18:45 Chelmsford City

Tuesday 19 November 2019

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Off time: 18:48 | Winning time: 1m 24.78s

(10)

Captain Dion^b³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Gabriele Malune⁽³⁾| T: I Furtado| OR: 75| CD

9/1

Emphatic C&D winner in the summer gained third win in five starts with 6f score at Catterick latest. In terrific form so even another hike in the weights not enough to temper enthusiasm.

Form: 611351

(6)

Strawberry Jack^t,v¹⁰³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: B A Curtis| T: George Scott| OR: 75| D

20/1

Finally got off the mark at Yarmouth in the summer but record now 1-18 after three subsequent unplaced efforts. Others again preferred.

Form: 314777

(7)

Fighting Temeraire³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: A Kirby| T: D K Ivory| OR: 74| D

8/1

Often saves best form for Lingfield and just touched off there two starts back before less inspiring run at Kempton more recently. Well handicapped on old form.

Form: 113627

(12)

Daring Venture^h1¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Rossa Ryan| T: R Varian| OR: 73| CD

6/1

C&D novice winner here lightly raced since but ran with promise when fourth at Kempton last time after a break. More to come now and hood may also sharpen her up so highly respected for shrewd team.

Form: 4-1454

(2)

Glory of Paris^p¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Mark Crehan⁽⁵⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 72| C| D

6/1

Dual course winner but losses stacking up now and even after a fair fourth at Kempton latest he is one of the less appealing options.

Form: 066084

(8)

Al Asef²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Dylan Hogan⁽⁵⁾| T: D M Simcock| OR: 71

12/1

Not won since two-year-old days but latest fifth on stable debut after over 200 days off gives new yard a solid foundation to build on; possibilities now.

Form: 49-4605

(5)

Forseti^h²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Theodore Ladd⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 72| D

25/1

Winner of a Leicester seller but run two dismal races for new yard which does so well usually with new recruits. Can't fancy at present.

Form: 981000

(14)

Knowing Glance^h⁹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Sean Davis⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 69| D

16/1

Came good on heavy ground at Carlisle last time out, the addition of a hood (retained here) seemingly doing the trick. 2lb rise for that is fair, but he does have to prove himself on AW (0-2 so far).

Form: 278441

(9)

Born To Finish^p¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Thomas Greatrex⁽³⁾| T: E De Giles| OR: 68| C

10/1

All out to win by a head here latest over 6f; a seventh AW score. 3lb rise not unfair by any means but concern remains that he's never won beyond 6f.

Form: 764761

(4)

Broughtons Flare²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: J Fanning| T: P J McBride| OR: 68| D

11/4

7f turf winner again showed liking for this specialist trip latest when second over C&D which was his best effort since that aforementioned win. 1lb rise by the handicapper not enough to change view that he's a genuine contender.

Form: 917672

(3)

Secondo^v³⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 8-13| J: R Kingscote| T: R Stephens| OR: 67| D

12/1

Gained second win this season latest; quite remarkable given he went nearly five years winless beforehand. Whether this revised mark is now within range has to be questionable.

Form: 614401

(1)

Blessed To Empress³³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Nicola Currie| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 66| CD

25/1

Ran two poor races really since her August win here with last of 12 seven weeks ago particularly concerning. Risky proposition.

Form: 827150

(11)

Redemptive^p1³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: L Morris| T: J Butler| OR: 66| D

25/1

Had proved to be a frustrating sort but belatedly off the mark at the 14th attempt with game success in 7f Wolverhampton handicap in September. Fifth at Kempton since off higher mark and cheekpieces now added in hope of better.

Form: 268415

(15)

Sonnet Rose^b,t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: N Mackay| T: C Allen| OR: 64| BF| CD

16/1

Uber-consistent three-time C&D winner was second at Kempton two starts back off this mark and there is no reason to believe she won't go well again here.

Form: 242126

Non-Runners

(13)

Fantastic Flyer²⁴

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: D K Ivory J: Joey Haynes

(16)

Black Isle Boy²⁸

Weight: 8-13| Age: 5

T: D C Griffiths J: C Lee

Forecasts

Broughtons Flare (11/4), Glory of Paris (6/1), Daring Venture (6/1), Fighting Temeraire (8/1), Captain Dion (9/1), Born To Finish (10/1), Al Asef (12/1), Secondo (12/1), Knowing Glance (16/1), Sonnet Rose (16/1), Fantastic Flyer (16/1), Black Isle Boy (16/1), Strawberry Jack (20/1), Redemptive (25/1), Forseti (25/1), Blessed To Empress (25/1)

Few of these appeal as well handicapped or open to a great deal of improvement but one who could tick both boxes is the Roger Varian trained DARING VENTURE who ran a race full of promise on return latest; her only previous win came over C&D too. In current form Captain Dion has to be a big player with his score at Catterick last time all the more impressive given he's probably better still over this trip. Also on the shortlist is Broughtons Flare who was a close second over C&D latest.