16:50 Chelmsford City

Saturday 28 September 2024

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Betfair Safer Gambling Tools Nursery

Off time: 16:50 | Winning time: 1m 25.13s

(9)

Khutulun^p1⁹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-10| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J Ferguson| OR: 56

7/1

16/1, again offered little when ninth of 12 in novice at Newbury (6f, good to firm) 3 months ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Still looks a work in progress and can't be written off on handicap debut.

Form: 599

(3)

City Captain¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: Shariq Mohd⁽⁷⁾| T: S Kirk| OR: 55

11/1

Fared little better when ninth of 10 in maiden at Bath (8f, good, 80/1) 2 weeks ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 559

(7)

Havana Club^h¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Finley Marsh| T: W Greatrex| OR: 53

4/1

7/1, fourth of 7 in nursery at Leicester (7f, good to soft) 18 days ago, leading until under 2f out. Hood back on. Enters calculations.

Form: 85034

(4)

Poke The Bear^p¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Jonny Peate| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 52

22/1

18/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, couldn't land much of a blow after a sluggish start when sixth of 12 on nursery debut at Kempton (7f) 12 days ago.

Form: 9576

(8)

Mehmasself And I^v,t1³⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: R Coakley| T: Tom Dascombe| OR: 51

7/1

7/1 and visored for 1st time, fourth of 7 on nursery debut at Kempton (7f) 38 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 0404

(11)

Adelaide Bay²⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: Marco Ghiani| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam| OR: 50

9/4

Fared no better upped in trip after 13 weeks off when sixth of 7 in maiden (11/1) at Brighton (7f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 086

(10)

Fregola²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: Joe Leavy⁽³⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 50

22/1

22/1, below form eighth of 13 in nursery at this C&D 4 weeks ago, short of room final 1f. Others more persuasive.

Form: 877778

(2)

Twilight Poppy¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: S D Bowen⁽³⁾| T: K Frost| OR: 48

28/1

50/1, showed a bit more than previously but didn't go about it in a likeable way when fifth of 10 in nursery at Thirsk (6f, good) 12 days ago, never nearer having gone with little fluency. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 99045

(6)

Ruby Rascal²⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Charlie Bennett| T: J Parr| OR: 46

40/1

Again offered little when seventh of 8 in nursery (17/2) at Brighton (6f, good) just under 4 weeks ago. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 68577

(5)

Lift Lady^t¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Hollie Doyle| T: K P De Foy| OR: 46

5/1

17/2 and tongue strap on for 1st time, offered little when fourth of 7 in nursery at Newcastle (7.1f) 11 days ago, merely closing up late. Hollie Doyle an interesting booking and she could fare better on just her second all-weather start.

Form: 637834

(1)

Top Biller⁴²

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Hayley Turner| T: J A Osborne| OR: 45

16/1

Well held in minor event/maidens. Back up in trip. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 006

(14)

Ardads Dream^p¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Laura Coughlan⁽³⁾| T: M D I Usher| OR: 45

50/1

50/1 and visored for 1st time, again showed little when ninth of 12 in nursery at Bath (8f, good to firm) just under a fortnight ago.

Form: 90969

Non-Runners

(13)

Me Tarzan¹²

Weight: 9-7| Age: 2

T: J R Fanshawe J: Non Runner

(12)

Freak Encounter⁹

Weight: 8-13| Age: 2

T: J A Osborne J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Adelaide Bay (9/4), Havana Club (4/1), Me Tarzan (4/1), Freak Encounter (9/2), Lift Lady (5/1), Khutulun (7/1), Mehmasself And I (7/1), City Captain (11/1), Top Biller (16/1), Fregola (22/1), Poke The Bear (22/1), Twilight Poppy (28/1), Ruby Rascal (40/1), Ardads Dream (50/1)

ME TARZAN shaped better than the bare result making his nursery debut at Kempton recently and remains with potential. Havana Club, Khutulun and Lift Lady round off the shortlist.