20:00 Chelmsford City

Thursday 10 November 2022

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New Holland Handicap

Off time: 20:06 | Winning time: 1m 37.0s

(2)

Larado^b⁷³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Theodore Ladd| T: M Appleby| OR: 85

8/1

Didn't need to improve to win 7-runner handicap (7/1) at Epsom (7f, good to firm) 73 days ago, just holding on. Enters calculations.

Form: 052351

(1)

Piece Of History³⁹²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: David Egan| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 83| CD

9/4

C&D winner but not seen since finishing down the field over C&D 13 months ago. Betting should help guide to expectations.

Form: 5/60350-

(11)

Court Of Session⁷⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Harry Burns⁽³⁾| T: S & E Crisford| OR: 82| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Lingfield in April. Fifth of 7 in handicap at Salisbury (1m, good to firm, 12/1) 70 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 106285

(3)

Alpha Cru^v¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Jason Watson| T: D O'Meara| OR: 80| D

13/2

Latest win at Chepstow in August. Arrives on the back of 2 good runner-up efforts over C&D last month. Likely to go well from a handy draw.

Form: 913822

(6)

Lafan¹³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: George Wood| T: J Butler| OR: 79| CD

22/1

C&D winner. Respectable sixth of 11 in handicap (9/1) at Kempton (1m) in June (final start for Richard Hannon). One to keep an eye on in the betting on stable debut.

Form: 255346

(12)

All Are Mine³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S M Levey| T: B J Meehan| OR: 80| D

5/1

Thrice-raced winner. First run since leaving David Simcock when won 12-runner maiden (11/2) at Windsor (1m, good to firm) 31 days ago, bit in hand. Makes handicap debut. Unexposed but the outside stall could make life awkward.

Form: 491

(9)

Nine Tales^p1⁴¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: J Mitchell| T: R Varian| OR: 78

5/1

Pair of wins in July 20201 but showed signs of temperament when failing to progress in handicaps subsequently. Interesting that connections have persevered and he has cheekpieces added back from 13 months off. One to note in the betting.

Form: 2/11536-

(5)

Painless Potter⁶³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Rhiain Ingram⁽³⁾| T: S Lycett| OR: 77| D

50/1

Winner at Chepstow in August. 14/1, last of 10 in handicap at Epsom (8.5f, heavy) 63 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 7-54410

(8)

Meng Tian¹²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: David Probert| T: S Woods| OR: 79

18/1

AW winner. 11/2, creditable second of 5 in handicap at Chester (7.6f, good). Off 124 days. Wouldn't dismiss after a break.

Form: 4-14552

(4)

Seattle King¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Tyler Heard⁽³⁾| T: P S McEntee| OR: 75

66/1

Down the field on all 3 starts since joining this stable.

Form: 7-35080

(10)

Rainbow Colours⁵⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Jason Hart| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 73| D

10/1

Won at Ripon and Chepstow in July over this trip. Had gone off the boil when last seen in September but back on a good mark if a short break has had a reviving effect.

Form: 126078

Non-Runners

(7)

Lady Eros³⁰

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: J & T Gosden J: R Havlin

Forecasts

Piece Of History (9/4), Lady Eros (4/1), All Are Mine (5/1), Nine Tales (5/1), Alpha Cru (13/2), Larado (8/1), Rainbow Colours (10/1), Court Of Session (12/1), Meng Tian (18/1), Lafan (22/1), Painless Potter (50/1), Seattle King (66/1)

ALPHA CRU had the form of her latest C&D near miss boosted when the third went in at Wolverhampton on Monday and is taken to resume winning ways from a good draw in 3. The front-running Larado won at Epsom last time and is likely to give it another good shot from stall 2. Lady Eros won her sole AW start and is also respected as an unexposed type from a leading stable.