20:30 Chelmsford City

Thursday 21 September 2023

All17:2418:0018:3019:0019:3020:0020:30

Betsi Handicap

Off time: 20:31 | Winning time: 2m 8.02s

(8)

Iftikhaar¹⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 53

14/1

50/1 and visored for 1st time, eighth of 10 in handicap at Leicester (10f, heavy). Off 145 days. Chance on old form.

Form: 54-0908

(2)

Egoiste^h⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: David Probert| T: D Menuisier| OR: 51

16/5

28/1, below form seventh of 12 in handicap at Salisbury (8f, good) 42 days ago. Back up in trip and not ruled out if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 8-58367

(12)

El Royale^b⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 49

6/1

13/2 and blinkered for 1st time, good second of 9 in handicap at this course (8f) 7 days ago. Back up in trip. Not taken lightly.

Form: 542852

(10)

Young Winston³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Mollie Phillips⁽³⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 48

4/1

5/1, respectable fourth of 10 to Cryptos Dream in handicap at Brighton (9.9f, good) 31 days ago, needing stiffer test. Can give a good account.

Form: 649234

(7)

Lightning Spark²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: L Morris| T: D M Simcock| OR: 52

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Only sixth of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (12.2f, 33/1) 20 days ago so needs to get back on track.

Form: 8906

(3)

Anna Aurelia^p1¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Rob Hornby| T: J G Portman| OR: 52

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, last of 14 in handicap at Southwell (11.1f) 15 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Cheekpieces on 1st time with work to do.

Form: 37060

(6)

Our Land³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: William Carson| T: M Pattinson| OR: 45

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 100/1, last of 12 in handicap at Windsor (8.1f, good) 38 days ago. Back up in trip with lots more needed.

Form: 0700

(1)

James Bradley⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: David Egan| T: C Wallis| OR: 46| C

13/2

Course winner. Tongue strap on for 1st time, eighth of 9 in handicap (10/1) at this course (8f) 7 days ago. Back up in trip with a bit to prove.

Form: 007458

(5)

Lady Clemmie^b²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Dylan Hogan| T: Miss J Feilden| OR: 46

18/1

11/1, ninth of 12 in handicap at this C&D 21 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0-97659

(9)

Two Plus Two^b¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Rhys Clutterbuck| T: E De Giles| OR: 45

28/1

22/1, eighth of 9 in handicap at Bath (11.6f, firm) 15 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 065028

(4)

Trackman⁹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Pearce| OR: 45

5/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, fourteenth of 15 in maiden at Nottingham (8.3f, good to firm). Off 98 days. Makes handicap debut but others appeal more.

Form: 0-00

Non-Runners

(11)

Cryptos Dream²⁴

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: Jack Jones J: Dylan Hogan

Forecasts

Trackman (5/2), Egoiste (16/5), Young Winston (4/1), Cryptos Dream (9/2), El Royale (6/1), James Bradley (13/2), Iftikhaar (14/1), Lady Clemmie (18/1), Lightning Spark (25/1), Two Plus Two (28/1), Anna Aurelia (40/1), Our Land (150/1)

CRYPTOS DREAM didn't enjoy the rub of the green when seventh at Ripon last time and looks the way to go here off a handy-looking mark. El Royale and Young Winston both arrive in good nick and can chase home Jack Jones's filly in that order.