16:30 Chelmsford City

Saturday 2 November 2019

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Bet toteplacepot At totesport.com Nursery

Off time: 16:30 | Winning time: 59.90s

(11)

Crime Of Passion⁵⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-11| J: Nicola Currie| T: J A Osborne| OR: 67| D

8/1

Easy to back when making her successful nursery debut at Ffos Las over this trip she's yet to quite back up that performance in two subsequent starts. Proved a real disappointment last time (first try over 6f); wide draw may prove awkward.

Form: 757130

(4)

Veleta³²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: A Kirby| T: C G Cox| OR: 63

10/3

Showed promise when she was qualifying for a mark; makes her handicap debut having dropped to 5f last time on her first AW try at Kempton. Settled better than before last time; ought to do better in this sphere, will want further than this in time.

Form: 963

(9)

The Blue Bower⁴⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Jane Elliott| T: Miss S Smith| OR: 62

14/1

Drops to 5f for the first time making her handicap debut having run over 6f/7f on all her starts so far. Below form since her third at Windsor over 6f in July failing on her second AW start last time; this trip looks on the short side.

Form: 403546

(7)

Il Maestro³⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: P Mulrennan| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 58

6/1

Yet to break his maiden but has essentially gone the wrong way since his debut especially so since switched to handicaps over sprint trips. Tried in headgear (left off last time); still looked well below his best last time; drop to 5f may help.

Form: 447707

(8)

Falacho²⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Thomas Greatrex⁽³⁾| T: D Loughnane| OR: 58

10/3

Modest form so far although she has improved run-to-run whilst qualifying for a mark and has a positive profile entering handicaps for the first time. Had two previous attempts here; mark isn't a lenient one but should be seen as a workable one.

Form: 763

(1)

Apache Bay¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: Ben Robinson| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 57

6/1

Well held over 6f when qualifying for a handicap mark last time finding the test on heavy ground far too much. Yet to show any improvement on her debut run; may do better now that she enters handicaps on the AW dropping back to the minimum trip.

Form: 977

(6)

Queens Road^h1³²

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: Ryan Tate| T: W G M Turner| OR: 54

12/1

Her form so far can't be classed as anything more than very modest with her AW debut last time seeing no progress from her previous two starts. Now goes handicapping for the first-time complete with a hood, limited appeal despite a changed scenario.

Form: 488

(2)

Serious Jockin¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 8-9| J: K T O'Neill| T: M R Channon| OR: 51

5/1

Remains with one standout effort in a Wolverhampton seller over 7f (helped by a strong pace scenario); nowhere near that level of performance last two runs. Not seen to best effect last time (handicap debut); hard to conjure up much enthusiasm.

Form: 959268

(5)

Red Cinderella⁵¹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-3| J: Rhiain Ingram⁽⁵⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 45

25/1

Six starts into her career and its not hard to draw the conclusion that she's a poor individual capable of only limited form over sprint distances. Yet to race on the AW but it's unlikely that will provide the major catalyst that would be needed.

Form: 086978

Non-Runners

(10)

Lady Phyllis¹⁰

Weight: 9-0| Age: 2

T: M J Attwater J: Non Runner

(3)

Theydon Louboutin¹⁰

Weight: 8-3| Age: 2

T: P Charalambous & J Clutterbuck J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Veleta (10/3), Falacho (10/3), Serious Jockin (5/1), Il Maestro (6/1), Apache Bay (6/1), Crime Of Passion (8/1), Queens Road (12/1), The Blue Bower (14/1), Red Cinderella (25/1), Theydon Louboutin (25/1), Lady Phyllis (25/1)

A low-key start to proceedings with the majority of the field having something to prove and it may be best to side with one of the lightly-raced nursery debutants in the shape of VELETA who shaped well enough on this surface and over this trip at Kempton last time to think that she could pick up something like this. Apache Bay would also fall into that category and from a friendly draw she’s another open to improvement having not been tried in this sphere before along with Falacho. Of those that have run in handicaps before Lady Phyllis can be given another chance dropping to this trip having ruined her chance last time by not settling, her previous starts gave some hope at this level.