17:10 Chelmsford City

Friday 29 March 2024

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Off time: 17:11 | Winning time: 2m 5.75s

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Courageous Strike^b¹³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Raul Da Silva| T: D J S Ffrench Davis| OR: 75

40/1

Won 8-runner nursery at Wolverhampton (9.5f) penultimate outing in 2023. Creditable eighth of 13 in minor event at Kempton (8f, 40/1) last time. Off 135 days. Up in trip. Blinkers back on. Gelded since last seen. Drawn wider than ideal and others make more appeal.

Form: 580218-

(10)

Lord Normandy⁶⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: R Coakley| T: Tom Clover| OR: 75| CD

33/1

Improved from debut when winning over C&D in December. 7/4, fourth of 5 in minor event at Southwell (12.1f) 64 days ago. Makes handicap debut from workable opening mark.

Form: 31-4

(7)

Mr Swivell³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J Ferguson| OR: 75

11/4

Thrice-raced winner. Won 9-runner maiden (4/11) at Southwell (8.1f) 34 days ago, keeping on well. Up in trip. May do better still, so has to be respected on handicap bow.

Form: 421

(1)

Swordstick³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: P Mulrennan| T: H Palmer| OR: 75

17/2

Twice-raced winner. Winner at Southwell in January and ran to similar level when second of 4 in minor event at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 35 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Not discounted.

Form: 12

(6)

Keady Town¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Finley Marsh| T: R Hughes| OR: 74

3/1

Promising individual. 11/2, excellent second of 6 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 14 days ago, needing stiffer test. Can make presence felt with longer trip promising to suit.

Form: 854-2

(14)

Alpine Oasis⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: S H James| T: K R Burke| OR: 74

33/1

Twice-raced winner. 16/1, showed benefit of exeprience when winning 5-runner minor event at Newcastle (8f) 41 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap debut. May do better still but wide draw could make life difficult.

Form: 51

(2)

Alpen Power¹⁹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Jason Hart| T: C Johnston| OR: 74| C

9/1

Lightly-raced winner. Still bit green but improved further when winning 9-runner maiden at this course (8f, 5/4). Up in trip. Looks competitive on form and he's interesting on return from 6-month absence.

Form: 44631-

(4)

Marefuori^t⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Billy Loughnane| T: M Botti| OR: 73

12/1

Winner at Wolverhampton in September. Creditable second of 6 in handicap at same course (9.5f, 11/4) 46 days ago. Frame claims.

Form: 52314-2

(9)

Rocket Warrior¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Jack Gilligan| T: M Botti| OR: 73

15/2

Career best when winning 8-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 14 days ago, well positioned. Makes polytrack debut. Player from 4 lb higher mark.

Form: 04163-1

(5)

Prometeo^p¹⁰⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Josephine Gordon| T: M Botti| OR: 72

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, good ½-length second of 14 to Lord Normandy in minor event at this C&D (7/2). Off 106 days. Makes handicap debut. Gelded since last seen and opening mark looks fair enough.

Form: 3222-

(8)

Etretat¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: S De Sousa| T: C Johnston| OR: 72| BF

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 2/1, creditable 2 lengths fourth of 8 to Rocket Warrior in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 14 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 755-34

(13)

Calculate⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: C T Keane| T: A M Balding| OR: 67

20/1

Promising individual. 50/1, fifth of 8 in maiden at Kempton (8f) 44 days ago. Up in trip. Open to improvement and looks to have been allotted lenient mark for handicap bow, so chance is taken he'll be able to overcome his wide draw.

Form: 945

(3)

Made All¹⁶⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Billy Garritty| T: A Brittain| OR: 67

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 66/1, fourth of 7 in maiden at York (7.9f, soft). Off 167 days. Up in trip. Will need more to make winning handicap debut.

Form: 844-

(11)

Opec^h1¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: N Callan| T: James Owen| OR: 64

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 14/1, first run since leaving James Fanshawe when fourth of 10 in minor event at this course (7f) 15 days ago. Hood on 1st time. Remains with potential now handicapping over further.

Form: 66-4

Non-Runners

(16)

Wootton's Jewel²⁰³

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: M L W Bell J: Non Runner

(15)

Charming Whisper¹⁵⁶

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: P J McBride J: A J Farragher

Forecasts

Mr Swivell (11/4), Keady Town (3/1), Rocket Warrior (15/2), Swordstick (17/2), Alpen Power (9/1), Marefuori (12/1), Wootton's Jewel (14/1), Prometeo (16/1), Charming Whisper (16/1), Etretat (18/1), Calculate (20/1), Opec (28/1), Alpine Oasis (33/1), Made All (33/1), Lord Normandy (33/1), Courageous Strike (40/1)

A most-competitive handicap with few exposed runners. CALCULATE is drawn higher than ideal in Stall 13 but has very much shaped like one who will be at home handicapping over middle distances and looks to have been given plenty of scope to progress by the BHA handicapper from an opening mark of 67. Keady Town looked ready for this step up in trip when runner-up at Wolverhampton a fortnight ago and rates as the main danger, with Mr Swivell and Rocket Warrior also shortlisted.