19:10 Chelmsford City

Thursday 20 May 2021

All17:0517:4018:1018:4019:1019:4020:10

Celebrating The tote And PMU Partnership Handicap

Off time: 19:12 | Winning time: 2m 3.57s

(1)

Ritchie Valens¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: J Mitchell| T: Tom Clover| OR: 80| CD

7/2

C&D winner. 7/1, respectable fifth of 11 in handicap at this C&D 14 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 35-5525

(2)

Cedar Cage^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 80

6/5

Creditable third of 11 in handicap (10/3) at this C&D 14 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Has to be taken seriously and looks the one to beat.

Form: 21/343-3

(7)

Punting^p1³²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: George Rooke⁽³⁾| T: R Hughes| OR: 77| D

12/1

20 lengths last of 9 to Al Aasy in John Porter Stakes at Newbury (12f, good, 300/1) 32 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Others make more appeal.

Form: 255-699

(3)

Mount Mayon²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: T Eaves| T: I Furtado| OR: 75

50/1

Lightly-raced winner. Winner at Southwell in January. Last of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 25/1) 26 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 1240

(4)

Silkstone^b¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Rob Hornby| T: Mrs P Sly| OR: 74

33/1

Tenth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Southwell (15.8f, good, 14/1) 16 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes polytrack debut. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 4246/55-

(8)

El Conquistador^t³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Tom Marquand| T: S C Williams| OR: 72| D

5/1

2 wins from 4 runs this year. Latest win at Lingfield in March. Fourth of 6 in handicap at Yarmouth (10.1f, good to firm, 9/2) 30 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 35-3114

(6)

Engrave^p¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Dylan Hogan⁽³⁾| T: Miss J Feilden| OR: 70| CD

8/1

4-time C&D winner. 2 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win here in April. 14/1, tenth of 15 in handicap at Nottingham (10.2f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Return to this venue is a big positive.

Form: 344110

(5)

Luna Wish¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Josephine Gordon| T: G G Margarson| OR: 68| CD

14/1

4-time course winner. 2 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win here in April. Last of 6 in handicap at Ascot (10f, soft, 20/1) 12 days ago. Will appreciate the return to this track.

Form: 512216

Forecasts

Cedar Cage (6/5), Ritchie Valens (7/2), El Conquistador (5/1), Engrave (8/1), Punting (12/1), Luna Wish (14/1), Silkstone (33/1), Mount Mayon (50/1)

CEDAR CAGE hasn't had too much racing and he looks to be on a workable mark after a respectable return over C&D last time. He should be able to build on that and looks the one to beat. El Conquistador has won twice on polytrack this year and can't be ruled out. Engrave should appreciate the return to the scene of all four of her career victories.