18:00 Chelmsford City

Thursday 2 February 2023

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Racing Welfare Handicap

Off time: 18:00 | Winning time: 1m 25.56s

(3)

Bond Boy^v¹⁰^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Frederick Larson⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 64| D

9/2

Landed 8-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 15/2) 10 days ago, having run of race. Carries 5 lb penalty. Remains an ungenuine type though.

Form: 72-4151

(1)

Lilikoi⁸^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: Connor Beasley| T: T D Barron| OR: 64| D

11/4

10/3, career best when readily winning 5-runner handicap at Newcastle (7.1f) 8 days ago. Saddles 5 lb penalty but she's on the upgrade recently.

Form: 2306-51

(8)

Fighting Temeraire^p²²

Age: 10| Weight: 9-11| J: R Havlin| T: D K Ivory| OR: 67| CD

16/1

C&D winner. 18/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 7 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW) 22 days ago. Can give a good account if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 60706-7

(4)

Bluebells Boy^t⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Jason Watson| T: Darryll Holland| OR: 66| CWS

4/1

Thrice-raced winner. Won 5-runner maiden (15/2) at this course (6f) 45 days ago, always holding on. Makes handicap debut and much respected.

Form: 351-

(7)

Mustaffiz¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: C Lee| T: C Wallis| OR: 65

50/1

Eleventh of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f, 33/1) 12 days ago. Has it to prove at present.

Form: 89990-0

(6)

Voltaic¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Rossa Ryan| T: A W Carroll| OR: 65| D

11/4

Fourteen runs since last win in 2022 but he shaped encouragingly when fourth of 12 in handicap at Kempton (6f) 16 days ago, nearest finish. Weighted to go well once more and this longer trip is another positive.

Form: 42228-4

(2)

Bhubezi^v²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Rhys Clutterbuck| T: P R Chamings| OR: 62| D

14/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2021. 28/1, below form fifth of 9 in handicap at Kempton (8f) 26 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 98945-5

(5)

El Royale⁶³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: M Appleby| OR: 59

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 9/1, very good third of 9 in handicap at this course (6f) 63 days ago. Can make presence felt eased 1 lb.

Form: 0453-

Forecasts

Lilikoi (11/4), Voltaic (11/4), Bluebells Boy (4/1), Bond Boy (9/2), El Royale (10/1), Bhubezi (14/1), Fighting Temeraire (16/1), Mustaffiz (50/1)

VOLTAIC signalled he's ready to end a losing run when a running-on fourth at Kempton last time and is taken to edge out El Royale, who still has few miles on the clock. Recent Newcastle scorer Lilikoi is another who enters calculations in an open handicap.