19:00 Chelmsford City

Saturday 8 October 2022

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Chelmsford City Racecourse Membership Available Handicap

Off time: 19:02 | Winning time: 1m 10.58s

(5)

Neptunian²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Harry Davies⁽³⁾| T: M Meade| OR: 85| D

10/3

Latest win at Windsor in July. Respectable fifth of 14 in handicap (16/1) at Newcastle (5f) 23 days ago. Much respected on his polytrack debut.

Form: 1-36185

(4)

Total Commitment^p¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: A J Farragher⁽⁵⁾| T: S Hodgson| OR: 84| D

9/2

Sixteen runs since last win in 2021. 16/1, eleventh of 16 in handicap at Haydock (6f, good) 14 days ago. Cheekpieces back on with more needed.

Form: 082950

(6)

Aramis Grey³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Callum Shepherd| T: Rae Guest| OR: 83| CD

9/2

C&D winner. Latest win at Windsor in May. 7/1, creditable fourth of 11 in handicap at Windsor (6f, good to firm) 37 days ago. Needs considering.

Form: 153724

(3)

Hello Me^p²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Rhys Clutterbuck⁽³⁾| T: J Parr| OR: 82| CD

11/2

C&D winner but she came in last of 8 in handicap (14/1) at Yarmouth (6f, good) 25 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 554648

(2)

Stockpyle^b1⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: W Muir & C Grassick| OR: 81

9/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in July. Last of 6 in handicap (4/1) at Chepstow (7.1f, good to firm) 40 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Blinkers on for 1st time with work to do.

Form: 411006

(8)

Astro Jakk^b⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Liam Wright⁽⁷⁾| T: Darryll Holland| OR: 80| D

11/1

Returned to form from out of the blue when third of 10 in handicap (40/1) at this course (5f) 9 days ago, slowly away. Needs to back it up now.

Form: 440883

(1)

Belle Fourche^t1⁹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Ben Robinson| T: D O'Meara| OR: 78| D

50/1

Curragh 6f maiden winner but only twelfth of 13 in handicap at Naas (5.9f, soft, 25/1) 98 days ago on her final run for Michael O'Callaghan. Tongue strap on 1st time and not discounted for her new yard.

Form: 91-0

(7)

Chief Of Staff^p¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: K T O'Neill| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 76| D

9/2

Dropped in trip and posted a career best when winning 11-runner handicap (7/2) at Lingfield (6f, AW) 18 days ago. Nudged up only 2 lb so another bold showing is on the cards.

Form: 268271

Non-Runners

(9)

Spring Is Sprung⁶⁰

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: M L W Bell J: N Callan

Forecasts

Neptunian (10/3), Aramis Grey (9/2), Total Commitment (9/2), Chief Of Staff (9/2), Hello Me (11/2), Stockpyle (9/1), Spring Is Sprung (10/1), Astro Jakk (11/1), Belle Fourche (50/1)

CHIEF OF STAFF proved well suited by dropping back to 6f when scoring at Lingfield last time so is fancied to make light of a 2 lb rise in the weights here. Spring Is Sprung is next on the list on the back of his good fourth at the same track, with C&D winner Aramis Grey and polytrack-debutant Neptunian not taken lightly either in an open handicap.