14:50 Chelmsford City

Saturday 6 April 2024

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Racing Value At bet365 Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 14:55 | Winning time: 2m 7.18s

(9)

Lucidity²⁰⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Morgan Cole⁽³⁾| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 61

28/1

Fifth of 6 in handicap at Brighton (9.9f, good to soft, 9/2). Off 6 months.

Form: 9/67325-

(2)

Mc'ted⁴^{(ex 5)}

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Alice Bond⁽⁷⁾| T: J Parr| OR: 55| D

9/2

Improved on recent efforts to win 10-runner handicap (16/1) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 4 days ago, driven out. Needs considering under a penalty.

Form: 292-841

(6)

Optik^b⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: George Bass| T: D M Simcock| OR: 59| CD

9/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in March. 11/2, bit below form sixth of 14 in handicap at Southwell (11.1f) 6 days ago.

Form: 676126

(1)

Twilight Guest^p²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Mikkel Mortensen⁽⁷⁾| T: G G Margarson| OR: 59| BF

9/2

Remains a maiden after 17 Flat runs. 3 lengths last of 7 to Optik in handicap (11/4) at this C&D 28 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 8254-27

(8)

Frankfreya¹⁸⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Mia Nicholls⁽⁵⁾| T: Darryll Holland| OR: 58| BF| CD

10/1

C&D winner. 11/4, bit below form eighth of 13 in handicap at this C&D. Off 6 months. First run for yard after leaving Roger Teal. Others more persuasive.

Form: 4/97818-

(4)

Come On John¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Harry Burns| T: M J Attwater| OR: 57| D

10/1

Three wins from 20 runs last year. 10/3, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 14 days ago, slowly away. Has fallen to a workable mark.

Form: 687-554

(11)

Reverberation¹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 9-5| J: Joe Leavy⁽⁵⁾| T: J S Moore| OR: 56| CD

4/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in January. 11/1, creditable second of 7 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 18 days ago, running on. Enters calculations.

Form: 5-12322

(7)

Sir Joseph Swan¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Hana Macdonald⁽⁷⁾| T: A Watson| OR: 55| C

125/1

Course winner. Twelfth of 14 in handicap at Southwell (12.1f, 125/1) 11 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 7018-00

(3)

Platinum Prince^v³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: Anna Gibson⁽⁷⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 55| D

11/1

Unreliable individual. Twelve runs since last win in 2022. 7/2, seventh of 10 in handicap at this C&D 37 days ago.

Form: 38455-7

(5)

Crazy Maisie³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Liam Wright⁽⁵⁾| T: M R Hoad| OR: 52| BF| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in November. 15/8, creditable fourth of 12 in handicap at Kempton (11f) 31 days ago.

Form: 15-5474

Non-Runners

(10)

Laurentia⁵⁵

Weight: 8-9| Age: 8

T: J E Long J: Callum Hutchinson

Forecasts

Reverberation (4/1), Mc'ted (9/2), Optik (9/2), Twilight Guest (9/2), Come On John (10/1), Crazy Maisie (10/1), Frankfreya (10/1), Platinum Prince (11/1), Laurentia (25/1), Lucidity (28/1), Sir Joseph Swan (125/1)

REVERBERATION continues to run well, simply unlucky to bump into one on a sharp upward curve at Wolverhampton last time, and he remains one to be interested in at this level. Mc'Ted was revived all of a sudden when scoring at Wolverhampton and remains potentially on a good mark under a penalty, while Come On John is threatening to come good now dipped below his last winning mark.