16:30 Chelmsford City

Thursday 29 August 2019

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Off time: 16:32 | Winning time: 2m 6.32s

(2)

Carvelas³¹

Age: 10| Weight: 9-12| J: N Mackay| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 58| CD

14/1

Veteran claimed a seventh AW success when scoring over 1m6f here in June. Remains 3lb higher and while he's a C&D winner, his form has been below par since.

Form: 514746

(10)

Shifting Gold²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: David Egan| T: W J Knight| OR: 61

5/1

Game winner at Nottingham in July and raised her game again when second at Lingfield over this trip. Could have done with a stronger pace there and a likely contender.

Form: 560612

(1)

Tronador^b1¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S W Kelly| T: D R Lanigan| OR: 60

11/4

Did a lot wrong through greenness and hanging left on handicap debut over this C&D but it was still a much improved effort. Chances if first time blinkers have desired effect.

Form: 9683

(3)

Asensio^t¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Tom Marquand| T: M Moubarak| OR: 59

5/1

Lost a couple of places late after an early move on the outside at Lingfield last time after previously disappointing on handicap debut. Down 1lb and likely there is more to come.

Form: 8-8594

(7)

Reddiac^p1²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: R Havlin| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 58

12/1

Nine-race maiden was stepped up considerably in trip when a moderate fourth over this distance at Yarmouth this month. Given a chance by the handicapper off 3lb lower but others stronger stayers.

Form: 045-044

(5)

Lope Athena³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Rossa Ryan| T: S C Williams| OR: 57

5/1

Expensive purchase from a good staying family. Failed to figure in three starts so far and plenty of improvement needed on handicap debut.

Form: 506

(9)

Warning Light^p,t²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Josephine Gordon| T: S L Keightley| OR: 48| CD

3/1

Took advantage of falling mark and addition of cheekpieces (retained) to make all over this C&D earlier this month. A similar performance off just 2lb higher would see him go close again.

Form: 8-59771

(8)

Reformed Character^b¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Morgan Cole⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs L Pearce| OR: 45

50/1

Seven-race maiden continues to struggle to get involved and beaten by wide margins. Hard to make any sort of case for.

Form: 097079

Non-Runners

(11)

Pike Corner Cross¹³

Weight: 9-5| Age: 7

T: P D Evans J: S Donohoe

(6)

Grasmere¹⁶

Weight: 9-1| Age: 4

T: A Bailey J: Darragh Keenan

(4)

Icons Image⁸³⁴

Weight: 8-13| Age: 6

T: J Ryan J: A McCarthy

Forecasts

Tronador (11/4), Warning Light (3/1), Pike Corner Cross (9/2), Shifting Gold (5/1), Lope Athena (5/1), Asensio (5/1), Grasmere (7/1), Reddiac (12/1), Carvelas (14/1), Icons Image (33/1), Reformed Character (50/1)

A few to consider in an open race but with a likely decent pace to aim at SHIFTING GOLD is taken to continue her progress. Tronador needs headgear to curb his wayward tendencies but he made an eye-catching handicap debut nonetheless. Warning Light will make a bold bid from the front and along with Asensio and Pike Corner Cross are others to respect.