19:50 Chelmsford City

Saturday 12 October 2024

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Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Handicap

Off time: 19:50 | Winning time: 58.53s

(4)

Marching Mac^t⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: Grace McEntee⁽³⁾| T: P S McEntee| OR: 62| BF| D

2/1

Career best when easily winning 7-runner handicap at Brighton (5.3f, good to soft, 10/3) 4 days ago, going clear over 1f out. Unpenalised for recent wide-margin win so very much the one to beat.

Form: 501241

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(3)

Kento^b²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Jason Watson| T: Tom Clover| OR: 60| BF

9/4

Wasn't in the same form as last time when sixth of 9 in handicap (5/2) at Windsor (5.1f, good) 26 days ago. Was runner-up on penultimate start over C&D in August so fancied to get back on track.

Form: 648326

(6)

Man On A Mission²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: T P Queally| T: P & J Clutterbuck| OR: 60| D

28/1

17/2, ran poorly back at 5f after 4 months off when last of 11 in handicap at this C&D 23 days ago. Bounce back required.

Form: 302460

(1)

Papa Don't Preach^b1¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Joe Leavy⁽³⁾| T: K Frost| OR: 58| D

9/4

Sixteen runs since last win in 2023. 14/1, run best excused when eighth of 9 in handicap at Catterick (5f, soft) 10 days ago, hampered start and marooned in no-man's land in centre of the track for the first half of the race. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 946358

(2)

Sacred Melody¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 57

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, ran no sort of race when last of 12 in handicap at Beverley (5f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 7-0080

(5)

Colors Of Freedom¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: L Morris| T: Joe Ponting| OR: 50| D

7/1

Attracted support having slipped a long way in the weights for current connections and ended a 20-month losing run in 8-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f, 13/2) 19 days ago. 3 lb higher here and holds solid place claims.

Form: 345461

(7)

Belvoir Kitten²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: A J Farragher| T: D Shaw| OR: 45

125/1

100/1, again showed little when eighth of 11 in handicap at this C&D 23 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 967498

Forecasts

Marching Mac (2/1), Papa Don't Preach (9/4), Kento (9/4), Colors Of Freedom (7/1), Man On A Mission (28/1), Sacred Melody (50/1), Belvoir Kitten (125/1)

MARCHING MAC goes unpenalised for his recent wide-margin win at Brighton on Tuesday so, provided this doesn't come too soon, Phil McEntee's 3-y-o is strongly fancied to notch career success number 3. Second choice is Colors of Freedom, who ended a 20-month losing run at Wolverhampton last month, while Kento was runner-up over C&D on his penultimate outing and can leave a lesser effort behind back at this track.