19:00 Chelmsford City

Thursday 12 December 2024

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Off time: 19:00 | Winning time: 1m 36.85s

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(2)

Kingdom Come²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Rossa Ryan| T: C G Cox| OR: 102

7/2

All 4 career victories have come on all-weather, the latest when taking Lincoln Trial at Wolverhampton (8.6f) in March. Efforts mixed thereafter but entitled to be sharper for his Kempton run last month and he comes here just 1 lb above his last winning mark.

Form: 124090

(9)

Diderot^h³³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J Ferguson| OR: 98| CD

10/1

Bagged fourth career success when landing this race 12 months ago. Run respectably when third of 8 in handicap at Windsor (11.5f) when last seen in August and whilst he has a higher mark to contend with on AW, his record fresh is a positive. Player.

Form: 35663V

(5)

Empirestateofmind^b³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 91| BF| D

10/1

Capitalised on much-reduced mark at York (7.9f) in October. 9/2, creditable sixth of 17 in handicap at the Curragh (1m, good to soft) 39 days ago. Not out of things returned to an artificial surface.

Form: 3-08016

(8)

Blue Prince²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Jordan Williams⁽⁵⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 92

6/1

Latest win at Goodwood (7f) in July. Off 10 weeks/gelded shaped well back on AW WHEN creditable fourth of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW) 29 days ago, going well when forced wide home turn and finishing with running left. Has more wins in him this winter and unexposed at 1m.

Form: 361304

(1)

Mcmanaman⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Marco Ghiani| T: Ian Williams| OR: 90

10/1

Low-key start for present yard but more like it in recent starts, running on for second at Wolverhampton (7f) on penultimate start last month. However, disappointed when tenth of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (1m) 6 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 707420

(3)

Farasi Lane¹⁶⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: R Kingscote| T: Dr R Newland & J Insole| OR: 89| D

13/2

Had a good spell on AW for this yard last spring and wasn't discredited by any means when fourth of 12 in handicap at Newcastle (1m) when last seen in June. Fallen back down to last winning mark on this first start for 6 months.

Form: 210374

(6)

Christian David^p¹⁷⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| OR: 88| D

5/1

Career best when winning 7-runner handicap (11/2) at Goodwood (1m, good) back in June. Absent since but he's unexposed on synthetics and there could yet be more to come on the back of just 8 career starts.

Form: 1-33031

(4)

Sterling Knight²²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: A J Farragher| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 86| D

14/1

Successful twice in handicaps on turf at up to 1m during the summer. Not beaten far when ninth of 14 in handicap at Kempton (1m, 33/1) 22 days ago and he comes here operating from an exploitable mark.

Form: 447969

(7)

Longlai²²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Rob Hornby| T: M Wigham| OR: 86| D

13/2

Building up a good strike rate for this yard, successful at Kempton/Wolverhampton during the summer. Feasible to think he'll strip fitter for his latest run at first-named venue 3 weeks ago and no surprise to see a good showing.

Form: 261150

Forecasts

Kingdom Come (7/2), Christian David (5/1), Blue Prince (6/1), Longlai (13/2), Farasi Lane (13/2), Mcmanaman (10/1), Empirestateofmind (10/1), Diderot (10/1), Sterling Knight (14/1)

DIDEROT boasts an excellent record when fresh and, lining up here operating from the same mark as when taking this prize 12 months ago, it would come as no surprise to see him primed for a big run following a 4-month break. Kingdom Come is entitled to be sharper for his run at Kempton and can be seen to much better effect from a handy draw on this occasion. Blue Prince caught the eye at Lingfield and is another in the mix in a competitive affair.