18:50 Chelmsford City

Thursday 8 June 2023

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Betsi Handicap

Off time: 18:51 | Winning time: 1m 25.51s

(4)

Midnight Flame²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Oisin Murphy| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 62

7/1

Respectable fifth of 10 in handicap at Wetherby (7f, good to firm, 11/2) 23 days ago. Booking of Murphy a plus. One to consider.

Form: 5336-45

(12)

Kimnkate¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Finley Marsh| T: R Hughes| OR: 62

18/1

12/1, bit below form seventh of 12 in handicap at Kempton (8f) 15 days ago. Has looked a hard ride before and others make more appeal overall.

Form: 55447-7

(7)

Captain Wentworth²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J Butler| OR: 60

9/2

Respectable fourth of 13 in handicap at Kempton (7f) 29 days ago, meeting some trouble after travelling well. Not one to write off.

Form: 72-7304

(6)

More Than A Grey^b1²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: N Callan| T: M Botti| OR: 60

6/1

Respectable fifth of 13 in handicap (12/1) at Kempton (7f) 29 days ago, albeit racing freely. Blinkers on 1st time. Place claims but could be vulnerable to less exposed sorts.

Form: 554395

(8)

Puzzletown^h1¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: R Havlin| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 60

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 12/1, still green when tenth of 12 in handicap at Kempton (8f) 15 days ago. Hood on 1st time. Handicap mark still looks harsh and others are preferred.

Form: 086-0

(14)

Irish Dessert³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Cieren Fallon| T: H Spiller| OR: 60

22/1

Little show in 3 Irish maidens. More needed on handicap debut having since left Michael J. Browne, though wouldn't be a surprise if his new yard could eke some improvement out of him.

Form: 07-9

(3)

Inverinate^v⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Rossa Ryan| T: I Mohammed| OR: 59| BF

6/5

Good second of 13 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, good to firm, 10/3) 5 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 0067-42

(13)

River Lyne⁵⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Marco Ghiani| T: S C Williams| OR: 58

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 6/1, shaped as if needing run when eighth of 10 in handicap at Kempton (7f) 57 days ago. Still appeals as type to do better in handicaps but wide draw asks big question here.

Form: 757-8

(1)

Ceilidh King^h1³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: David Probert| T: H Morrison| OR: 57

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eighth of 9 in handicap (6/1) at Bath (5.7f, soft) 38 days ago. Returned to more suitable trip here but needs more with hood on 1st time.

Form: 660-8

(9)

Havechatma¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Nicola Currie| T: D K Ivory| OR: 57

40/1

Little impression either start in handicaps this year and though mark has slid further, she's hard to have much confidence in at present.

Form: 5655-90

(11)

Wilde And Dandy^v¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: H Crouch| T: M L W Bell| OR: 56

10/1

Visored for 1st time, improved when fourth of 11 in handicap at Doncaster (8f, good to firm, 9/1) 19 days ago. Solid place claims if able to back that up dropped back to 7f.

Form: 86635-4

(2)

Kentucky Bourbon²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: William Carver⁽³⁾| T: J S Moore| OR: 47

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 14/1, last of 11 in handicap at Salisbury (6f, good to firm) 21 days ago. Looks very limited.

Form: 0-8800

Non-Runners

(10)

Barlow Barlow¹⁰

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: M Appleby J: Non Runner

(5)

White Mist¹⁶

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: Mrs I G-Leveque J: Non Runner

(15)

Bodega Nights⁷

Weight: 8-9| Age: 3

T: S Kirk J: Billy Loughnane

Forecasts

Inverinate (6/5), Captain Wentworth (9/2), More Than A Grey (6/1), Midnight Flame (7/1), Wilde And Dandy (10/1), White Mist (16/1), Kimnkate (18/1), Irish Dessert (22/1), River Lyne (22/1), Barlow Barlow (33/1), Havechatma (40/1), Puzzletown (40/1), Ceilidh King (50/1), Bodega Nights (50/1), Kentucky Bourbon (80/1)

INVERINATE chased home a rejuvenated rival at Lingfield last week and shouldn't need to improve on that effort to get off the mark here. Captain Wentworth didn't get a clear run at Kempton last time but moved through the race smoothly enough and he may well be able to build on that, whilst Midnight Flame boasts the eye-catching booking of Oisin Murphy.