Example At Chelmsford City 14th August Handicap

Off time: 17:40 | Winning time: 1m 25.36s

(5)

Bezzas Lad²¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 66

9/2

18/1, career best when winning 14-runner handicap at Nottingham (6.1f, good to firm) when last seen in September. 6 lb higher mark looks manageable starting out for new yard and bold show anticipated.

Form: 197831-

(2)

Last Date^p²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: D C Costello| T: I Furtado| OR: 63| CD

1/1

17/2 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, career best when winning 15-runner C&D handicap 27 days ago, taking record at this course to 3-5. 3 lb rise fair and he won't go down without a fight.

Form: 90-3271

(4)

Jems Bond³¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: F Norton| T: A D Brown| OR: 62

10/1

Bit below form sixth of 12 in handicap at Doncaster (6f, good, 16/1). Off 10 months and minor place money may be the best he can hope for.

Form: 08421/6-

(1)

Salam Ya Faisal^t⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Ray Dawson⁽³⁾| T: M Moubarak| OR: 59| D

5/2

Seventh of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 20/1) 4 days ago. Hard to recommend based on recent form.

Form: 850097

Non-Runners

(3)

Sparkling Diamond¹⁵¹

Weight: 9-1| Age: 4

T: Frank Bishop J: Danny Brock

Forecasts

Last Date (1/1), Salam Ya Faisal (5/2), Bezzas Lad (9/2), Jems Bond (10/1), Sparkling Diamond (10/1)

This is likely to boil down to a straight fight between LAST DATE and Bezzas Lad. The latter is greatly respected on debut for Michael Appleby, but this will be his first run beyond 6f and he has a 7-month absence to overcome. Conversely, there are no concerns regarding Last Date on either score and he is taken to enhance his fine record round here. Sparking Diamond can claim minor honours.