15:50 Chelmsford City

Sunday 7 July 2024

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Wadacre Gomez¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Billy Loughnane| T: C Johnston| OR: 89| CD

6/1

4-time C&D winner. Six wins from 21 Flat runs. 3 wins from 9 runs this year. Latest win here in June. Creditable fourth of 8 in handicap (9/2) at this C&D 17 days ago. Can give another good account but will likely need another career best to defy this mark.

Form: 140514

(5)

Rowayeh¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Jim Crowley| T: Owen Burrows| OR: 88

4/1

Did well to get so close after meeting trouble in running when fourth of 24 in handicap at Royal Ascot (8f, firm) 18 days ago. Leading player stepped back up in trip

Form: 1136-74

(4)

Mighty Nebula³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: S De Sousa| T: R Varian| OR: 87| BF

11/4

Off mark on only his second career start in a Kempton maiden in April. Failed to improve markedly switched to a handicap when 2 lengths fourth of 7 to Wadacre Gomez at this C&D 31 days ago. Bit more likely required.

Form: 6-134

(9)

Hosanna Power²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Saffie Osborne| T: Sir Michael Stoute| OR: 85| BF| D

18/5

Made a winning handicap debut at Newbury in May and went through the race as if still on a handy mark when third of 8 (6/4) at Chester (10.3f, soft) 22 days ago. Should be in the mix.

Form: 2/23-13

(2)

Zealot^p¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 84| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Won 4 of 5 starts in 2023, including twice at Newcastle. Ran better than for a while when third of 8 in handicap at this C&D (28/1) 17 days ago. Every chance if back to best.

Form: 600073

(6)

Forca Timao⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: D Egan| T: R Hannon| OR: 83

8/1

Respectable sixth of 10 in handicap at Newcastle (10.2f, 18/1) 8 days ago. Should strip fitter for that comeback run and he's not completely discounted.

Form: 42-0366

(8)

No Surrender^b²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Tom Marquand| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 80| D

18/1

Step back in the right direction in first-time blinkers when seventh of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (12f, AW) 27 days ago, travelling well before failing to see race out. Interesting dropped back to a shorter trip.

Form: 312-677

(7)

Bizarre Law^p²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: David Probert| T: A M Balding| OR: 79

20/1

Shaped as if better for run after 9-month break when sixth of 10 in handicap (12/1) at Sandown (10f, good) 23 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Others more persuasive.

Form: 36434-6

(3)

Chilled Out²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-4| J: Tyler Heard⁽³⁾| T: M Wigham| OR: 69| D

40/1

Won first 2 starts for current yard at Yarmouth and Ripon but came up short in his hat-trick bid when fifth of 8 in handicap at Wetherby (10f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Bounce back required.

Form: 00P-115

Forecasts

Mighty Nebula (11/4), Hosanna Power (18/5), Rowayeh (4/1), Wadacre Gomez (6/1), Forca Timao (8/1), Zealot (9/1), No Surrender (18/1), Bizarre Law (20/1), Chilled Out (40/1)

ROWAYEH shaped particularly well at Royal Ascot, overcoming a troubled passage to reach the frame, and tops the shortlist having another try beyond 1m. Hosanna Power is lightly raced in handicaps and shaped well until testing conditions seemed to tell at Chester last time, so rates the main danger, with Zealot lurking on a fair mark if able to build further on a more encouraging C&D effort last time.