15:45 Chelmsford City

Tuesday 3 August 2021

All13:2514:0014:3515:1015:4516:1816:50

Ladies Day 26th August Handicap

Off time: 15:45 | Winning time: 3m 7.11s

(1)

Blazon^p⁴¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Jim Crowley| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls| OR: 65

11/1

Temperamental sort. Latest win at Kempton in May. 13/2, creditable third of 12 in handicap at Kempton (16f) 41 days ago. Percentage call is to oppose this 8-y-o.

Form: 59-0153

(8)

Aleatoric^b²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: P Cosgrave| T: Martin Smith| OR: 65| C

9/2

Course winner. 3 wins from 5 runs this year. Career best when winning 12-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (16.6f, 7/2) 20 days ago, well on top finish. 3 lb rise fair and he's one to consider.

Form: 5-14121

(4)

Financial Conduct^p,t¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: Theodore Ladd⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 63

22/1

Fourth of 7 in handicap at Beverley (9.9f, good to firm, 50/1) 15 days ago, slowly away. Significantly back up in trip and others arrive here in far better form.

Form: 0-65604

(6)

Bartholomew J²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: J Mitchell| T: S Pearce| OR: 62| CD

22/1

C&D winner. Below form 20½ lengths seventh of 12 to Aleatoric in handicap (16/1) at Wolverhampton (16.6f) 20 days ago. Plenty to prove at present.

Form: 0/198-87

(7)

The Vegas Raider^v³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Callum Shepherd| T: M L W Bell| OR: 64

13/2

Winner at Salisbury in April. Bit below form third of 9 in handicap at Pontefract (12f, good, 5/2) 36 days ago, slowly away. Solid each-way chance.

Form: 7-71443

(9)

Nibras Gold^h²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Ray Dawson⁽³⁾| T: I Mohammed| OR: 63| D

6/4

Career best when winning 8-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (14f, 2/1) 22 days ago by ½ length from Where You At, outbattling runner-up. Gelded since and should give another good account.

Form: 760-631

(2)

Where You At²²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: David Egan| T: S Kirk| OR: 59

7/2

Unreliable type. Good ½-length second of 8 to Nibras Gold in handicap (4/1) at Wolverhampton (14f) 22 days ago, outbattled. May again find one or two too good.

Form: 538632

(3)

Perthshire²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Charlie Bennett| T: M D I Usher| OR: 58

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable sixth of 11 in handicap (100/1) at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 20 days ago. Improvement needed if he's to play a leading role here.

Form: 0-6606

Non-Runners

(10)

Scudamore²⁷

Weight: 10-1| Age: 4

T: I Furtado J: David Probert

(5)

Pax Britannica²⁵

Weight: 9-11| Age: 4

T: D M Simcock J: R Havlin

Forecasts

Nibras Gold (6/4), Where You At (7/2), Aleatoric (9/2), The Vegas Raider (13/2), Scudamore (8/1), Blazon (11/1), Pax Britannica (12/1), Perthshire (16/1), Financial Conduct (22/1), Bartholomew J (22/1)

It's probably best to overlook PAX BRITANNICA's latest effort at Chester (on account of the soft ground) and she is taken to add to the victories she registered at Wolverhampton and over this C&D last year. Aleatoric and Nibras Gold were both successful last time and need considering, particularly the former, but Scudamore may pose a bigger threat if able to bounce back from his Kempton no-show.