14:45 Chelmsford City

Sunday 3 July 2022

All13:3514:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:0517:40

Mark Elks 70 Years Young Celebration Handicap

Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 1m 24.95s

(1)

Beauty Choice⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: David Probert| T: W Jarvis| OR: 75| D

9/2

Respectable third of 9 in handicap (12/1) at Newmarket (7f, good) 51 days ago. Ought to be competitive again.

Form: 0535-43

(9)

G'daay^b,h⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Rhys Clutterbuck⁽³⁾| T: J Parr| OR: 75| CD

7/1

C&D winner who was back to winning ways in a new headgear combination at Lingfield (7f, AW) 8 days ago. Hit with a 9 lb rise but should still be very competitive.

Form: 1-85341

(6)

Global Warning¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: George Wood| T: J Butler| OR: 73| D

33/1

Winner at Wolverhampton (7f) for Chris Dwyer in January but has yet to get competitive in a handful of starts for this yard. Mark on the slide but would need to see market support to consider.

Form: 650879

(3)

Ford Madox Brown²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Marco Ghiani| T: S C Williams| OR: 70| D

9/1

All the better for reappearance when respectable third of 6 in handicap at Lingfield (6f, AW, 7/2) 20 days ago, needing stiffer test. Should be thereabouts now stepping back up in trip.

Form: 2583-03

(7)

Damaar⁵²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Benoit D L Sayette⁽⁵⁾| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 77| D

6/1

Sandown debut winner last summer. Has disappointingly failed to build on that in 3 runs since but it's still early days. AW debut. No surprise were he to get back on track now dropping to a 0-75.

Form: 17-69

(4)

Way To Win^p³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: N Callan| T: M Botti| OR: 76| D

5/1

Placed in AW handicaps on first 2 outings this year. Not in the same form on turf on his last 2 starts and his hopes are now pinned on a switch back to AW sparking a revival.

Form: 44-2306

(5)

Handel¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Joey Haynes| T: C Banham| OR: 64

16/1

Ex-Aidan O'Brien inmate finished runner-up in Wolverhampton novice in January but looks to have gone off the boil since and is hard to fancy on current form.

Form: 278508

(8)

Baileys Accolade²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: F Norton| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 70| BF

9/1

Only fifth of 6 over 6f at Lingfield last time but claims on her C&D second prior to that.

Form: 3-57625

(10)

Take A Stand¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Rossa Ryan| T: J Tate| OR: 70

3/1

Promising individual. Shaped well when fourth of 10 on 7f Lingfield handicap debut 17 days ago, left with too much to do. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 3354

Non-Runners

(2)

Dynamic Talent¹⁰

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: Darryll Holland J: D Tudhope

Forecasts

Take A Stand (3/1), Beauty Choice (9/2), Way To Win (5/1), Damaar (6/1), G'daay (7/1), Ford Madox Brown (9/1), Baileys Accolade (9/1), Dynamic Talent (12/1), Handel (16/1), Global Warning (33/1)

TAKE THE STAND was an eyecatcher on his recent Lingfield handicap debut and is taken to build on that promise and strike under Rossa Ryan. Ready Lingfield winner G'daay has a largely progressive profile on AW and is an obvious threat, while there's still time for the Gosdens' Damaar to resume his progression.