14:50 Chelmsford City

Friday 29 March 2024

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Off time: 14:50 | Winning time: 1m 11.58s

(14)

Eighth Army^p1¹⁵³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Laura Coughlan⁽³⁾| T: A Watson| OR: 70

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden over 6f at 2 yrs. Off 153 days. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Makes handicap debut and potential for better still this term.

Form: 766-

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(8)

Kapparis Kid³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: N Callan| T: J Ryan| OR: 70| CD

33/1

Temperamental sort. C&D winner. Fifth of 8 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f, 25/1) 36 days ago. Work to do.

Form: R81-645

(11)

High Violet¹⁶⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: D Loughnane| OR: 70

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Off 168 days. Makes handicap debut. Best effort at 2 yrs came first time up.

Form: 445-

(7)

Old Chums^p³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin| T: Tom Dascombe| OR: 70| D

11/2

3/1, career best when winning 7-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 35 days ago. Improving and he can go well again.

Form: 639-131

(13)

Sovereign Knight^p,t⁴⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: S De Sousa| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 70| D

9/2

7/4 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, improved when winning 9-runner event at Lingfield (6f, AW) 47 days ago, always holding on. More needed again now handicapping.

Form: 4-321

(4)

Hot Front⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Colin Keane| T: P D Evans| OR: 70

12/1

Winner at Lingfield in August. 40/1, eighth of 10 in handicap at Kempton (6f) 40 days ago. Previous Lingfield second was a lot better.

Form: 154-428

(1)

Brunel Nation²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Finley Marsh| T: R Hughes| OR: 69

6/4

Lightly-raced maiden. Off 5 months, sixth of 8 in handicap at Kempton (6f, well-backed 4/1) 23 days ago, left poorly placed. A six-figure breeze-ups buy last year, he looks the part and remains open to improvement.

Form: 868-6

(9)

Reveal³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 69

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 8/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, seventh of 8 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f) 36 days ago. Tricky to fancy.

Form: 79-537

(6)

Split The Profit^p¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Callum Shepherd| T: M Murphy & M Keady| OR: 68

10/1

Very good second of 11 in handicap at Southwell (5f, 10/1) 15 days ago, almost running down a well-backed winner who showed bags of speed, coming clear of the others. This is tougher.

Form: 547-472

(10)

Runaround Sioux⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Jack Gilligan| T: B R Millman| OR: 68| CD

9/1

Improved when winning 8-runner event on handicap bow over C&D in February, overcoming positional bias. Not seen to best effect when sixth of 9 in handicap (13/2) at Southwell (7.1f) 8 days ago, never nearer. Retains potential.

Form: 5-6616

(2)

Lochaber²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: S H James| T: K R Burke| OR: 65

12/1

10/1, fifth of 7 in handicap at Newcastle (6f) 22 days ago, too free after 7 months off. Makes polytrack debut. Difficult ask.

Form: 46542-5

(3)

Gogo Yubari⁷^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: K T O'Neill| T: Dylan Cunha| OR: 59| D

28/1

9/1, career best when winning 9-runner handicap at Lingfield (6f, AW) 7 days ago. Has had a good year already with 2 victories for new yard but this is tougher under a penalty.

Form: 7-31241

Non-Runners

(5)

Cloud King³

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: R M H Cowell J: J P Spencer

(12)

Miners Gamble¹¹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: B Ellison J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Cloud King (8/11), Brunel Nation (6/4), Sovereign Knight (9/2), Old Chums (11/2), Runaround Sioux (9/1), Split The Profit (10/1), Miners Gamble (10/1), Lochaber (12/1), Hot Front (12/1), Gogo Yubari (28/1), Eighth Army (28/1), Kapparis Kid (33/1), High Violet (40/1), Reveal (66/1)

Hard to see past CLOUD KING who won as his rider liked on his handicap debut at Southwell on Tuesday and looks sure to go on improving. Brunel Nation and Runaround Sioux are a couple of interesting rivals who remain with potential.