21:00 Chelmsford City

Thursday 27 April 2023

All17:4018:1518:5019:2520:0020:3021:00

Betsi Handicap

Off time: 21:02 | Winning time: 2m 59.12s

(7)

Thunder Ahead^p²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Callum Hutchinson⁽³⁾| T: A King| OR: 75

18/1

Runner-up on AW Flat at Wolverhampton in December but has struggled on the Flat/over hurdles since. Others are more obvious.

Form: 419/92-8

(6)

Noahthirtytwored^t¹⁸⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Sean Kirrane⁽³⁾| T: A West| OR: 75

33/1

Prolific over jumps since last year. Improved effort on the Flat when fourth in Ffos Las novice last August. Makes handicap debut in this sphere back from 6 months off. Much depends on whether he's primed for this.

Form: 7/04-

(1)

De Vega's Warrior^t²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Oisin Murphy| T: M Appleby| OR: 74

11/2

25/1, last of 11 in handicap at Nottingham (2m, heavy) 22 days ago but had performed with credit on his AW reappearance prior to that.

Form: 4265-40

(5)

World Without Love^p⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: R Kingscote| T: C Johnston| OR: 74| D

10/3

Won over this trip at Wolverhampton in November. Creditable second of 5 in 2m handicap at this course on reappearance a week ago. Cheekpieces back on. Enters calculations.

Form: 56215-2

(4)

Seal Of Solomon^v¹⁷⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: N Callan| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 73

8/1

Four wins from 13 runs last year, the latest at Wolverhampton in October. 5/1, seventh of 10 in handicap there final start. Been off for 6 months. Othes preferred this time.

Form: 144317-

(8)

Golden Keeper^p¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: R Havlin| T: S Woods| OR: 72

8/1

Second in AW handicap on final 3-y-o start and possibly unsuited by testing ground when tailed off on his Catterick reappearance a fortnight ago.

Form: 14432-6

(3)

Dirham Emirati¹⁰⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: T P Queally| T: G & J Moore| OR: 71

22/1

Well beaten over hurdles and on AW Flat this winter but stable's recent form is a plus back from a 106-day break.

Form: 51304/9

(2)

Spit Spot¹⁶⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 71| CD

11/8

C&D winner who ended her time with Chris Wall with a good second over C&D in November. Likely there's more to come for new stable this year. Big player.

Form: 547162-

Forecasts

Spit Spot (11/8), World Without Love (10/3), De Vega's Warrior (11/2), Seal Of Solomon (8/1), Golden Keeper (8/1), Thunder Ahead (18/1), Dirham Emirati (22/1), Noahthirtytwored (33/1)

While her peak fitness has to be taken on trust there should be more to come from SPIT SPOT for her new stable so she's narrowly preferred to last week's 2m course second World Without Love. De Vega's Warrior presumably failed to handle deep ground back on turt at Nottingham last time but had run well on AW prior to that and can prove rest of the rest.