19:55 Chelmsford City

Thursday 2 March 2017

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Off time: 19:57 | Winning time: 1m 37.69s

(9)

Gatillo⁶⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Adam Beschizza| T: Miss J Feilden| OR: 70

18/1

Ran well at Southwell two starts back and interesting to see if there's market support for him on debut for this yard. Trainer, however, has just a 1.79% strike-rate at the course and her jockey's strike-rate here is just 2.3%.

Form: 482-689

(8)

Saleh⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: A Kirby| T: L Carter| OR: 70

2/1

Won at Lingfield in November and followed that victory up with a good second next time out. Went up a furlong in trip last time to win at Kempton (travelled well) and beat a subsequent winner. Likely to run well again and looks like one of the few progressive types in the line up.

Form: 67541

(3)

Kenstone^p²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Hollie Doyle⁽³⁾| T: A Wintle| OR: 69

7/2

In flying form since joining this yard and unlucky not to have won the last twice, particularly last time from a poor draw. Should get a nice tow into the race from this stall though and this jockey is currently enjoying a purple patch (5-22) so he could defy a 3lb rise in the weights.

Form: 11-2213

(1)

World Of Good^b³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Josephine Gordon| T: Mrs A L M King| OR: 68

8/1

Unlucky loser at Dundalk in December but made amends at that course last time when making all. That bodes well for this course and she gets the perfect draw for such tactics so likely to be hard to beat on debut for this yard.

Form: 6-34476

(7)

Tee It Up Tommo¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: S Donohoe| T: D Steele| OR: 68

7/1

Finally scored off a far lower mark than he had previously won off but no guarantee he will be able to back that up here and this looks a tougher contest.

Form: 6-41237

(4)

Mime Dance^p¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Danny Brock| T: J Butler| OR: 68

25/1

Losing run now stands at 17 and has proved disappointing in four AW starts. Will be a more attractive betting proposition when returned to turf later in the year and opposable provided there isn't significant support on debut for this yard.

Form: 0-44679

(2)

Gracious George¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: K T O'Neill| T: J C Fox| OR: 67

7/1

Five time winner on the AW including twice over C&D. That can't be forgotten but he's not shown enough in recent starts to be of interest in a race as competitive as this.

Form: 11604-8

(10)

Tifl¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Oisin Murphy| T: H Main| OR: 66

16/1

Handicap mark looks harsh, particularly when taking his handicap debut into account last month at Newcastle. Drop back in trip unlikely to do any harm but he's got a tough task from the widest draw.

Form: 2

(5)

Wahiba⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: M Botti| OR: 63

10/1

Ex-German filly who's had just the two outings for her current trainer. Disappointing when upped in trip last time but trainer often does well with his foreign recruits and he's likely to find the key to her at some stage.

Form: 33/3-06

Non-Runners

(6)

Polar Forest³³

Weight: 9-7| Age: 7

T: R C Guest J: J F Egan

Forecasts

Saleh (2/1), Kenstone (7/2), Tee It Up Tommo (7/1), Gracious George (7/1), World Of Good (8/1), Wahiba (10/1), Polar Forest (14/1), Tifl (16/1), Gatillo (18/1), Mime Dance (25/1)

WORLD OF GOOD could well improve for this yard and has the perfect draw to put her rivals to the sword and apply plenty of pressure on the front end. Saleh should give another good account and looks relatively unexposed while Kenstone could be up for defying a 3lb rise in the weights. 1. World Of Good 2. Kenstone 3. Saleh