17:45 Chelmsford City

Saturday 15 January 2022

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Racing TV Free For A Month Handicap

Off time: 17:46 | Winning time: 59.17s

(2)

Rose Hip¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Mollie Phillips⁽⁵⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 88| D

9/2

Three wins from 13 runs last year. Career best when winning 8-runner handicap at Lingfield 15 days ago, overcoming the run of the race. Bids to maintain an unbeaten record on polytrack.

Form: 243141-

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(8)

Copinet^b⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: S M Levey| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam| OR: 85| CD

10/3

Blinkered for 1st time, career best when winning 8-runner handicap (5/1) at this C&D 44 days ago, slowly away. Can make presence felt.

Form: 353461-

(1)

Existent^t³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: R Kingscote| T: S C Williams| OR: 83

7/2

Tongue strap on for 1st time, first run since leaving John & Thady Gosden when respectable sixth of 13 in handicap at Southwell (5f, 11/1) 39 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 0/33736-

(5)

Cooperation³³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Tom Marquand| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 83| C

12/1

Course winner. Three wins from 12 runs last year. Latest win here in October. 14/1, respectable third of 6 in handicap at this course (6f) 33 days ago. Mark looks on the high side right now.

Form: 955103-

(7)

Lihou¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: George Downing| T: P D Evans| OR: 81| BF| D

10/1

2/1, 4 lengths sixth of 8 to Rose Hip in handicap at Lingfield (5f, AW) 15 days ago, not knocked about. Better than the result last time, and he's too well handicapped to completely dismiss.

Form: 744536-

(9)

Tropics²⁹

Age: 14| Weight: 8-13| J: R Winston| T: D K Ivory| OR: 80| CD

33/1

4-time C&D winner. Eighteen runs since last win in 2019. 28/1, eighth of 10 in handicap at Southwell (5f) 29 days ago, left poorly placed. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 6/27048-

(3)

Phoenix Star^p¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Jessica Macey| OR: 78| D

11/1

Respectable second of 5 in handicap (2/1) at Newcastle (5f) 13 days ago, not ideally placed. Likeable sort who should make his presence felt again.

Form: 67292-2

(6)

Vandad^p,t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: William Carson| T: M J Attwater| OR: 77| D

22/1

Latest win at Lingfield in August. 16/1, creditable 1¼ lengths fourth of 8 to Rose Hip in handicap at Lingfield (5f, AW) 15 days ago. Others look better treated.

Form: 117374-

(4)

Lucky Ava¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: M Dwyer| T: C Allen| OR: 75| CD

4/1

C&D winner. Three wins from 13 runs last year. Latest win here in August. Creditable ¾-length third of 8 to Rose Hip in handicap (9/2) at Lingfield 15 days ago. Likely to be thereabouts once more.

Form: 571323-

Forecasts

Copinet (10/3), Existent (7/2), Lucky Ava (4/1), Rose Hip (9/2), Lihou (10/1), Phoenix Star (11/1), Cooperation (12/1), Vandad (22/1), Tropics (33/1)

ROSE HIP is still getting better at the age of 7 and, in getting up from an unpromising position at Lingfield, she made it 2 from 2 on polytrack, so she's worth chancing to maintain her unbeaten record on this surface. Phoenix Star arrives in form and should put up a typically bold showing, while Copinet is another danger if the race is run to suit her.