18:30 Chelmsford City

Thursday 24 October 2019

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Extra Places At totesport.com Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 18:32 | Winning time: 1m 25.63s

(10)

Florencio^p¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: D C Costello| T: J A Osborne| OR: 77| C| D

14/1

Former course winner has dropped 7lb below last win in January. Shaped better on third run back from a break in a claiming handicap but he still needs to find more.

Form: 527088

(7)

Glory of Paris²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Mark Crehan⁽⁷⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 77| C| D

5/1

All four wins have come on the AW including two here. Now 2lb lower than the last of them and looked as though he was starting to run into form again the last twice, Gets a nice drop in class and a likely contender.

Form: 500660

(3)

Al Asef²³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Callum Shepherd| T: D M Simcock| OR: 74

12/1

Sole win came in novice company for Marco Botti back in 2017 and lost his way when last seen earlier in the year. Best watched on stable debut following an absence.

Form: 049-460

(1)

Human Nature^t¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: P J McDonald| T: S C Williams| OR: 72| C| D

7/2

Former course winner has dropped 7lb lower than his last win over this distance in August 2018. A good fourth following a break at Kempton and capable if building on that.

Form: 785584

(6)

Rapture²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Adam J McNamara| T: A Watson| OR: 74| D

7/1

Front runner up 4lb following a much improved effort for a breakthrough success at Lingfield (AW) over this trip earlier in the month. The manner of the win suggests she could remain well handicapped for her in form yard.

Form: 53581

(11)

Highland Acclaim²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-4| J: Jason Watson| T: D O'Meara| OR: 71| D

20/1

10-time winner with both AW successes coming at Lingfield at the beginning of this year. On a good mark but form of late has been inconsistent and he's hard to predict.

Form: 383849

(12)

Kamikaze Lord^t⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: R Havlin| T: J Butler| OR: 71

6/1

Hasn't really progressed from his early form and win for Jeremy Noseda last year. His handicap mark is falling and he holds place possibilities but he's likely to find a couple too strong again.

Form: 056446

(2)

Onebaba²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Tom Marquand| T: A W Carroll| OR: 70

10/1

Never got involved on first run since leaving Michael Bell and he's now been dropped another 3lb. Extra furlong a plus but more needed to be competitive.

Form: 0-63666

(4)

Derry Boy¹⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: E J Walsh| T: P D Evans| OR: 70

16/1

Seven-race maiden has run to a consistent level of form in five AW starts to date. Broke poorly in a first time visor latest and it's removed here. Better suited by this extra furlong and with a clean break he's one to consider.

Form: 224205

(5)

Red Bravo^b⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: K Shoemark| T: C Hills| OR: 68| D

14/1

Yet to add to or run near his debut Newmarket success and his latest three starts have been regressive. Stable out of form and others preferred.

Form: 856467

(9)

Broughtons Flare¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Hayley Turner| T: P J McBride| OR: 67| D

5/1

7lb higher than Newmarket win in May but better suited by return to that winning trip after not having the pace for 6f the last twice. He still ran close enough and he should still have more to offer off this sort of mark on a surface he acts on.

Form: 791767

Non-Runners

(8)

Tilghman³³

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: D O'Meara J: Jim Crowley

Forecasts

Human Nature (7/2), Broughtons Flare (5/1), Glory of Paris (5/1), Tilghman (11/2), Kamikaze Lord (6/1), Rapture (7/1), Onebaba (10/1), Al Asef (12/1), Florencio (14/1), Red Bravo (14/1), Derry Boy (16/1), Highland Acclaim (20/1)

The second division and another open contest. Broughtons Flare is of interest moving back up to a distance he's crying out for while Glory Of Paris is running into some dangerous form and gets a significant drop in class. Narrow preference is for RAPTURE who showed a nice burst of acceleration from the front last start and a 4lb rise may not be enough to stop her.