20:00 Chelmsford City

Thursday 22 February 2018

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

toteswinger Two In The First Three Handicap

Off time: 20:03 | Winning time: 2m 7.69s

(7)

Maratha^t¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Fran Berry| T: S C Williams| OR: 85

6/1

Still 7lb above his most recent winning handicap mark but ran well two starts back and holds excuses latest. Trip should suit and he can't be ruled out.

Form: 9431-25

(8)

Nonios^h¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: J P Spencer| T: D M Simcock| OR: 82| CD

13/2

C&D winner two starts back and not disgraced at Wolverhampton last time out. Return to this course a positive but widest draw isn't exactly ideal.

Form: 785-314

(5)

Thaqaffa^h²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: A Kirby| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 81

4/1

Completed a hat-trick at Kempton last time. Record here not as encouraging but has placed here a couple of times. 4lb rise won't make things particularly easy though.

Form: 735-111

(6)

Shamrokh^p,t¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: L Morris| T: M Appleby| OR: 80| CD

3/1

Hat-trick seeker who is up another 5lb for winning over C&D last time. Could improve further over this trip and encouraging to see this jockey retained.

Form: 49-2311

(3)

Laqab¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: P Mathers| T: D Shaw| OR: 78| D

25/1

Newcastle maiden winner in October 2016 but has only had three starts since and hasn't been able to run to that level of form again.

Form: 21/57-6

(2)

Maestro Mac³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Josephine Gordon| T: Tom Clover| OR: 77| CD

9/2

Goes well on the AW, including a C&D victory back in September. 10lb higher now but won again last time and this mark is probably fair. Draw/jockey both positive.

Form: 61210-1

(1)

Ourmullion^p²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Joey Haynes| T: J R Best| OR: 77| CD

12/1

Two of his three career wins have come over C&D (and the other was also on Polytrack), but he needs to improve on some recent sub-par efforts.

Form: 11040-5

(4)

Captain Pugwash²²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: William Cox⁽⁵⁾| T: H Spiller| OR: 71| CD

6/1

C&D winner when returning to this trip last time out. 5lb higher in the weights but unexposed over intermediate trips and the rise is claimed off by a reliable claimer.

Form: 6012-51

Forecasts

Shamrokh (3/1), Thaqaffa (4/1), Maestro Mac (9/2), Maratha (6/1), Captain Pugwash (6/1), Nonios (13/2), Ourmullion (12/1), Laqab (25/1)

SHAMROKH is up in the weights for winning over C&D last time out but has been in fine form so far this year, particularly at this course. With further improvement possible over this trip, it is also encouraging to see Luke Morris still on board. This is a competitive enough affair though, and recent C&D scorer Nonios and the progressive Thaqaffa should also be thereabouts.