18:00 Chelmsford City

Thursday 7 December 2023

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Liam Taylor Legacy Handicap

Off time: 18:05 | Winning time: 2m 4.21s

(10)

Buxted Too²²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: D C Costello| T: Ian Williams| OR: 84| CD

33/1

C&D winner. 5 wins from 10 runs this year. 50/1, thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Kempton (12f) 22 days ago, left poorly placed.

Form: 131540

(11)

Law Supreme⁴⁸³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: P Mathers| T: Ian Williams| OR: 83

100/1

76/10 and tongue strap on for 1st time, fourth of 10 in claimer at Deauville (9.4f). Off 16 months. First run for yard after leaving A. & G. Botti. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 521644-

(8)

Silver Gunn³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: P J McDonald| T: M Botti| OR: 83| D

11/1

Latest win at Windsor in July. 28/1, fourth of 7 in handicap at this C&D 30 days ago. Could strip fitter for latest effort.

Form: 6-37144

(2)

Vellner²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Jordan Williams⁽⁵⁾| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 82| D

66/1

80/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Kempton (12f) 22 days ago, unable to sustain effort.

Form: 41-5370

(5)

Liseo^p,t³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Harry Davies| T: S & E Crisford| OR: 81| CD

5/2

C&D winner. Winner here in September. 10/1, good fourth of 12 in handicap at Kempton (11f) 31 days ago, faring best of those held up. Shortlist material.

Form: 722144

(3)

Borgi^p1²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: S Woods| OR: 81

11/2

Good second of 7 in handicap (4/1) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 23 days ago, having run of race. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Not discounted.

Form: 216-582

(9)

Throne Hall¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Joshua Bryan| T: A Watson| OR: 80| D

66/1

Nineteen runs since last win in 2021. 40/1, eleventh of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 12 days ago. Hard to fancy.

Form: 0-09090

(4)

King's Code¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Rossa Ryan| T: P D Evans| OR: 82

85/40

4 wins from 9 runs this year. Latest win at Wolverhampton in October. Creditable fourth of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 7/1) 12 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Not taken lightly.

Form: 131104

(7)

True Statesman¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: J Mitchell| T: C Johnston| OR: 80| C

14/1

Course winner. Tenth of 11 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f, 14/1) 13 days ago. Up in trip. Something to prove at present.

Form: 003-890

(1)

Silver Nightfall^p1⁶⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Finley Marsh| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 76

14/1

3 wins from 10 runs this year. Latest win at Kempton in August. Bit below form sixth of 10 in handicap at Newcastle (12.4f, 9/2) 69 days ago, slowly away. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 443146

(6)

Penzance²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 73

5/1

First run since leaving Simon & Ed Crisford when creditable fourth of 10 in handicap (9/2) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 23 days ago. Still unexposed and probably has a bigger effort in him.

Form: 895294

Non-Runners

(12)

Rogue Soldier³¹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: Tom Clover J: Non Runner

Forecasts

King's Code (85/40), Liseo (5/2), Penzance (5/1), Borgi (11/2), Rogue Soldier (6/1), Silver Gunn (11/1), True Statesman (14/1), Silver Nightfall (14/1), Buxted Too (33/1), Throne Hall (66/1), Vellner (66/1), Law Supreme (100/1)

LISEO scored over C&D in September and shaped as if still ahead of his mark when fourth at Kempton last time, faring best of those held up. As such he gets the nod over his former stablemate Penzance, who should strip fitter for his latest outing. Borgi and Rogue Soldier are also considered.