19:00 Chelmsford City

Thursday 11 November 2021

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Betsi Handicap

Off time: 19:00 | Winning time: 1m 10.36s

(5)

Papa Stour^p,t³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Marco Ghiani| T: S C Williams| OR: 86| C| D

7/1

Course winner. Latest win at Yarmouth in September. Fourth of 7 in handicap (11/2) at Kempton (6f) 31 days ago, well positioned. Fancied to give another good account.

Form: 38U214

(11)

Tropics²⁹

Age: 13| Weight: 9-7| J: R Winston| T: D K Ivory| OR: 84| CD

66/1

Veteran 5-time course winner who could never land a blow following a bump at the start when last of 7 on return from 8 months off at Nottingham in October. Likely vulnerable to younger rivals.

Form: 9576-27

(10)

Cooperation³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Tom Marquand| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 84| CD

9/2

3 wins from 10 runs this year. 11/2, career best when winning 11-runner handicap at this C&D 35 days ago, easily. First run for yard after leaving Kevin Philippart De Foy. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 189551

(4)

Hello Me³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Rossa Ryan| T: J Parr| OR: 83| CD

2/1

C&D winner. 9/2, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 31 days ago, always holding on. Record on AW now stands at 3 wins from 4 starts and likely to go well again.

Form: 672131

(12)

Dusky Lord⁵⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: R Varian| OR: 83| BF| D

15/2

Lightly-raced winner. Latest win at Newcastle in September. Fourth of 5 in handicap at Yarmouth (6f, good, 9/4) 57 days ago. Still early days and he may yet have more to offer back on AW.

Form: 6-114

(8)

Great News^t1³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Louis Steward| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 82

7/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, below form fifth of 9 in handicap at this C&D (4/1) 33 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time and bounce back certainly not ruled out.

Form: 828225

(6)

Restless Endeavour²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Hollie Doyle| T: M Appleby| OR: 81| D

16/1

3 wins from 11 runs this year. Latest win at Thirsk in July. Sixth of 7 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f, 3/1) 26 days ago, possibly finding race coming too soon. Likely type to bounce back.

Form: 133336

(1)

Muscika^v¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: Jason Watson| T: D O'Meara| OR: 79| D

22/1

Unreliable sort. Seventeen runs since last win in 2020. 7/1, bit below form sixth of 10 in handicap at Catterick (6f, soft) 16 days ago. Visor back on.

Form: 877356

(3)

Araifjan¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Grace McEntee⁽⁵⁾| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 78| CD

12/1

3 wins from 10 runs this year. 10/3, career best when winning 7-runner handicap at this C&D 19 days ago by neck from I Am A Dreamer, digging deep. Enters calculations.

Form: 594131

(7)

I Am A Dreamer¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Tyler Heard⁽⁵⁾| T: C Wallis| OR: 78| D

20/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2020. First run since leaving Paul Midgley when good neck second of 7 to Araifjan in handicap at this C&D (16/1) 19 days ago.

Form: 794302

(9)

Daphne May⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: R Havlin| T: A West| OR: 75

66/1

Latest win at Windsor (1m) in June. 9/1, sixth of 8 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f) 48 days ago, weakening over 1f out. Needs to step up on recent efforts to feature.

Form: 715476

(2)

Durdle Door²²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: S W Kelly| T: G & J Moore| OR: 72

11/1

Creditable fifth of 11 in handicap at Kempton (6f, 40/1) 22 days ago, finishing well but left with a little too much to do. Remains relatively low mileage and another good showing not ruled out.

Form: 42-1695

Forecasts

Hello Me (2/1), Cooperation (9/2), Papa Stour (7/1), Great News (7/1), Dusky Lord (15/2), Durdle Door (11/1), Araifjan (12/1), Restless Endeavour (16/1), I Am A Dreamer (20/1), Muscika (22/1), Daphne May (66/1), Tropics (66/1)

COOPERATION was most impressive when making his first start on polytrack a winning one over C&D 5 weeks ago and an 8 lb higher mark may not prevent a bold follow-up bid now starting out for Robert Cowell. Fellow last-time-out winner Hello Me is also expected to feature, whilst Dusky Lord and Durdle Door may have more to offer also.