19:30 Chelmsford City

Thursday 14 September 2023

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Hills Prospect Le Grand Cru Handicap

Off time: 19:30 | Winning time: 1m 10.71s

(6)

Open Mind^p²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Rowan Scott| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 95| CD

10/3

C&D winner. 9/1, creditable fifth of 11 in handicap at Newbury (7f, good) 26 days ago. Drop back to 6f will be in his favour and he has to enter calculations.

Form: 128435

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(2)

Princess Shabnam^t1²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Hollie Doyle| T: S Woods| OR: 93| CD

9/1

C&D winner. 18/1, 10½ lengths seventh of 11 to Believing in listed race at Pontefract (6f, good) 25 days ago, racing closer to pace than ideal. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 650267

(4)

Justcallmepete¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: D C Costello| T: H J Evans| OR: 91| CD

9/4

Three wins from 12 runs this year. 11/2, career best when winning 11-runner handicap at this C&D 14 days ago. 5 lb rise tolerable and he's likely to be in the thick of things.

Form: 434201

(3)

River Pride¹⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: James Doyle| T: G Boughey| OR: 89| C

16/1

Course winner. 9¼ lengths thirteenth of 16 to Happy Romance in listed race at Bath (5f, good to soft, 33/1), unsuited by drop in trip. Off 146 days and will probably find one or two too good.

Form: 534160

(1)

Wiltshire¹⁰¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Harry Davies| T: M Meade| OR: 91

17/2

Lightly-raced winner. Last of 11 in handicap at Windsor (6f, good to firm, 10/1) when last seen in June. Makes polytrack debut (winner of sole previous AW start on tapeta) and he's not written off just yet.

Form: 91-550

(7)

Batal Dubai¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: H & R Charlton| OR: 90| D

7/2

Latest win at Newcastle in July. 11/2, below form seventh of 13 in handicap at Newcastle (5f) 14 days ago, unsuited by drop in trip. Makes polytrack debut and one to consider back at 6f.

Form: 17-7107

(8)

Clipsham La Habana¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Benoit D L Sayette| T: K P De Foy| OR: 81| D

7/1

7/1, tenth of 12 in handicap at Sandown (5f, good) 12 days ago. 2-5 on the AW and he's worth considering.

Form: 1-82230

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(5)

Tolstoy¹

Weight: 8-12| Age: 4

T: S C Williams J: Marco Ghiani

Forecasts

Justcallmepete (9/4), Open Mind (10/3), Batal Dubai (7/2), Tolstoy (5/1), Clipsham La Habana (7/1), Wiltshire (17/2), Princess Shabnam (9/1), River Pride (16/1)

BATAL DUBAI tasted defeat for the first time on the all-weather at Newcastle a fortnight ago but that was a stronger race than this and, moreover, the drop to 5f counted against him. He still looks fairly treated and is taken to resume winning ways now returned to his optimum trip. Justcallmepete did the job well over C&D last time and is feared most ahead of Open Mind and Clipsham La Habana.