18:30 Chelmsford City

Saturday 6 November 2021

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chelmsfordcityracecourse.com Handicap

Off time: 18:31 | Winning time: 2m 5.10s

(6)

Engrave^p¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Dylan Hogan| T: Miss J Feilden| OR: 61| CD

9/2

4-time C&D winner. 16/1, fifth of 12 in handicap at this C&D 14 days ago, doing too much too soon. Down in grade, and well worth noting having shaped with more encouragement last time.

Form: 075595

(13)

Headley George¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: A Kirby| T: S Dow| OR: 57| CD

3/1

C&D winner. 4/1, good second of 14 in handicap at Kempton (8f) 18 days ago. Back up in trip. Enters calculations.

Form: 223502

(7)

Forge Valley Lad³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: L Morris| T: D M Simcock| OR: 56

13/2

14/1, first run since leaving Ed Vaughan when good sixth of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 35 days ago, needing stiffer test. On last winning mark and should be suited by return to this trip.

Form: 81906-6

(2)

Ower Starlight²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: K T O'Neill| T: R Hannon| OR: 59

22/1

33/1, tenth of 13 in handicap at Brighton (7f, good) 23 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes polytrack debut. Bit to prove at present.

Form: 340660

(5)

Channel Packet^p³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Theodore Ladd⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 56| C| D

8/1

Course winner. Tenth of 11 in handicap at Nottingham (10.2f, soft, 40/1) 31 days ago. Likely to struggle again.

Form: 637690

(10)

Victory Roll²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: T E Whelan| T: H & R Charlton| OR: 57

10/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 10 in minor event (40/1) at Kempton (11f) 26 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 477

(3)

Winfola^p¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: Marco Ghiani| T: P A Kirby| OR: 53| D

16/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2019. Respectable fourth of 14 in handicap (14/1) at Nottingham (10.2f, good) 10 days ago. Too well handicapped to ignore.

Form: 057024

(12)

Thunderoad³³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Mollie Phillips⁽⁵⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 52| BF| D

12/1

Temperamental sort. Latest win at Brighton in August. 11/4, respectable fifth of 13 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 33 days ago. Not discounted.

Form: 352145

(1)

Prince Abu^h¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Cam Hardie| T: D Shaw| OR: 51

20/1

Tenth of 11 in handicap at Catterick (15.9f, soft, 66/1) 11 days ago, slowly away. Significantly back down in trip. Hard to fancy.

Form: 364700

(11)

Voi^t¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 8-13| J: Grace McEntee⁽⁵⁾| T: C Allen| OR: 49| D

11/1

Thirty three runs since last win in 2019. 7/1, creditable second of 15 in handicap at Yarmouth (11.5f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Hard to trust for win purposes.

Form: 482332

(4)

Fen Tiger³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Tyler Heard⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss J Feilden| OR: 50

17/2

Good third of 11 in handicap (33/1) at Nottingham (10.2f, soft) 31 days ago. On a fair mark but not certain to build on that.

Form: 442573

Non-Runners

(9)

Eagles Dare⁴⁵

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: D J Coakley J: Laura Pearson

(14)

Fortissimo¹⁸⁰

Weight: 8-10| Age: 5

T: L Carter J: K T O'Neill

(8)

Capla Lass¹⁸

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: M & D Easterby J: J P Sullivan

Forecasts

Headley George (3/1), Engrave (9/2), Forge Valley Lad (13/2), Channel Packet (8/1), Fen Tiger (17/2), Victory Roll (10/1), Voi (11/1), Thunderoad (12/1), Capla Lass (12/1), Eagles Dare (14/1), Winfola (16/1), Prince Abu (20/1), Ower Starlight (22/1), Fortissimo (25/1)

FORGE VALLEY LAD was a winner off this mark last year and made an encouraging debut for David Simcock over an inadequate trip at Wolverhampton last time, so he's worth chancing to come out on top in this open-looking event. Engrave is well treated and shaped as if back in form last time, so she's feared most, while Headley George could feature if stall 13 doesn't scupper him.