20:00 Chelmsford City

Saturday 9 March 2024

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Sudbury Sapphires Handicap

Off time: 20:02 | Winning time: 1m 39.01s

(1)

Cue's Beau²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: K Shoemark| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 72

13/2

15/2, respectable fourth of 10 in handicap at Kempton (7f) 24 days ago. Dropped another 2 lb and it remains early days.

Form: 2221-34

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(8)

Shot Of Love^b,h¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 72| C

12/1

Course winner in February. Not in the same form (unable to dominate) when sixth of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW, 9/1) 15 days ago.

Form: 835-716

(5)

Strategia³¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Jack Gilligan| T: M Botti| OR: 72

9/2

Tenth of 12 in handicap at Pisa (7.6f, good to soft) 79 days ago. Market check advised having rejoined former yard.

Form: 553/44-

(7)

Eddie Temple^h¹⁷⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Rhiain Ingram⁽³⁾| T: R Ingram| OR: 72

28/1

Given far too much to do on first outing since leaving Owen Burrows when third of 8 in handicap at Sandown (10f, good, 66/1) 6 months ago. May well need this on return.

Form: 8/85663-

(9)

Wadacre Grace¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: F Norton| T: C Johnston| OR: 70| CD

10/3

C&D winner. Four wins from 22 runs last year. Latest success here in February. 9/1, shaped as if still in good form when fourth of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW) 15 days ago, running on despite looking ungainly.

Form: 32-5414

(3)

Smart Deal^p¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: K T O'Neill| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 69| CD

3/1

C&D winner in November. 15/2, confirmed return to form when second of 5 in handicap at this course (7f) 16 days ago, just failing. Merits consideration from 1 lb higher.

Form: 10-5052

(2)

Brunel Charm¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Saffie Osborne| T: L Carter| OR: 68

9/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2022. Bounced back to form with blinkers left off when second of 9 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 18/1) 17 days ago, well positioned. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 2790-62

(6)

Daphne May⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Billy Garritty| T: G & J Moore| OR: 66| D

40/1

Four wins from 15 runs last year. Made little impact in a higher grade than she need contest after 6 months off when last of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, AW, 125/1) 8 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 12157-9

(4)

Got No Dollars^p,t³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Grace McEntee⁽³⁾| T: S C Williams| OR: 60| BF| C| D

8/1

Course winner. Latest win at Kempton in January. Again ran well when second of 10 in handicap (7/4) at Kempton (8f) 5 weeks ago, clear of rest. Should be bang there again.

Form: 2434-12

Forecasts

Smart Deal (3/1), Wadacre Grace (10/3), Strategia (9/2), Cue's Beau (13/2), Got No Dollars (8/1), Brunel Charm (9/1), Shot Of Love (12/1), Eddie Temple (28/1), Daphne May (40/1)

BRUNEL CHARM bounced back to form with the blinkers left off when finishing runner-up at Kempton last month, so Lee Carter's relatively new recruit gets the nod to go one better and snap a losing streak closing in on a couple of years. Smart Deal ran a cracker when edged out over 1m here recently, so he heads up the opposition, with Got No Dollars and Cue's Bow also fancied to go well.