18:50 Chelmsford City

Thursday 1 April 2021

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Off time: 18:52 | Winning time: 59.82s

(8)

Abel Handy¹⁵⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: D Nolan| T: L Bailey| OR: 85| D

14/1

14/1, bit below form second of 10 in handicap at Doncaster (5f, soft), no match for winner. Off 159 days. First run for yard after leaving David O'Meara. Of serious interest on reappearance.

Form: 416672-

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(4)

Strong Power^b²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Callum Shepherd| T: George Scott| OR: 78| D

3/1

Latest win at Kempton in October. 10/1, last of 9 in handicap at Newcastle (6f) 27 days ago. Blinkers back on. One to consider.

Form: 215-359

(1)

Autumn Flight¹⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Hollie Doyle| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 75| D

3/1

Respectable fourth of 10 in handicap (10/1) at Musselburgh (5f, heavy). Off 171 days. Makes polytrack debut. First run for yard after leaving Tim Easterby. Warrants respect.

Form: 331054-

(2)

Smokey²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Rhys Clutterbuck⁽⁵⁾| T: C Wallis| OR: 75| CD

3/1

C&D winner. Six wins from 17 runs. Career best when winning 6-runner handicap (3/1) at Southwell (5f) 21 days ago. Recent progression come on fibresand and has to translate that back to polytrack now.

Form: 33-1511

(3)

Capla Spirit^v¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: S M Levey| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 72| D

13/2

Latest win at Lingfield in January. Sixth of 7 in handicap (16/1) at this C&D 19 days ago, ridden too aggressively. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 6-21436

(6)

Ascot Jungle^h1,t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: J Mitchell| T: C Hobson| OR: 72

50/1

100/1 and tongue strap on, first run since leaving Fabrice Vermeulen when last of 8 in handicap at this C&D on UK debut 14 days ago. Hood on 1st time. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 2747-88

(5)

Agent Shiftwell^p,t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: S C Williams| OR: 72| D

13/2

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable third of 8 in handicap (9/1) at this C&D 14 days ago. Should go close once again.

Form: 166-283

Non-Runners

(7)

Miss Thoughtful³³

Weight: 8-5| Age: 4

T: L McJannet J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Autumn Flight (3/1), Strong Power (3/1), Smokey (3/1), Miss Thoughtful (4/1), Capla Spirit (13/2), Agent Shiftwell (13/2), Abel Handy (14/1), Ascot Jungle (50/1)

A chance is taken on ABEL HANDY whose record fresh isn't bad and he looks to start out life for Liam Bailey on a workable mark. It's interesting that connections choose to start him off here and he ran well at this venue last year. Agent Shiftwell has to be taken seriously after a solid effort here last time. Autumn Flight is worthy of consideration on yard debut too.