20:50 Chelmsford City

Thursday 3 September 2020

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chelmsfordcityracecourse.com Handicap

Off time: 20:56 | Winning time: 3m 28.03s

(6)

Colwood⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Selma Grage⁽⁷⁾| T: R Eddery| OR: 72| CD

9/1

C&D winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Latest win here in March. Twelfth of 14 in handicap (25/1) at Kempton (16f) 52 days ago.

Form: 323-210

(3)

Jumping Cats^p¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: S W Kelly| T: G & J Moore| OR: 70| CD

9/2

C&D winner. 16/1, eighth of 12 in novice hurdle at Fontwell (19.2f, good to firm) on hurdles debut 16 days ago. Cheekpieces back on returned to the AW.

Form: 66-7050

(1)

Bird For Life^p⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: M D I Usher| OR: 66| D

10/3

Two wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win at Chepstow in July. 16/1, good second of 13 in handicap at Lingfield (15.8f, AW) 7 days ago, just failing. Enters calculations.

Form: 8-91152

(5)

Sea Sculpture^v²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: William Carver⁽⁵⁾| T: A M Balding| OR: 64

15/2

Visored for first time, tenth of 12 in handicap (22/1) at Chepstow (16f, good) 20 days ago.

Form: 656670

(2)

Spanish Persuader³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: A Kirby| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 70

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 13/2, last of 12 in handicap at Pontefract (12f, good) 34 days ago, folding. Significantly up in trip. Makes polytrack debut. Has work to do.

Form: 729-0

(8)

Sefton Warrior^p²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: K Shoemark| T: R Spencer| OR: 70| BF

12/1

Winner at Yarmouth in August. Tenth of 12 in handicap at Chester (14.4f, good, 7/4) 20 days ago.

Form: 47-6510

(4)

Justified³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: F Norton| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 68

7/2

Winner at Hamilton in June. 10/3, good second of 11 in handicap at Hamilton (11.1f, soft) 33 days ago, battling well. Significantly up in trip, which may well suit.

Form: 30-6152

(7)

Grand Canal^v1²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Dane O'Neill| T: Tom Clover| OR: 68| BF

5/1

Winner at Yarmouth in July. Creditable second of 14 in handicap at Thirsk (12f, good, 6/5) 25 days ago, nearest finish. Significantly up in trip. Visor on first time. Has good chance on form.

Form: 07-8212

Forecasts

Bird For Life (10/3), Justified (7/2), Jumping Cats (9/2), Grand Canal (5/1), Sea Sculpture (15/2), Colwood (9/1), Sefton Warrior (12/1), Spanish Persuader (20/1)

GRAND CANAL has to prove his stamina for this far, particularly with first-time headgear likely to allow him to travel with more zest, but if he does stay, he's certainly well handicapped with his Yarmouth win working out really well. Justified is the main threat as a fellow 3-y-o on the up.