Example At Chelmsford City 14th August Handicap

Off time: 17:41 | Winning time: 3m 0.26s

(1)

Pied Piper¹⁹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 86

85/40

Progressive type. 7/2, won 7-runner maiden at Newmarket (10f, heavy), all out. Off 6 months. Subsequently gelded. Will stay at least 1½m and open to further improvement on handicap bow.

Form: 621-

(3)

Golden Flame²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: R L Moore| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 85

10/11

Fairly useful colt who made the most of a good opportunity when winning 4-runner maiden (1/3) at Bath (11.6f, good) 23 days ago, readily. Up in trip. Makes polytrack debut. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 4523-21

(2)

Local Law^p1¹⁷⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Oisin Murphy| T: C Appleby| OR: 75

10/3

Thrice-raced maiden. 4/1, third of 8 in nursery at Nottingham (8.3f, soft). Subsequently gelded and off 176 days. Significantly up in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Open to improvement.

Form: 423-

Forecasts

Golden Flame (10/11), Pied Piper (85/40), Local Law (10/3)

Sound claims can be made for all 3 but PIED PIPER arguably has the most potential going up in trip having won a 10f Newmarket maiden on testing ground last backend, so gets the vote.