18:15 Chelmsford City

Thursday 22 September 2022

All17:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:15

Betsi Handicap

Off time: 18:16 | Winning time: 1m 10.89s

(3)

Porfin¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Molly Presland⁽⁷⁾| T: P S McEntee| OR: 70| D

11/1

3 wins from 21 runs this year. Latest win at Lingfield in August. 22/1, tenth of 13 in handicap at Kempton (7f) 15 days ago, not knocked about.

Form: 141630

(5)

Astral Beat²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: David Probert| T: W J Knight| OR: 72

13/2

Winner at Newcastle in May. Creditable third of 8 in handicap (6/1) at Southwell (5f) 22 days ago. Back in good form and not had much racing over 6f. Should go well.

Form: 102543

(7)

Masterclass¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Callum Shepherd| T: D M Simcock| OR: 71| D

3/1

Winner at Brighton in August. 7/1, creditable second of 7 in handicap at Kempton (6f) 15 days ago. Respected.

Form: 4-20212

(2)

Rainbow Mirage²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: George Rooke| T: R Hughes| OR: 68| D

9/2

4 wins from 14 runs this year. Latest win at Windsor in August. First run since leaving Mark Rimell when seventh of 11 in handicap (10/1) at Ascot (6f, good) 20 days ago.

Form: 226317

(8)

Mostallim^p¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 67| D

7/1

4 wins from 15 runs this year. Career best when winning 6-runner handicap at Kempton (6f, 2/1) 19 days ago, all out. Cracking record on AW since March and could go well again.

Form: 542821

(6)

Under Curfew¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Mollie Phillips⁽⁵⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 66| D

11/1

Fifteen runs since last win in 2021. 9/1, creditable third of 11 in handicap at Chepstow (6.1f, good to soft) 11 days ago. One to consider from a dangerous mark.

Form: 754393

(10)

Healing Power⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Elle-May Croot⁽⁷⁾| T: I Furtado| OR: 66| BF| C

10/1

Course winner. Latest win at Lingfield in July. 11/4, respectable third of 10 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW) 44 days ago.

Form: 9-84313

(1)

Top Exhibit^t¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Rossa Ryan| T: S C Williams| OR: 67| D

22/1

12/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, gelded/first run since leaving Archie Watson when last of 7 in handicap at Kempton (6f) 15 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 270837

(4)

Epic Express¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: George Bass⁽³⁾| T: C A Dwyer| OR: 62

9/2

Below form fifth of 10 in handicap (11/2) at this course (7f) 14 days ago, doing too much too soon.

Form: 794925

Non-Runners

(9)

Cabeza De Llave³²

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: M J Attwater J: S W Kelly

Forecasts

Masterclass (3/1), Epic Express (9/2), Rainbow Mirage (9/2), Cabeza De Llave (6/1), Astral Beat (13/2), Mostallim (7/1), Healing Power (10/1), Porfin (11/1), Under Curfew (11/1), Top Exhibit (22/1)

UNDER CURFEW has been placed on 2 of his last 3 starts and is too well handicapped to ignore. He gets the vote to end his long losing run. This is competitive for the grade though, with Astral Beat, Masterclass and thriving Mostallim all live players.