20:00 Chelmsford City

Thursday 3 October 2019

All17:3018:0018:3019:0019:3020:0020:30

Bet toteswinger At totesport.com Handicap

Off time: 20:02 | Winning time: 1m 12.15s

(12)

Lethal Angel^p⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Jim Crowley| T: S C Williams| OR: 72| CD

4/1

Recent Brighton winner (6f, good to firm); ran an excellent race when finishing just under 3L fifth of 12 to Chil Chil in a Class 2 Newmarket fillies' handicap last week; surely a major player at this level (same mark) despite a wide draw.

Form: 324315

(3)

Highland Acclaim^p²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-11| J: J P Spencer| T: D O'Meara| OR: 72| D

6/1

Strongest at Epsom, prominent until headed deep inside the final furlong when finishing fourth of nine to Cent Flying there (6f, good) three weeks ago; a record of a mere 1-27 on the AW is clearly off-putting.

Form: 338384

(7)

Major Blue^b¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Cieren Fallon⁽³⁾| T: J M P Eustace| OR: 72| D

20/1

Flattered to a degree by his 5f Pontefract win in July (blinkered for first time) when his only serious rival reared in the stalls; modest in both subsequent starts; 1-3 on the AW (hasn't run at Chelmsford previously).

Form: 629150

(5)

Real Estate^p⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Callum Shepherd| T: M J Attwater| OR: 68| CD

11/2

March C&D winner; now sits 2lb lower than when winning at Windsor (6f, good) in May; met trouble in-running when finishing sixth over C&D on return to action last week; second run as a gelding.

Form: 215476

(1)

Desert Fox^p⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Rossa Ryan| T: M Murphy| OR: 68| BF| CD

11/4

Four-time C&D winner (1lb above his last winning mark); continues to run well despite slowly inching up the weights; met trouble in-running when fourth over C&D last week; should be positively involved.

Form: 185214

(2)

Gottardo¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Hollie Doyle| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 64| BF| CD

8/1

Well-handicapped March C&D winner (beat Spenny's Lass by a head); right back to his peak form when a closing 1½L third (3-1f) to Amor Kethley (Sir Hector second) in a Class 6 C&D handicap 12 days ago; faces a sterner test (Class 5).

Form: 360593

(4)

Phoenix Star^t1¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Marco Ghiani⁽⁷⁾| T: S C Williams| OR: 63

9/1

Has raced for Amy Murphy and Nick Littmoden since winning a 5f Yarmouth novice for Chris Dwyer in June 2018; fourth of six on debut for Stuart Williams (also saddles Lethal Angel) at Yarmouth (6f, good) latest; tongue-tie now applied.

Form: 074274

(8)

Sir Hector¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: L Morris| T: C Wallis| OR: 57

25/1

Strictly speaking is closely matched with the re-opposing Gottardo on recent Class 6 C&D form. However, given his inconsistent profile (1-18) you wouldn't be prepared to bank on him running to that form; Luke Morris is a positive booking.

Form: 702P82

(6)

Dreamboat Annie²¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Nicola Currie| T: M D I Usher| OR: 55| D

50/1

Kept busy on the AW last winter, including when runner-up over C&D (Class 6) in November 2018 (off an 8lb higher mark); fitness is taken solely on trust on return from a 211-day absence; others preferred for the moment.

Form: 527-637

(10)

Kingsley Klarion⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-8| J: Darragh Keenan⁽³⁾| T: J Butler| OR: 55| CD

7/1

No win since January 2016 (when trained by the master of Kingsley House Mark Johnston); easing in the weights, and was placed following his traditional tardy start at Wolverhampton (6f) in August; met trouble in a rough race here last week.

Form: 49-0938

Non-Runners

(9)

Awsaaf¹⁸

Weight: 9-10| Age: 4

T: M Wigham J: F Norton

(11)

Great Shout¹⁵

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: Miss A Murphy J: George Wood

(13)

Sepahi²¹

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: H Spiller J: Ray Dawson

Forecasts

Desert Fox (11/4), Lethal Angel (4/1), Real Estate (11/2), Highland Acclaim (6/1), Kingsley Klarion (7/1), Gottardo (8/1), Great Shout (8/1), Phoenix Star (9/1), Awsaaf (10/1), Sepahi (14/1), Major Blue (20/1), Sir Hector (25/1), Dreamboat Annie (50/1)

Desert Fox (fourth), Real Estate (sixth) and Kingsley Klarion (eighth) all met trouble in-running in a messy race over C&D last week, and any of that trio could take the necessary step forward granted a clearer passage tonight, while the well-handicapped Gottardo and the rather inconsistent Sir Hector also have C&D (Class 6) previous. However, a fairly confident vote is for the Stuart Williams-trained LETHAL ANGEL. She ran an excellent race (finished a close fifth) in a Class 2 fillies' handicap at HQ last week, and despite an unhelpful wide draw tonight still rates as a major player in this much less demanding Class 5 contest.