18:45 Chelmsford City

Saturday 13 January 2024

All16:1516:4517:1517:4518:1518:4519:15

CCR Handicap

Off time: 18:48 | Winning time: 1m 38.84s

(3)

Media Guest⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: K Stott| T: Mark Gillard| OR: 62

17/2

One win from 29 Flat runs. Respectable sixth of 12 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW, 10/1) 49 days ago, nearest finish.

Form: 347536-

(8)

Legende d'Art^p²³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: J Mitchell| T: H Spiller| OR: 62| C

15/2

Course winner. 4/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at this course (6f) 23 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Up in trip.

Form: 7/40326-

(2)

Harry The Haggler^t⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Marco Ghiani| T: S C Williams| OR: 61| BF| D

1/1

Latest win at Kempton in November. Creditable third of 9 in handicap (3/1) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 8 days ago, slowly away. Respected.

Form: 32141-3

(1)

Chourmo⁴³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: L P Keniry| T: Mark Gillard| OR: 61

150/1

Seventh of 10 in nursery at this C&D (14/1). Off 14 months. First run for yard after leaving Mick Channon.

Form: 236487/

(4)

Mitigator¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-6| J: Grace McEntee⁽³⁾| T: Jack Jones| OR: 60| D

6/1

Improved on recent efforts to win 7-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 9/4) 14 days ago, digging deep. Merits consideration.

Form: 925021-

(9)

H Key Lails²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Paddy Bradley⁽³⁾| T: M J Attwater| OR: 58

10/1

Respectable fifth of 11 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW, 16/1) 24 days ago.

Form: 655365-

(6)

High Court Judge¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: R Coakley| T: H Spiller| OR: 58| CD

15/2

C&D winner. Creditable third of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 12/1) 14 days ago, well positioned.

Form: P70373-

(11)

Waleyfa^h²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: K T O'Neill| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 57| CD

18/1

Three wins from 11 runs last year. Hooded for 1st time, creditable fourth of 11 in handicap (28/1) at Lingfield (8f, AW) 24 days ago, left poorly placed. Back to a potentially lenient mark.

Form: 572504-

(10)

Hurricane Kiko^b³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Josephine Gordon| T: Miss J Feilden| OR: 57| CD

33/1

C&D winner. Visored for 1st time, eleventh of 12 in handicap (25/1) at Lingfield (10f, AW) 31 days ago. Blinkers back on.

Form: 200400-

Non-Runners

(5)

Pavlodar²²

Weight: 9-9| Age: 5

T: M Appleby J: Non Runner

(7)

Brazen Arrow⁴

Weight: 8-6| Age: 6

T: Mrs C A Dunnett J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Harry The Haggler (1/1), Mitigator (6/1), Legende d'Art (15/2), High Court Judge (15/2), Pavlodar (8/1), Media Guest (17/2), H Key Lails (10/1), Waleyfa (18/1), Brazen Arrow (25/1), Hurricane Kiko (33/1), Chourmo (150/1)

WALEYFA shaped as if back in form when fourth at Lingfield last month, left poorly placed given how things unfolded, and she's potentially on a good mark if building on that. Mitigator showed a good attitude to justify market support at Wolverhampton 2 weeks ago and is next best ahead of Pavlodar, who should come on for his yard debut.