19:45 Chelmsford City

Thursday 2 October 2025

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Bet At Your Best With Betfair Selling Handicap

Off time: 19:45 | Winning time: 2m 5.78s

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Arkendale^p²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Rob Hornby| T: Billy Aprahamian| OR: 65

8/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2023. 9/1, good third of 11 in handicap at Epsom (10.1f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Makes polytrack debut and cheekpieces refitted. Wouldn't be without a chance if able to build on that effort, albeit he failed to land a blow on sole previous AW start.

Form: 42-8693

(10)

Extrication¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Cieren Fallon| T: R A Teal| OR: 63

5/1

9/1, eighth of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 16 days ago, merely closing up late. Chance if rediscovering old form, but others look stronger judged on recent evidence.

Form: 708738

(6)

Nahy^t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: N Callan| T: Jack Morland| OR: 63

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 13 in handicap at Kempton (11f, 28/1) 14 days ago. Readily passed over.

Form: 6-4370

(3)

Meet Me In Meraki³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Billy Loughnane| T: P D Evans| OR: 62| D

10/3

Creditable third of 8 in handicap (17/2) at Ffos Las (10f, good) 35 days ago, running on. Enters calculations off the same mark here.

Form: 824223

(2)

Fillyfudge^v²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Finley Marsh| T: Lemos Souza| OR: 61| CD

9/1

C&D winner. 16/1, sixth of 8 in handicap chase at Uttoxeter (16f, good) on debut over fences 21 days ago. Latest run in this sphere was poor and she's opposable from a win point of view.

Form: 343-545

(8)

Moonlit Cloud^p³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: L Morris| T: D K Ivory| OR: 60| D

12/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2024. Below form sixth of 10 in handicap (16/1) at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 30 days ago, racing closer to pace than ideal. Third of 10 over this C&D off 3 lb higher on penultimate start and each-way claims on that evidence.

Form: 925036

(7)

Zolder¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: J F Egan| T: D P Quinn| OR: 61

3/1

10/1, creditable third of 10 in handicap at Kempton (8f) 17 days ago. Back up in trip and this 3-y-o is not without each-way hope.

Form: 443733

(4)

Neardown¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: William Carver| T: J A Osborne| OR: 61

18/1

Last of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 12/1) 16 days ago and another struggle could be on the cards.

Form: 6-57550

(9)

Beta Reader^p³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J Fanning| T: C Johnston| OR: 58

15/2

14/1, creditable third of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW) 37 days ago. Back up in trip and place possibilities off a 1 lb lower mark here.

Form: 643943

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(5)

Parish Councillor⁷

Weight: 10-0| Age: 5

T: James Owen J: P Cosgrave

(1)

Offiah's Boy¹⁸

Weight: 9-8| Age: 4

T: J Tickle J: Hollie Doyle

Forecasts

Parish Councillor (6/4), Zolder (3/1), Meet Me In Meraki (10/3), Extrication (5/1), Beta Reader (15/2), Arkendale (8/1), Fillyfudge (9/1), Moonlit Cloud (12/1), Nahy (14/1), Neardown (18/1), Offiah's Boy (20/1)

PARISH COUNCILLOR is yet another example of the James Owen yard's prowess when it comes to getting the best out of new recruits, having made it 2-2 for the Newmarket handler at Newcastle last week. The return to this trip is unlikely to be an issue and he is taken to complete the hat-trick under a penalty. Meet Me In Meraki gets the nod ahead of Moonlit Cloud for forecast purposes.