19:30 Chelmsford City

Saturday 8 October 2022

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Racing Welfare Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 19:31 | Winning time: 1m 11.52s

(2)

Flavius Titus^b¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: Connor Murtagh| T: D Brooke| OR: 53| D

11/8

5/1, back to winning ways in 9-runner handicap at Ripon (6f, good) 14 days ago, responding well having been slowly away. Remains well treated on old form so he can follow up.

Form: 070951

(1)

Babe Alicious^b,h²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Frederick Larson⁽⁵⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 52| D

11/4

7/2, again ran well when second of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 21 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Can give another good account.

Form: 461622

(8)

Mr Fayez^b,t⁷⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Miss Abbie Pierce⁽⁷⁾| T: Dylan Cunha| OR: 51| BF

9/2

Remains a maiden after 17 Flat runs. 2/1, raced freely when sixth of 7 in handicap at Yarmouth (7f, good to firm) 74 days ago. Blinkers back on. Return to 6f could suit.

Form: 205376

(6)

Shamshon¹⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 9-7| J: Luke Catton⁽⁵⁾| T: S C Williams| OR: 50| C| D

10/1

Course winner. Twenty-one runs since last win in 2021. Raced wide when fifth of 8 in handicap at this course (5f, 12/1) 14 days ago. Could get involved having dropped further in the weights.

Form: 234545

(9)

Thank The Lord^b1⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: A J Farragher⁽⁵⁾| T: S Hodgson| OR: 48

25/1

Winner at Salisbury in July. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, soon back to form when third of 6 in handicap at Yarmouth (6f, good to firm, 13/2) 48 days ago. Blinkers now the choice of headgear. Could go well.

Form: 507183

(7)

Littlemissattitude⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Rose Dawes⁽⁷⁾| T: D Shaw| OR: 45

11/1

Remains a maiden after 20 Flat runs. Best effort of the season when sixth of 10 in handicap (80/1) at this C&D 9 days ago, though hung badly right. Others preferred.

Form: 000006

(3)

Miss Fernanda¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Stefano Cherchi⁽³⁾| T: Jessica Macey| OR: 45| D

20/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2020. 40/1, tenth of 14 in handicap at this course (7f) 14 days ago. Easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: 030-050

(5)

Wiff Waff^p⁴⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: Tyler Heard⁽³⁾| T: A Wintle| OR: 45| D

50/1

Is yet to fire this season, eighth of 12 in minor event at Chepstow (7.1f, good to soft, 28/1) 47 days ago.

Form: 80-0688

Non-Runners

(10)

Bankrupt⁵³

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: C Banham J: Joey Haynes

(4)

Threeways Bruce³⁹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: J G M O'Shea J: Gina Mangan

Forecasts

Flavius Titus (11/8), Babe Alicious (11/4), Mr Fayez (9/2), Bankrupt (8/1), Shamshon (10/1), Littlemissattitude (11/1), Miss Fernanda (20/1), Thank The Lord (25/1), Wiff Waff (50/1), Threeways Bruce (100/1)

Having dropped a long way in the weights, FLAVIUS TITUS ended a long losing run at Ripon a fortnight ago and he remains well treated following a 3 lb rise for that success. He is taken to see off the challenge of Babe Alicious, while Shamshon could get involved off his career-low mark.