19:30 Chelmsford City

Thursday 5 October 2023

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Little Leighs Handicap

Off time: 19:31 | Winning time: 1m 11.28s

(7)

Agostino⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Hayley Turner| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 61

11/4

Creditable second of 11 in handicap (5/1) at Lingfield (6f, AW) 9 days ago, keeping on final 1f. Worth considering back down in grade now he's back in form.

Form: 9-68822

(2)

Moonlight Dreamer^p1²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Jason Hart| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 60

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Sixth of 8 in handicap at Bath (5f, firm, 20/1) 29 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Cheekpieces on 1st time but he may need further assistance from the assessor before becoming of interest.

Form: 73466

(1)

Ben Dikduk^h³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: K T O'Neill| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 59

11/2

Maiden following 8 starts who arrives having run his best race for present yard when fourth of 10 in handicap at Kempton (6f) 5 weeks ago, nearest finish despite meeting trouble. Eased 1 lb ahead of this.

Form: 50-7864

(3)

Bernard Spierpoint^t,v¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Liam Wright⁽⁷⁾| T: Darryll Holland| OR: 58| D

10/1

3 wins from 11 runs this year. Latest win at Yarmouth in June. Last of 8 in handicap back at that venue (5.2f, good to soft, 5/1) 16 days ago. Bounce back certainly not ruled out.

Form: 155928

(9)

Selina's Star^b²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Cieren Fallon| T: D K Ivory| OR: 59

5/1

Maiden who showed improved form equipped with first-time blinkers when good second of 9 in handicap (14/1) at this C&D 21 days ago, ridden early in straight and keeping on. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 392552

(5)

Tarbet⁶²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Saffie Osborne| T: I Mohammed| OR: 59

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Seventh of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f, 12/1) 62 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Others more persuasive.

Form: 6577

(6)

Poweredbylove^v³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Marco Ghiani| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 58| CD

9/1

Opened her account on return in a C&D maiden in April. Struggled first 3 starts in handicaps but back on track equipped with a first-time visor when 2 lengths fifth of 10 at Kempton (6f) 5 weeks ago. Needs to prove she can build on that here.

Form: 0-16905

(4)

Katar^p,t²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: B A Curtis| T: Mrs R Ford| OR: 56

6/1

9/2 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, possibly did too much on the front end when sixth of 10 in handicap at Salisbury (6f, good to firm) 20 days ago. Remains a maiden but no forlorn hope if ridden with a little more restraint here.

Form: 353446

(10)

Starjik²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: C Lee| T: Ewan Whillans| OR: 49| CD

12/1

C&D winner who dispelled a lesser effort back from 8 weeks off when second in a C&D handicap in August. However, proved disappointing when last of 9 back here 3 weeks ago, ridden over 2f out and fading.

Form: 663029

(11)

Dresden Green^b⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 45

28/1

Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. 66/1, eleventh of 12 in handicap at Redcar (7f, good to firm) 8 days ago. Something to find on form.

Form: 609600

Non-Runners

(12)

Phoenix Glow²⁹

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: J Channon J: George Bass

(8)

Macho Mania⁵

Weight: 8-12| Age: 3

T: P S McEntee J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Agostino (11/4), Phoenix Glow (7/2), Selina's Star (5/1), Ben Dikduk (11/2), Katar (6/1), Poweredbylove (9/1), Bernard Spierpoint (10/1), Moonlight Dreamer (10/1), Starjik (12/1), Macho Mania (16/1), Tarbet (18/1), Dresden Green (28/1)

SELINA'S STAR remains a maiden but she got firmly back on track equipped with first-time blinkers when runner-up in a C&D handicap 21 days ago and she could be the answer provided the headgear has the desired effect once more. Agostino and Phoenix Glow are others fancied to be in the mix.