Membership At Chelmsford City Racecourse Handicap

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 2m 59.86s

(4)

King Francis¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: R L Moore| T: M L W Bell| OR: 77

5/2

Winner at Kempton (11f) in April and arrives here having ran to a similar level when fourth of 11 in handicap at Lingfield (15.8f, AW, 7/1) 14 days ago, headway 2f out but hanging left. Possibilities with a repeat.

Form: 4-14244

(1)

Mukha Magic^b,t¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Mr Taylor Fisher⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 76| C| D

3/1

Arrives here on a roll, making it 4 wins from last 6 starts in good style at Nottingham (14f) 16 days ago, staying on well. Rider's claim off-sets his subsequent weight rise and he's a player once more.

Form: 141211

(5)

Baileys Derbyday³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 76| CD

4/1

C&D winner who ran well when third of 8 over 2m at Kempton 2 starts back. Turned in a rather tame display at Ascot (2m) 5 weeks ago but this ease in class a plus and just the type to bounce back.

Form: 822434

(3)

Oriental Art^p²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: J P Spencer| T: D M Simcock| OR: 67

9/1

Maiden who ran well when runner-up in handicaps at Doncaster/Brighton but proved too free when fourth of 7 over 13f here 23 days ago. Eased 1 lb since and better showing anticipated in refitted cheekpieces.

Form: 2-94224

(2)

Planet Legend^p¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: W Buick| T: J Ferguson| OR: 76

5/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Very good second of 6 in handicap at Wolverhampton (12.2f, 10/3) 17 days ago, worn down final 1f but pulling clear of rest. Booking of Buick catches the eye and he may have more to offer on AW.

Form: 42232

Forecasts

Planet Legend (5/2), King Francis (5/2), Mukha Magic (3/1), Baileys Derbyday (4/1), Oriental Art (9/1)

Competitive despite the small field, with the vote in favour of PLANET LEGEND. The sole 3-y-o in the line-up, he ran well when runner-up in a Wolverhampton handicap 17 days ago (long way clear with winner) and may have more to offer now his stamina is drawn out further. King Francis and Mukha Magic are also fancied to feature.