20:10 Chelmsford City

Friday 5 July 2019

All17:2518:0018:3019:0519:3520:1020:40

Bet totescoop6 At totesport.com Handicap

Off time: 20:10 | Winning time: 58.35s

(7)

Global Academy^p⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Cieren Fallon⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 82| CD

16/1

Produced three solid efforts between March and April at Kempton but has gone backwards the last twice, especially when failing to beat a single rival over C&D two starts ago. Yard are out of form at present and others seem more attractive.

Form: 4-43397

(5)

Zac Brown^t⁹^{(ex 4)}

Age: 8| Weight: 9-11| J: Joshua Bryan⁽³⁾| T: C Wallis| OR: 77| CD

14/1

Gone well here in the past (C&D winner in 2017). Held on to win by a head at Salisbury (5f; good to firm) last time and finished a respectable third over C&D the time before that so arrives here going great guns. Big player.

Form: 463U31

(3)

Warrior's Valley^p,t⁷⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Oisin Murphy| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 75| D

8/1

Turned in a rare poor performance last time when fifth at Southwell (5f; standard). In good form prior to that effort, scoring three times in 2019. Should be given another chance and no surprise were he to bounce back.

Form: 121225

(6)

Dandy's Beano^h⁷^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Harry Bentley| T: K A Ryan| OR: 70| D

3/1

Won in terrific fashion at Newcastle (5f; standard to slow) last week and if he arrives here in the same form he will prove tough to beat. Has been raised 8lb for that win though so remains to be seen if he will cope with it.

Form: 471851

(2)

Dapper Man^b¹^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 70| D

10/11

Returned to the form he was in last summer of late with two wins to his name in his last two starts. Surged clear to win by six-length at Hamilton (5f; good to firm) last week but has been hit with a 10lb rise for that bloodless success.

Form: 684111

(1)

Big Time Maybe^p¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Scott McCullagh⁽⁵⁾| T: M J Attwater| OR: 73| D

25/1

Unable to follow up surprise Southwell (5f; standard) victory when only managing to finish sixth at Brighton (5f; good to firm) last time and is coming up against some seriously in-form rivals. Place claims at best.

Form: 318216

(4)

Something Lucky^v¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 72| CD

8/1

Two best runs of his 2019 campaign have both been achieved over C&D when runner-up on both of those occasions. Plenty more required on the basis of how he has been running overall this year though so best to oppose him.

Form: 526576

Forecasts

Dapper Man (10/11), Dandy's Beano (3/1), Something Lucky (8/1), Warrior's Valley (8/1), Zac Brown (14/1), Global Academy (16/1), Big Time Maybe (25/1)

A fascinatingly competitive sprint handicap, with Zac Brown one of the main contenders in his bid to make it 2-2, after winning for the first time in just over a year at Salisbury last week. He has only been raised 1lb for that victory and could have more to offer. The Roger Fell yard are going well at the moment too, which should aid the claims of Dapper Man who won in emphatic style at Hamilton recently, and could defy the 10lb rise. The one who stands out the most though is DANDY'S BEANO who sprung back into life when winning at Newcastle on Gosforth Park Cup night last week. The manner of that success hinted that she should be able to deal with an 8lb higher mark.