time: 20:19 | Winning time: 2m 57.01s

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(1)

Schwartz²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: George Rooke| T: R Hughes| OR: 72| CD

5/4

4 wins from 7 runs this year. 18/5, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at this C&D 21 days ago, soon clear. Will take the beating again.

Form: 481111

(10)

Russian Rumour¹⁰⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Rob Hornby| T: J G Portman| OR: 71| D

16/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2021. 7/2, fourth of 7 in handicap at Nottingham (14f, good), having hopeless task from position. Off 105 days. Likely to be back on her game.

Form: 56-2224

(7)

Pleasure Garden⁵¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Cieren Fallon| T: K Jewell| OR: 70| D

125/1

Last of 4 in novice hurdle (50/1) at Fontwell (19.2f, good). Off 17 months. Poor on last Flat run. Hard to assess on the back of such a long absence.

Form: 113159/

(8)

Got Bright^b,t³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: R Havlin| T: M Roberts| OR: 70

125/1

Last of 13 in handicap at Kempton (16f, 250/1) 34 days ago. Plenty to prove at present.

Form: 1563-80

(5)

Yagan³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 69| D

5/1

9/4, career best when winning 7-runner handicap at Southwell (14.1f) 36 days ago. Strong claims again for a stable in good form.

Form: 37-4241

(3)

Prince Abu^h¹⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Cam Hardie| T: D Shaw| OR: 67| D

25/1

10/3, fourth of 5 in handicap at Southwell (16.5f), needing stronger gallop. Off 164 days. Likely to need the run.

Form: 113264

(9)

Shirbo^t²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: A Kirby| T: H Spiller| OR: 67

5/1

Creditable 5¼ lengths fourth of 10 to Schwartz in handicap (10/1) at this C&D 21 days ago. Respected from a fair mark.

Form: 767634

(11)

Iconique^h²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Harry Davies⁽³⁾| T: C Fellowes| OR: 65

28/1

Respectable fifth of 9 in handicap at Yarmouth (11.5f, good to firm, 12/1) 21 days ago. Back up in trip. Can't be ruled out.

Form: 726455

(6)

Smokey Malone^b¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Dylan Hogan| T: Miss J Feilden| OR: 63| C

17/2

Course winner. Latest win at Lingfield in May. 6/1, good second of 8 in handicap at Southwell (12.1f) 15 days ago. Should be thereabouts once more.

Form: 312532

(2)

Neverbeen To Paris⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: P G Murphy| OR: 62

11/1

Respectable fourth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Southwell (20.4f, good to firm, 20/1) 9 days ago. Generally consistent on the Flat this year and seems likely to give another good account.

Form: 026482

(4)

Sir Joseph Swan⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: David Egan| T: Mrs A J Perrett| OR: 53| BF| D

17/2

Winner at Salisbury in July. Bit below form sixth of 13 in handicap at Lingfield (15.8f, AW, 9/4) 43 days ago. Likely to be back on his game.

Form: 722136

Forecasts

Schwartz (5/4), Yagan (5/1), Shirbo (5/1), Sir Joseph Swan (17/2), Smokey Malone (17/2), Neverbeen To Paris (11/1), Russian Rumour (16/1), Prince Abu (25/1), Iconique (28/1), Pleasure Garden (125/1), Got Bright (125/1)

SCHWARTZ is a highly progressive stayer who once more had something to spare when scoring over C&D 3 weeks ago, so he's an obvious choice to complete the four-timer at the likely expense of Yagan, who won over this trip at Southwell last time. Smokey Malone is another to consider.