19:00 Chelmsford City

Thursday 13 February 2025

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6 Horses Challenge At bet365 Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 19:00 | Winning time: 1m 25.16s

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(6)

Black Falcon⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Joe Leavy⁽³⁾| T: Brian Toomey| OR: 54

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 40/1, fifth of 10 in novice at Lingfield (7f, AW) 44 days ago. Improvement required on handicap debut.

Form: 055-

(9)

Camden Flyer²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: L Morris| T: M J Attwater| OR: 53

14/1

Respectable third of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 11/2) 24 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Heading back in the right direction recently.

Form: 6376-73

(4)

Due Respect⁷⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J Butler| OR: 53

3/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 66/1, eleventh of 13 in claimer at Dundalk (7f) 76 days ago, slowly away. First run for yard after leaving Michael Butler. Market should prove best guide to claims on yard/handicap debut.

Form: 0670-

(3)

Ceira G⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Alice Bond⁽⁷⁾| T: Michael Keady| OR: 52

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden who wasn't seen to best effect when creditable sixth of 12 in handicap at Southwell (6.1f) 40 days ago. Entitled to build on that (first start for 4 months) and is one for shortlist.

Form: 956-6

(1)

Ancient State¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Darragh Keenan| T: Martin Dunne| OR: 52

17/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, third of 7 in novice at Southwell (6.1f) 13 days ago. Work to do on handicap debut.

Form: 0-93

(7)

Freak Encounter^b¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Saffie Osborne| T: J A Osborne| OR: 51| BF

4/1

Winner at Lingfield in January. 2/1, eighth of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 12 days ago, doing too much too soon. Enters calculations.

Form: 347-158

(8)

No Release^b¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Rossa Ryan| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 51

13/2

Too free over a much longer trip latest but had posted good second at Wolverhampton (8.7f) previously and must enter calculations.

Form: 262-724

(2)

Maid Of Killybegs²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Billy Loughnane| T: C Johnston| OR: 47

7/1

Found improvement when second of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 10/1) 24 days ago and can race off same mark here. Merits consideration on polytrack debut.

Form: 7097-2

(5)

Holywell Bay²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Dylan Hogan| T: J & S Birkett| OR: 45

100/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Last of 10 in novice at Southwell (6.1f, 400/1) 29 days ago. Likely best watched on switch to handicapping.

Form: 0-00

(10)

Clipsham Noble¹²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: K T O'Neill| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 45

13/2

Eighth of 12 in nursery (11/2) at Newcastle (7.1f), merely passing beaten rivals. Off 121 days. Others more convincing.

Form: 589378-

Forecasts

Due Respect (3/1), Freak Encounter (4/1), No Release (13/2), Clipsham Noble (13/2), Maid Of Killybegs (7/1), Ancient State (17/2), Ceira G (10/1), Camden Flyer (14/1), Black Falcon (16/1), Holywell Bay (100/1)

CEIRA G ran better than her finishing position suggests on debut for new connections at Southwell last month and remains open to improvement. She gets the nod. Maid of Killybegs and No Release should also go well.