20:50 Chelmsford City

Tuesday 8 August 2023

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Chelmer Mouldings Handicap

Off time: 20:53 | Winning time: 2m 4.17s

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(1)

Blueflagflyinghigh¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Callum Shepherd| T: M L W Bell| OR: 77| BF| D

9/1

Winner at Ripon in June. Seventh of 8 in handicap (11/4) at Ripon (9.8f, soft) 17 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 325147

(4)

Inanna^h²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: R Havlin| T: S Woods| OR: 76

28/1

33/1, fifth of 7 in handicap at Salisbury (9.9f, soft) 24 days ago. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 8-49555

(13)

Speriamo²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: J P Sullivan| T: P J McBride| OR: 76

33/1

Tenth of 12 in handicap (16/1) at Yarmouth (7f, good to soft) 20 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 001-480

(7)

Mudskipper^p1¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: K Shoemark| T: D Menuisier| OR: 75| BF

14/1

9/4, respectable fifth of 9 in handicap at Sandown (8f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes polytrack debut. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 623-455

(2)

Edge Of Ember⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: W Buick| T: R Hughes| OR: 75WS

7/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Sixth of 8 in handicap at Newmarket (8f, good to firm, 15/2) 46 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 22226

(11)

Natzor^b1²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A Watson| OR: 75

16/1

9/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, eighth of 10 in handicap at Windsor (10f, good to firm) 22 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 386238

(8)

Forest Demon^p²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: J Mitchell| T: D & C Kubler| OR: 75

11/2

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable second of 10 in handicap at Windsor (10f, good to firm, 7/1) 22 days ago, running on. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 1-55532

(3)

Yeoman⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Rowan Scott| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 74

6/1

2 wins from 4 runs this year. 2/1, quickly resumed progress when winning 12-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 50 days ago, overcoming pace bias. Remains of interest.

Form: 45-6151

(9)

Run Simba³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: N Callan| T: K R Burke| OR: 72

14/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eighth of 9 in maiden at Carlisle (11.2f, good to soft, 6/1) 31 days ago, slowly away. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 47-8

(10)

Born Ruler⁷⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 72| BF

14/1

Lightly-raced winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Winner at Wolverhampton in January. Pulled hard when seventh of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 11/4) 77 days ago. Worth another chance.

Form: 7-317

(5)

Wadacre Gomez¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: F Norton| T: C Johnston| OR: 70| D

11/2

Winner at Newcastle in April. 9/1, good third of 12 in handicap at this C&D 14 days ago.

Form: 2167V3

(6)

Fleur De Mer¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Harry Davies⁽³⁾| T: H Palmer| OR: 69

6/1

Much improved when making a winning handicap bow at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 4/1) 14 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Big shout.

Form: 8-38V1

Non-Runners

(12)

Beautifulasalways²⁷

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: G Boughey J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Edge Of Ember (7/2), Wadacre Gomez (11/2), Forest Demon (11/2), Fleur De Mer (6/1), Yeoman (6/1), Blueflagflyinghigh (9/1), Beautifulasalways (12/1), Born Ruler (14/1), Mudskipper (14/1), Run Simba (14/1), Natzor (16/1), Inanna (28/1), Speriamo (33/1)

FOREST DEMON looks ready to strike having gone close the last twice. Improving last-time-out winners Fleur de Mer and Yeoman are big threats, while Born Ruler is worth another chance.