15:50 Chelmsford City

Thursday 16 June 2022

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Racing Welfare Handicap

Off time: 15:52 | Winning time: 1m 37.43s

(1)

Power Of States^t,v⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: R Coakley| T: H Palmer| OR: 96| CD

9/2

4-time course winner. Good second of 6 in handicap (10/1) at this course (10f) 9 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 046-362

(8)

Bullace¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: H Crouch| T: R M Beckett| OR: 95| C| D

11/1

Course winner. Went with little fluency when sixth of 7 in handicap at Doncaster (8f, good to firm, 14/1) 13 days ago, very slowly away. Now has a fair bit to prove.

Form: 3066-76

(2)

Fox Champion²⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Laura Pearson⁽³⁾| T: R M Beckett| OR: 92| D

13/2

Proving expensive to follow, now eighteen runs since last win in 2019. Off 8 months. On a dangerous mark if getting anywhere near his best on return.

Form: 037455-

(7)

Bashosh¹⁹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Cameron Noble⁽³⁾| T: R Varian| OR: 89| BF| D

9/1

Lightly-raced winner. Beaten at short odds all 3 starts in handicaps, looking unsuited by drop back to this trip when fourth of 7 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 11/10), on final start last year. Off 6 months. Interesting that he stays at a mile on return.

Form: 11344-

(6)

Karibana^b1⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: George Rooke⁽³⁾| T: R Hughes| OR: 89| BF| C

6/1

Course winner last season was very good second of 7 in handicap here (7f, 11/4) 9 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Strong claims.

Form: 2-58862

(3)

Arthur's Realm¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: N Callan| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 88| CD

11/2

C&D winner. 2 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win here in April. 40/1, creditable eighth of 15 in handicap at Epsom (8.5f, good) 13 days ago but looks high enough in the weights for now.

Form: 613138

(5)

Dingle⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| OR: 87| D

10/3

Latest win at Lingfield in January. 11/2, last of 5 in handicap at Newmarket (8f, good) 48 days ago. Probably needs to find some improvement even if bouncing back to best.

Form: 8-12335

(4)

Wonder Elmossman²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: J F Egan| T: J S Moore| OR: 79| D

7/1

Latest win at Lingfield in April. 8/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Sandown (8f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Holds much better record on AW and could represent a bit of value.

Form: 1-97125

Non-Runners

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Repertoire¹³

Weight: 9-4| Age: 6

T: D M Simcock J: Louis Steward

Forecasts

Dingle (10/3), Power Of States (9/2), Arthur's Realm (11/2), Karibana (6/1), Fox Champion (13/2), Wonder Elmossman (7/1), Repertoire (8/1), Bashosh (9/1), Bullace (11/1)

KARIBANA has a good record at Chelmsford and can take advantage of a handy mark here. Power of States ran well behind a less-exposed rival last time and can give another good account, whilst it's intriguing that the potentially well-handicapped Bashosh has another try over a mile.