17:50 Chelmsford City

Thursday 16 February 2017

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toteplacepot Racing's Favourite Bet Amateur Riders' Handicap

Off time: 17:51 | Winning time: 1m 40.11s

(5)

My Lord⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Miss Michelle Bryant⁽⁵⁾| T: P Butler| OR: 65

50/1

Well beaten last time out when unfancied at 66/1 and all recent wins have been over longer trips. Makes track debut but hard to fancy on recent form.

Form: 38-8037

(3)

Hernando Torres^p,t⁴⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-12| J: Joanna Mason| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 63

4/1

On a bit of a losing streak at present and no significant recent form to shout about. Did, however, run well last time he faced this C&D, which did come at a higher level.

Form: 7-18400

(7)

Celtic Artisan^b,t⁷^{(ex 6)}

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Bruce Lynn⁽⁵⁾| T: R Menzies| OR: 54

4/11

Carries a penalty for easy course win last time out and officially 7lb well-in on ratings. Won three of his five starts at track and looks likely to get an easy lead on the front here.

Form: 811415

(6)

Heart of An Angel^b¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: Mr Romain Clavreul⁽⁵⁾| T: H Spiller| OR: 55

100/1

Well beaten on all eight career starts and hard to fancy on all known form.

Form: 56500-9

(2)

Strictly Art^p⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: Jessica Cooley⁽⁵⁾| T: A Bailey| OR: 54

8/1

Returning to the Flat after a pulled up effort on NH debut last time out and needs to show a lot more to get involved in this.

Form: 658-269

(4)

Swiss Lait^p⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Amie Waugh| T: P Holmes| OR: 48

22/1

Poor overall strike-rate (1/32) and is yet to score in ten starts on AW. Plenty to find to be involved in this.

Form: 084053

Non-Runners

(1)

Gabrial The Thug²⁴

Weight: 10-11| Age: 7

T: Ian Williams J: Mr Simon Walker

Forecasts

Celtic Artisan (4/11), Gabrial The Thug (2/1), Hernando Torres (4/1), Strictly Art (8/1), Swiss Lait (22/1), My Lord (50/1), Heart of An Angel (100/1)

This looks an ideal opening for CELTIC ARTISAN to land the hat-trick and despite carrying a 6lb penalty he is still 7lb well-in on the official ratings. Gabrial The Thug is his only serious challenger and his best chance will be to break well and sit on the leader's tail and try and grab him late on. Of the others, Hernando Torres has run well here before and may be the best of the rest. 1. Celtic Artisan 2. Gabrial The Thug 3. Hernando Torres