16:00 Chelmsford City

Thursday 6 January 2022

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Support Racing Welfare All-Weather 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 16:03 | Winning time: 1m 41.65s

(2)

Alhammaam^h,t¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Lorenzo Atzori⁽⁵⁾| T: S C Williams| OR: 76

11/4

Lightly-raced winner. 4/5, didn't need to be at best when winning 8-runner minor event at Newcastle (6f) 16 days ago. Step back up in trip shouldn't be an issue and he's high on the shortlist.

Form: 25321-

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(4)

Battle Of Marathon²⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 9-12| J: Tia Phillips⁽⁷⁾| T: J Ryan| OR: 73| C

25/1

Course winner. 18/1, fourth of 6 in handicap at this course (14f) 24 days ago, would have benefited from stronger handling. Couldn't be sure that this significant drop in trip will be in his favour.

Form: 897744-

(5)

Almaan²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Christian Howarth| T: H Spiller| OR: 67

5/1

Lightly-raced maiden. First run since leaving Sir Michael Stoute when eighth of 12 in handicap (14/1) at this course (7f) 28 days ago, needing stiffer test. Others make greater appeal.

Form: 4/348-

(7)

El Camino^p,t²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Liam Browne| T: M Appleby| OR: 67| CD

12/1

C&D winner in October. 13/2, tenth of 11 in handicap back over this C&D 21 days ago. Likely to come up short.

Form: 168150-

(3)

Woke Media^p1¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Olivia Haines⁽⁷⁾| T: D M Simcock| OR: 66

33/1

Last of 5 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 33/1) 10 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time and the new headgear will need to spark improvement if she's to emerge on top here.

Form: 242335-

(8)

Seesawing²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Levi Williams| T: R Brisland| OR: 65

11/4

Good third of 14 in handicap at Kempton (7f, 7/2) 22 days ago. Mark unchanged and promises to benefit from this step up to a mile, so he's one to consider.

Form: 326233-

(1)

Healing Power²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Elle-May Croot⁽⁵⁾| T: I Furtado| OR: 65| C

5/1

Course winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2020. 10/1, ninth of 11 in handicap at this C&D 21 days ago, doing too much too soon. Definite chance off this mark if more tractable this time.

Form: 736299-

(6)

Tie A Yellowribbon⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Mia Biggs⁽⁵⁾| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 58| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Yarmouth in June. Fifth of 8 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f, 9/1) 9 days ago. Looks vulnerable from a win point of view.

Form: 651655-

Forecasts

Alhammaam (11/4), Seesawing (11/4), Almaan (5/1), Healing Power (5/1), Tie A Yellowribbon (7/1), El Camino (12/1), Battle Of Marathon (25/1), Woke Media (33/1)

Preference is for the lightly-raced 5-y-o SEESAWING, who is gradually progressIVE and left the impression that he'd be well-served by the step up to this trip when keeping on into third over 7f at Kempton last time. Alhammaam's breakthrough success was gained in a 6f novice, but neither this trip nor mark should be an issue back in a handicap and he is second choice ahead of Healing Power.