16:45 Chelmsford City

Sunday 15 August 2021

All13:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:4517:20

Louey Parkhurst Memorial Handicap

Off time: 16:46 | Winning time: 3m 27.99s

(2)

Gauntlet^p³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: Callum Shepherd| T: W J Knight| OR: 76

9/2

Creditable fourth of 11 in handicap at Kempton (16f, 12/1) 39 days ago. Edging down the weights and has to be considered for each-way bets.

Form: 3-26024

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(8)

Arabian King^t³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: L Morris| T: J Ferguson| OR: 72

15/2

Creditable third of 6 in handicap (3/1) at Wolverhampton (14f) 34 days ago. Chance if rediscovering old form.

Form: 46-5433

(5)

Soros⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Hayley Turner| T: C Fellowes| OR: 72| D

11/2

Winner at Southwell in April. 17/2, fourth of 7 in handicap at Kempton (16f) 46 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 259164

(7)

Sophar Sogood²⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: K Shoemark| T: J Butler| OR: 70| BF

28/1

Respectable third of 6 in handicap (5/2) at Southwell (14.1f). Off 8 months. First run for yard after leaving Paul D'arcy. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 491323-

(6)

Too Big To Fail³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: R Havlin| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 65

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fifth of 7 in handicap at Hamilton (13.1f, good to firm, 10/3) 30 days ago. Up in trip. Makes polytrack debut. Must improve.

Form: 46/545

(3)

Dynali^v¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: R Kingscote| T: Ian Williams| OR: 64| CD

3/1

C&D winner. Winner here in May. Visored for 1st time, creditable third of 7 in handicap (9/2) at Nottingham (16f, good) 17 days ago.

Form: 431263

(4)

Financial Conduct^p,t¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: Josephine Gordon| T: M Appleby| OR: 62

22/1

22/1, fourth of 8 in handicap at this course (14f) 12 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 656044

(9)

Doublethetrouble^p1¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Oisin Murphy| T: L Wadham| OR: 74

10/3

Visored for 1st time, good third of 8 in handicap at Yarmouth (14.1f, good to firm, 12/1) 19 days ago, well positioned. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Makes plenty of appeal with Murphy in the plate.

Form: 245253

(1)

Adrastus²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Ray Dawson⁽³⁾| T: H Palmer| OR: 65

10/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 28/1, last of 5 in minor event at Newmarket (12f, good to firm) 23 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Others have achieved more.

Form: 065

Forecasts

Dynali (3/1), Doublethetrouble (10/3), Gauntlet (9/2), Soros (11/2), Arabian King (15/2), Adrastus (10/1), Too Big To Fail (16/1), Financial Conduct (22/1), Sophar Sogood (28/1)

A wide-open staying handicap in which DOUBLETHETROUBLE is chanced to gain a first career win. He's been relatively consistent to date and could have more to offer now he steps up to two miles for the first time. Gauntlet has been edging down the weights and he has to be considered. Financial Conduct and Soros can't be ruled out either.