20:30 Chelmsford City

Thursday 10 September 2020

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tote Handicap

Off time: 20:35 | Winning time: 1m 23.74s

(3)

Sword Exceed⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Joey Haynes| T: I Furtado| OR: 75| CD

50/1

C&D winner. Again ran poorly when tenth of 11 in handicap (11/1) at Doncaster (6f, good to firm) 47 days ago, reportedly finishing lame.

Form: 69-1070

(6)

Sonnet Rose^b,t¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: R Havlin| T: C Allen| OR: 74| CD

40/1

3-time C&D winner. Latest win at Kempton in June. Well held after 6 weeks off when tenth of 11 in handicap at Yarmouth (7f, good to soft, 18/1) 16 days ago.

Form: 148160

(1)

Robero^e/s²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-10| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 74| D

12/1

Notched a pair of AW wins over the winter but hasn't been at his very best since the resumption. Eyeshields back on. Engaged 2.40 Doncaster Wednesday.

Form: 632758

(7)

Harbour Vision^p⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: M Harley| T: D H Brown| OR: 73| CD

5/2

3-time C&D winner. Latest win at Doncaster in August. Creditable second of 11 in handicap (11/2) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 8 days ago, finishing well. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 6-35312

(4)

Old News^b¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: A Kirby| T: R Hughes| OR: 77| BF| D

5/1

Latest win at Salisbury in August. Bit below form under a penalty when fifth of 10 in handicap (11/4) at Goodwood (7f, soft) 13 days ago. May struggle once again.

Form: 067715

(2)

Colonel Whitehead^t³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Ellie Mackenzie⁽⁷⁾| T: H Main| OR: 76| C| D

13/2

Course winner. Latest win at Sandown in July. 6/1, ran another solid race when third of 11 in handicap there (7f, good to firm) 39 days ago. Each-way claims.

Form: 10-5613

(12)

Queen's Course¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: K Shoemark| T: D O'Meara| OR: 73| BF| D

14/1

Winner at Doncaster in August. Not in same form when fifth of 11 in handicap at Sandown (7f, good, 9/4) 19 days ago, reportedly struck into and losing a shoe. Merits consideration.

Form: 54-4315

(10)

Rondo^t1²⁰⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Hollie Doyle| T: C Hills| OR: 71| BF

5/1

2/1, showed more than on debut when third of 8 in maiden at Kempton (7f). Tongue strap on 1st time. Makes handicap debut after 6 months off. May well do better.

Form: 5-3

(5)

Incognito²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: L Morris| T: E Walker| OR: 70

11/1

Winless for Mick Channon at 2yrs and ran best race yet on second start for new yard when runner-up at Haydock (7f) last month. Efforts either side disappointing.

Form: 204-526

(9)

Broughtons Flare¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Marco Ghiani⁽⁵⁾| T: P J McBride| OR: 66| D

13/2

Possibly still needed the run when sixth of 11 in handicap at this course (6f, 10/1) 19 days ago. Can give a good account.

Form: 571376

Non-Runners

(8)

Gold Zabeel⁸

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: C & M Johnston J: J Fanning

(11)

Smoke On The Water²⁰⁸

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: C Fellowes J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Harbour Vision (5/2), Old News (5/1), Rondo (5/1), Gold Zabeel (11/2), Colonel Whitehead (13/2), Broughtons Flare (13/2), Incognito (11/1), Robero (12/1), Smoke On The Water (12/1), Queen's Course (14/1), Sonnet Rose (40/1), Sword Exceed (50/1)

David Brown's HARBOUR VISION gets the nod to come out on top in what looks a competitive finale. The cheekpieces have clearly had the desired effect on his last 2 outings and a mark of 73 certainly doesn't look beyond him judged on his most recent runner-up effort. Queen's Course had excuses for her below-par effort last time so gets the vote for second, ahead of Gold Zabeel.