chelmsfordcityracecourse.com Handicap

Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 58.15s

(1)

Will To Win⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: James Doyle| T: S & E Crisford| OR: 97

10/3

Three wins from 8 runs this year. 12/1, ninth of 10 in handicap at Ascot (6f, good to firm) 43 days ago. Needs to cast that effort aside.

Form: 126829

(4)

Desert Safari⁷^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: J Fanning| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 88| C

2/1

12/1, career best when winning 7-runner handicap at this course (6f) 7 days ago, keeping on well. Carries penalty. Expected to be bang there if coping with drop to 5f for the first time.

Form: 32-3571

(6)

Firepower³⁶⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: A Kirby| T: C G Cox| OR: 90| DWS

9/1

Debut winner in May 2019. Hooded, 7¼ lengths sixth of 8 to Pierre Lapin in Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury (6f, good to firm, 25/1). Off 12 months (had a wind op) and opening mark looks stiff.

Form: 1606-

(5)

Live In The Moment²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Tom Marquand| T: A West| OR: 89| D

10/3

Four wins from 6 runs this year. 13/8, didn't need to improve to win 11-runner handicap at Newmarket (5f, good to soft) 23 days ago, cosily. Likeable type.

Form: 612111

(2)

Sampers Seven²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Oisin Murphy| T: M Appleby| OR: 86| CD

11/2

C&D winner. 2 wins from 6 runs this year. Below form 5½ lengths fourth of 9 to Live In The Moment in handicap (7/1) at York (5f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Type to bounce back.

Form: 721314

(3)

Poets Dance¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: Rae Guest| OR: 84| D

12/1

Latest win at Yarmouth in July. Eighth of 9 in handicap (11/2) at Windsor (5.1f, good) 13 days ago. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 0-24168

Forecasts

Desert Safari (2/1), Live In The Moment (10/3), Will To Win (10/3), Sampers Seven (11/2), Firepower (9/1), Poets Dance (12/1)

LIVE IN THE MOMENT's new mark has kicked in, but he's a very likeable type with a superb strike rate. He also looks a 5f natural, which tilts the scales his way over Desert Safari, who is a massive player on form under a penalty but has never really shaped as though in need of a drop to the minimum trip.