20:00 Chelmsford City

Thursday 17 November 2022

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Off time: 20:00 | Winning time: 2m 7.78s

(5)

Camerata²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Christian Howarth⁽⁵⁾| T: H Spiller| OR: 62

25/1

4¾ lengths seventh of 14 to Overstate in handicap (100/1) at this C&D 26 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 8-09777

(7)

Alice Kitty^t³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Aidan Keeley⁽⁵⁾| T: M Crawley| OR: 60| D

7/1

28/1, bit below form sixth of 10 in handicap at Yarmouth (10.1f, soft) 30 days ago, not much room. Likely to bounce back returning to polytrack.

Form: 81-6646

(4)

Sun Festival^p¹⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Josephine Gordon| T: J Parr| OR: 60

10/3

9/2, creditable second of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, AW), just failing. Off 145 days. In good order when last seen and return of a fully-fledged jockey will help.

Form: 014222

(8)

Belisa De Vega¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: H Crouch| T: J G Portman| OR: 62| C

5/1

Course winner. Respectable sixth of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 7/2) 19 days ago, needing stronger gallop. One to consider.

Form: 502116

(3)

Overstate^p¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Darragh Keenan| T: M Murphy & M Keady| OR: 60| CD

5/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in October. 7/1, creditable second of 11 in handicap at this C&D 12 days ago, no match for winner. Should be thereabouts.

Form: 350712

(6)

Eagle Eyed Freddie^p,t³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 54

8/1

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win at Lingfield in July. 20/1, respectable seventh of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 38 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Drop back in trip should help.

Form: 0-11377

(1)

Eltham Palace²⁸⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Olivia Haines⁽⁷⁾| T: D M Simcock| OR: 51

18/1

Remains a maiden after 17 Flat runs. Fourth of 7 in handicap (11/2) at Kempton (11f). Off 9 months. Others make more appeal.

Form: 235-254

(9)

Gold Standard²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: C Lee| T: A W Carroll| OR: 51

10/1

Latest win at Southwell in October. 7/1, respectable eighth of 14 in handicap at Southwell (12.1f) 20 days ago. Not discounted.

Form: 546618

(10)

Broughtons Mission^t¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: K T O'Neill| T: C Hobson| OR: 47

14/1

Good third of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 28/1) 17 days ago. On a fair mark if he can build on that.

Form: 998053

(2)

Saxonhill^p1²²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Tyler Heard⁽³⁾| T: P S McEntee| OR: 45

28/1

Tenth of 14 in handicap (20/1) at Nottingham (10.2f, heavy) 22 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Others make more appeal.

Form: 0-00540

Forecasts

Overstate (5/2), Sun Festival (10/3), Belisa De Vega (5/1), Alice Kitty (7/1), Eagle Eyed Freddie (8/1), Gold Standard (10/1), Broughtons Mission (14/1), Eltham Palace (18/1), Camerata (25/1), Saxonhill (28/1)

SUN FESTIVAL was shaping up well under an inexperienced rider when last seen and, despite a 145-day absence, he's worth a chance to defy his current mark with Josephine Gordon taking over. Overstate arrives in good order and should post another solid effort, while Belisa de Vega remains of interest despite coming up short in her hat-trick bid last time.