19:20 Chelmsford City

Thursday 8 June 2023

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Racing Welfare Handicap

Off time: 19:22 | Winning time: 2m 4.33s

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(5)

Covert Legend¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J Parr| OR: 72

12/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 18/1, fourth of 11 in minor event at this course (8f) 14 days ago. Type to do better now handicapping and worth noting if the market speaks in his favour up in trip.

Form: 464

(9)

Another Dimension²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Darragh Keenan| T: R Spencer| OR: 72

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 4 in handicap (13/2) at Nottingham (10.2f, heavy) 27 days ago. Something to find on form.

Form: 65-84

(6)

Serengeti Sunset²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Oisin Murphy| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 71

3/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 5/1, eighth of 12 in handicap at Beverley (9.9f, good) 23 days ago, challenging 2f out and fading. In excellent hands and it remains early days but he does need to raise his game to play lead role here.

Form: 86-58

(12)

Kodiman¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: David Egan| T: R Varian| OR: 71

12/1

Promising type. 16/1, very good fourth of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 16 days ago, left poorly placed. Makes polytrack debut. Respected.

Form: 2874

(11)

High Court Judge⁵⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Cieren Fallon| T: H Spiller| OR: 70| BF| C

33/1

Gelded/switched to handicaps, improved on exploits as a 2-y-o in Ireland to land back-to-back events at 1m on AW earlier this year. Found things tougher in pursuit of hat-trick when eighth of 12 at Kempton (1m) in April and goes up in trip now.

Form: 089-118

(10)

Flame Of Kodiac³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 69

20/1

Off the mark on handicap debut at Wolverhampton (8.6f) in March but proved easy to back and finished well held back on turf at Nottingham (8.3f, heavy) 37 days ago. Others make greater appeal.

Form: 6-6310

(2)

Fitz Perfectly²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: K Shoemark| T: C Fellowes| OR: 69

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Could only run to a similar level as previously when third in handicap at Windsor (8.1f) 24 days ago (subsequently disqualified when rider weighed in light). Longer trip needs to unlock some improvement.

Form: 48-4D

(3)

Clarko's Back^t¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Saffie Osborne| T: J A Osborne| OR: 69

5/1

Much-improved switched to handicaps/gelded when off the mark on handicap debut at Kempton (1m) 15 days ago. That may not prove his limit now upped to 10f.

Form: 850-1

(8)

Penzance¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: James Doyle| T: S & E Crisford| OR: 69

5/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 11 in minor event (40/1) at this course (8f) 14 days ago, keeping on without being knocked about. Expected to prove just as effective over longer trip and likely to progress further now handicapping.

Form: 895

(13)

Dabbous^p³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: B A Curtis| T: G Boughey| OR: 68| CD

18/1

C&D winner in April and quickly dispelled lesser effort on turf when neck second of 8 to You Saw Brigadoon in handicap at this C&D 35 days ago, staying on.

Form: 8-09102

(4)

Lucky Fifteen²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: H Crouch| T: R M Beckett| OR: 67| BF

9/2

Promising individual. 11/4, much improved second of 17 in handicap at Newbury (10f, good) 20 days ago, unlucky to bump into one. 3 lb rise shouldn't prevent a bold showing with further progress on the cards.

Form: 696-2

(7)

You Saw Brigadoon³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Marco Ghiani| T: S C Williams| OR: 60| CD

9/1

2 wins from 5 runs this year. 11/5, career best when winning 8-runner handicap at this C&D 35 days ago by neck from Dabbous. No surprise to see him give another good account.

Form: 9-33121

(1)

Flying Panther^h¹⁵⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: S M Levey| T: T Ward| OR: 58| BF

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Seventh of 8 in handicap (11/4) at Wolverhampton (8.6f) in January, racing closer to pace than ideal. Usual hood goes back on following a break and too soon to be writing him off on balance.

Form: 708-7

Forecasts

Serengeti Sunset (3/1), Lucky Fifteen (9/2), Penzance (5/1), Clarko's Back (5/1), You Saw Brigadoon (9/1), Covert Legend (12/1), Kodiman (12/1), Dabbous (18/1), Flame Of Kodiac (20/1), Fitz Perfectly (22/1), High Court Judge (33/1), Another Dimension (33/1), Flying Panther (100/1)

LUCKY FIFTEEN showed much-improved form when runner-up on handicap debut at Newbury (10f) 3 weeks ago, unlucky to bump into one but nicely clear of the remainder. Open to further progress, he earns the vote to open his account from a 3 lb higher mark. Kodiman, another low-mileage sort, shaped well at Wolverhampton recently and is feared, along with Dabbous and You Saw Brigadoon.