20:00 Chelmsford City

Thursday 21 December 2023

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Support The Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 20:01 | Winning time: 1m 11.31s

(6)

Starsong^h²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: David Egan| T: M Appleby| OR: 66| BF| CD

7/2

C&D winner. 16/5, respectable sixth of 11 in handicap at Southwell (7.1f) 27 days ago, unable to sustain effort.

Form: 247236

(5)

Thank The Lord^v¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Rossa Ryan| T: S Hodgson| OR: 64| CD

16/5

3 wins from 12 runs this year. Career best when winning 10-runner handicap (10/3) at this C&D 14 days ago, keeping on well. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 014241

(2)

Daytona Lady³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 64| C| D

15/2

Course winner. 28/1, good fourth of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 34 days ago.

Form: 005794

(1)

Legende d'Art^p¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: J Mitchell| T: H Spiller| OR: 63| C

4/1

Course winner. Creditable second of 9 in handicap at this course (7f, 11/2) 14 days ago, just failing. Player.

Form: 47-4032

(7)

Alafdhal³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Josephine Gordon| T: P S McEntee| OR: 62| CD

17/2

4-time C&D winner. 66/1, fifth of 9 in handicap at this C&D 30 days ago.

Form: 658705

(8)

Phoenix Glow⁷³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Jonathan Fisher⁽⁵⁾| T: D Shaw| OR: 62| CD

100/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Brighton in August. 14/1, bit below form ninth of 15 in handicap at Windsor (6f, good to firm) 73 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Jack Channon.

Form: 651329

(4)

Sir Rodneyredblood^p⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Marco Ghiani| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 61| CD

4/1

6-time course winner. Third of 5 in handicap at Lingfield (6f, AW, 2/1) 46 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 639633

(3)

Captain Wentworth¹⁰⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Harry Burns⁽³⁾| T: J Butler| OR: 60

16/1

Respectable sixth of 10 in handicap at Kempton (7f, 5/1). Off 106 days.

Form: 304276

(9)

Due Date^v¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Dylan Hogan| T: C Wallis| OR: 52

50/1

Respectable fifth of 12 in handicap (50/1) at this C&D 10 days ago.

Form: 006975

Non-Runners

(10)

Dazzerling¹⁴

Weight: 8-4| Age: 4

T: P S McEntee J: Tyler Heard

Forecasts

Thank The Lord (16/5), Starsong (7/2), Sir Rodneyredblood (4/1), Legende d'Art (4/1), Daytona Lady (15/2), Alafdhal (17/2), Captain Wentworth (16/1), Dazzerling (33/1), Due Date (50/1), Phoenix Glow (100/1)

THANK THE LORD confirmed himself on the upgrade when a decisive winner over C&D 2 weeks ago and looks one to keep on the right side of at this level. Legende d'Art only just failed here last time and is next best ahead of Sir Rodneyredblood.