16:55 Chelmsford City

Thursday 3 February 2022

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14th May Spring Beer Festival Handicap

Off time: 16:57 | Winning time: 1m 40.16s

(8)

Eleven Eleven^h²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: T E Whelan| T: I Furtado| OR: 66| D

13/2

Winner at Newcastle in October. 10/3, run best excused when fourth of 5 in handicap at Lingfield (12f, AW) 26 days ago, doing too much too soon (too lit up). Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 33412-4

(7)

Bahia Star³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Tom Marquand| T: Rae Guest| OR: 64| D

20/1

17/2, ran up to best after 4 months off when third of 12 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW) 31 days ago, nearest finish. Looks competitive with Tom Marquand booked to ride.

Form: 13557-3

(3)

Global Vision^p¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Aled Beech⁽⁵⁾| T: C A Dwyer| OR: 63

10/1

Quirky sort. Eleven runs since last win in 2020. 12/1, did well under the circumstances when fourth of 12 in handicap at Kempton (7f) 10 days ago, faring best of those held up. Each-way claims.

Form: 5U6-344

(4)

Magical Mile^p¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: David Probert| T: I Mohammed| OR: 61

10/3

Ran creditably after 7 months off when third of 9 in handicap at this C&D (Gambled-on 11/2) 19 days ago, sticking to task after shuffled back halfway. Bit more needed to feature.

Form: 45/537-3

(6)

Mitigator^p¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Morgan Cole⁽⁷⁾| T: P Leech| OR: 61| D

5/1

Given a chance by the handicapper on first run for new yard/off over 2 years when third of 10 in handicap (33/1) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 17 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. May build on that here.

Form: 50230/3

(2)

Soyounique^t⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Luke Catton⁽⁷⁾| T: S C Williams| OR: 59

10/3

4/1, opened his account for this yard when won 9-runner handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW) 6 days ago, leading 1f out and just holding on. Due to go up 4 lb in the future so holds obvious claims here.

Form: 487-771

(5)

Finery^h³³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Erika Parkinson⁽⁷⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 58| CD

11/2

C&D winner here in November. Quickly back to form when fourth of 10 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f, 7/1) 33 days ago. One of 2 for Mick Appleby and not dismissed.

Form: 81018-4

(1)

Clipsham Tiger^p¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: George Rooke⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 55| CD

11/1

C&D winner here in November. Ninth of 12 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f, 10/1) 18 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Must bounce back.

Form: 0216-49

Forecasts

Magical Mile (10/3), Soyounique (10/3), Mitigator (5/1), Finery (11/2), Eleven Eleven (13/2), Global Vision (10/1), Clipsham Tiger (11/1), Bahia Star (20/1)

This can go the way of SOYOUNIQUE, who opened his account for Stuart Williams at Lingfield last week and being 4 lb "well in" here, he looks the way to go. Bahia Star ran up to her best on all-weather debut/reappearance last month so she could provide the main danger if building on that effort, ahead of the Mick Appleby-trained pair Finery and Clipsham Tiger.