19:50 Chelmsford City

Tuesday 8 August 2023

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Pop Essex Handicap

Off time: 19:51 | Winning time: 1m 25.02s

(8)

Monaadhil^p³⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 9-13| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 56| CD

7/2

3-time C&D winner. Latest win here in April. Respectable fifth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (5/1) 30 days ago. Fine record here and good chance once more.

Form: 132655

(3)

Irish Dessert¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: K Shoemark| T: H Spiller| OR: 55

11/8

9/1, very good third of 15 in handicap at Leicester (7f, good) 19 days ago, clear of rest. Can give a good account.

Form: 07-9643

(6)

Cloud Queen⁶⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Morgan Cole⁽⁵⁾| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 55

14/1

Visored for 1st time, ninth of 13 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, good to firm, 17/2) 66 days ago.

Form: 87-4869

(10)

Thomas Equinas^p²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: R Havlin| T: D K Ivory| OR: 48| CD

5/2

C&D winner. Tenth of 13 in handicap (13/2) at Yarmouth (8f, good) 27 days ago, ridden too aggressively. Enters calculations.

Form: 226450

(7)

Flying Barty^h1,t²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Ray Dawson| T: S C Williams| OR: 54

22/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time/cheekpieces on for 1st time, tenth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f, 10/1) 20 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Hood on 1st time.

Form: 566-340

(2)

Roaring River⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: L Morris| T: P & J Clutterbuck| OR: 45

10/1

50/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time/cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (11.6f, good to firm) 45 days ago. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 9-80609

(1)

My Sand Boy²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: N Callan| T: A W Carroll| OR: 45

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 66/1, ninth of 10 in minor event at Chepstow (12f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Significantly down in trip. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 078/0-9

(4)

Artemisia Gentile^b1²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Marco Ghiani| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 45

40/1

100/1, eleventh of 13 in handicap at Yarmouth (8f, good) 27 days ago. Blinkered for 1st time.

Form: 880-780

(9)

Lashes^p⁵¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Josephine Gordon| T: P S McEntee| OR: 45

66/1

Last of 13 in handicap (33/1) at Doncaster (7f, firm) 51 days ago.

Form: 857090

Non-Runners

(5)

Apfelstrudel¹³¹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: H Spiller J: Jefferson Smith

Forecasts

Irish Dessert (11/8), Thomas Equinas (5/2), Monaadhil (7/2), Roaring River (10/1), Apfelstrudel (12/1), Cloud Queen (14/1), Flying Barty (22/1), My Sand Boy (33/1), Artemisia Gentile (40/1), Lashes (66/1)

MONAADHIL can enhance his excellent record here with a fourth C&D success. Irish Dessert is the obvious threat on the back of his very good third at Leicester, with Thomas Equinas best of the others.