19:30 Chelmsford City

Thursday 27 February 2025

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6 Horses Challenge At bet365 Handicap

Off time: 19:32 | Winning time: 59.37s

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(1)

Dream By Day^t²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: William Carson| T: M Pattinson| OR: 58| D

14/1

Ninth of 11 in handicap (16/1) at Lingfield (6f, AW) 20 days ago. Can give a good account if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 6570-49

(3)

Forest Gunner^h¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Hayley Turner| T: D M Simcock| OR: 57

5/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fifth of 6 in handicap at Newcastle (5f, 11/2) 19 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 00/35

(4)

Sir Rodneyredblood^p²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: Marco Ghiani| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 57| CD

16/5

4-time C&D winner. Respectable fifth of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f, 18/1) 24 days ago. Back to a potentially lenient mark.

Form: 2646-85

(7)

So Obsessed^t1¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Hollie Doyle| T: M Botti| OR: 56| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Four wins from 13 runs last year. 18/1, seventh of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 16 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time with more needed.

Form: 87-6837

(8)

State Of Madness³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: L Morris| T: D Shaw| OR: 55| BF

2/1

11/4, respectable third of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 30 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Merits consideration.

Form: 8635-23

(2)

Mehmo^p⁶⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Paddy Bradley| T: M J Attwater| OR: 54| D

33/1

25/1, first run since leaving Michael Appleby when sixth of 9 in handicap at Southwell (5f) 60 days ago, not ideally placed. Others still more persuasive.

Form: 648546-

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War Zone^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Joey Haynes| T: C Banham| OR: 51| CD

7/2

Career best when winning 7-runner minor event (7/2) at this C&D 14 days ago. Big shout back in handicap company.

Form: 3162-41

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Sassy Redhead¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Billy Loughnane| T: W Stone| OR: 46| C

20/1

Course winner. Not disgraced when fourth of 8 in minor event (20/1) at Southwell (5f) 15 days ago. No forlorn hope.

Form: 709-594

Forecasts

State Of Madness (2/1), Sir Rodneyredblood (16/5), War Zone (7/2), Forest Gunner (5/1), Dream By Day (14/1), So Obsessed (16/1), Sassy Redhead (20/1), Mehmo (33/1)

WAR ZONE looked better than ever when bagging his second C&D victory two weeks ago so gets the vote here at the chief expense of State Of Madness who is weighted to go close on his first go on polytrack. Forest Gunner also figures on a handy-looking mark and needs factoring in too along with course scorer Sassy Redhead.