20:00 Chelmsford City

Thursday 8 February 2018

All17:5518:3019:0019:3020:0020:3021:00

Bet trifecta At totesport.com Handicap

Off time: 20:01 | Winning time: 1m 11.27s

(1)

Reckless Endeavour¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: D C Costello| T: J A Osborne| OR: 97| D

4/1

Third in a good race here last time (beat Ascot Day on that occasion) and is a definite contender with the 6f on Polytrack sure to suit off a workable handicap mark.

Form: 1353-73

(8)

Intransigent²³

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: William Carver⁽⁷⁾| T: A M Balding| OR: 90| D

16/1

Two time Listed winner but not at his best recently and finished behind Eljaddaaf over 7f at Kempton last time. Much more needed off the same mark.

Form: 00202-6

(7)

Kasbah²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: J Mitchell| T: Mrs A J Perrett| OR: 90| D

7/1

Thereabouts in some good races recently, and this looks easier than the Lingfield race he was beaten 6L in last time out.

Form: 9062-34

(2)

Ascot Day¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: J P Spencer| T: D M Simcock| OR: 89| D

7/1

Won three starts ago in July, but behind a couple of these the last twice and others hold more convincing claims.

Form: 6461-94

(9)

Human Nature^t²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Milly Naseb⁽⁷⁾| T: S C Williams| OR: 89| CD

8/1

Beat Nautical Heaven to score over C&D in December but still 4lb higher in the weights now and is left with something to prove.

Form: 9221-56

(3)

Eljaddaaf^h²³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: R Winston| T: D K Ivory| OR: 88| D

4/1

Second the last twice (both at Kempton) and returns to 6f here. All but one wins here (and all on AW), and he holds obvious claims at a level of competition which should suit.

Form: 0590-22

(5)

Nautical Haven²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Cameron Noble⁽⁵⁾| T: K A Ryan| OR: 83| D

5/1

Improved to hit the frame the last twice and off a mark that shouldn't be an issue he can't be ruled out on this return to handicapping.

Form: 00/V72-2

(6)

Espresso Freddo^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: L Morris| T: R Stephens| OR: 82| C

14/1

Down in trip again after solid efforts over 7f the last twice. May lack the pace for this trip and has to deal with a step up in class.

Form: 0504-12

(4)

Shamshon^t¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: M Harley| T: S C Williams| OR: 81| C

7/1

All wins over 5f (as well as his only two placed efforts), and he would be more at home over the minimum trip than at this distance.

Form: 6348-54

Forecasts

Eljaddaaf (4/1), Reckless Endeavour (4/1), Nautical Haven (5/1), Kasbah (7/1), Shamshon (7/1), Ascot Day (7/1), Human Nature (8/1), Espresso Freddo (14/1), Intransigent (16/1)

The obvious one here is ELJADDAAF. Second the last twice he drops back in trip here but shouldn't any issues with this shorter distance and has shown he can go very close in similar quality races, especially last time (beaten a length). He can go one better here for a trainer who does well with his sprinters. Kasbah and Nautical Heaven have both also been running well in fairly good handicaps recently and are the main dangers, in that order.