19:40 Chelmsford City

Thursday 10 May 2018

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Bet Trifecta At totesport.com Handicap

Off time: 19:42 | Winning time: 2m 4.40s

(5)

Zaaki¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: P J Dobbs| T: Sir Michael Stoute| OR: 100

5/2

Took on the likes of Tip Two Win and Gustav Klimt as a juvenile. Made hard work of opening his account on stable debut last month and he will be more ideally suited to this longer trip. Now needs to prove himself worthy of his lofty BHA rating.

Form: 2545-1

(6)

Beautiful Memory^h²²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: William Cox⁽⁵⁾| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 90| CD

7/1

Had completed an AW hat-trick prior to a heavy defeat at Newmarket when upped in class for handicap debut. Up another level here and plenty to find to justify this mark.

Form: 33-1117

(1)

Ode To Autumn^b¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: L Dettori| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 89

6/1

Winner of back to back races at Newcastle and not disgraced behind an improving sort here last time. Up another 2lb and he might be vulnerable.

Form: 262-112

(3)

Desert Wind⁷⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: L Morris| T: E F Vaughan| OR: 89| D

8/1

Makes his handicap debut after three successive wins on AW surfaces. On paper he is up significantly in class, but he has beaten some fair sorts and is one of the few in this who looks fairly treated.

Form: 03-111

(4)

Macaque³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: David Probert| T: A M Balding| OR: 87

25/1

Sent off a short price when winning a match race at Brighton (1m, good-to-firm) by 24L in August. Bumped into a useful sort on his comeback but he is a free going sort who needs to prove he will stay this far. Stable took this last year.

Form: 72124-2

(7)

Poet's Prince⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: J Fanning| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 85| C

11/4

Has improved with every run this season and may find even more now stepping up in trip. Likely to go up the handicap after last week's Redcar run and he is a typically progressive sort for the yard.

Form: 95-1212

(2)

Best Blue¹⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Harry Bentley| T: M L W Bell| OR: 84| C

5/1

Narrow margin winner of a course maiden having cost 210,000 gns. Bred to win a Derby and held an entry in the Classic, but he needs to improve a great deal just to land this.

Form: 921-

Forecasts

Zaaki (5/2), Poet's Prince (11/4), Best Blue (5/1), Ode To Autumn (6/1), Beautiful Memory (7/1), Desert Wind (8/1), Macaque (25/1)

Few of these are attractively weighted and much depends on whether Zaaki is as good as his juvenile form eventually proved. He faces a tough task nevertheless in trying to concede 15lb to POET'S PRINCE. The Middleham raider has improved with each run, handles AW surfaces and reappears before the handicapper assesses another career best last time. Desert Wind has landed a trio of races that have worked out well and he appears fairly weighted on his handicap bow.