18:45 Chelmsford City

Thursday 17 October 2024

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Play Different With Betfair Handicap

Off time: 18:46 | Winning time: 1m 23.26s

(5)

Local Music⁷^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Ray Dawson| T: M Crawley| OR: 76| CD

11/10

3 wins from 7 runs this year. 4/1, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at this C&D 7 days ago. Carries penalty. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 414121

(3)

Bell Shot¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 76| D

11/2

Latest win at Beverley in July. 10/3, creditable fourth of 14 in handicap at Kempton (7f) 15 days ago, racing closer to pace than ideal. Not taken lightly.

Form: 152264

(7)

Extrication³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Rossa Ryan| T: R A Teal| OR: 75

16/1

Last of 10 in handicap (7/1) at Salisbury (6f, good to soft) 34 days ago. Has a bit to prove on the back of that.

Form: 6-32700

(6)

How Impressive^t,v¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Oisin Murphy| T: H Palmer| OR: 75| D

7/2

3 wins from 15 runs this year. Good second of 10 in handicap at this course (6f, 6/1) 19 days ago. Heading back in the right direction recently and big shout.

Form: 447032

(4)

Sir Oliver^p²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: C A Dwyer| OR: 72| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2023. 16/1, ninth of 13 in handicap at this C&D 28 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Dropped to a handy mark.

Form: 598669

(1)

Ataser^p⁷⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Aidan Keeley| T: T Kent| OR: 69| D

22/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2022. 14/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Newmarket (7f, good) 76 days ago, merely closing up late. Makes polytrack debut. Cheekpieces back on. Has work to do.

Form: 25309-5

(8)

King Of War^t¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: S D Bowen⁽³⁾| T: M Wigham| OR: 65| D

50/1

15/2, ninth of 10 in handicap at Yarmouth (6f, good to soft) 10 days ago. In good form prior to that so not readily discounted.

Form: 484329

(9)

Twitch^b⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 8-8| J: Georgia Dobie| T: Craig Benton| OR: 60| BF| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in September. 11/10, respectable 2½ lengths fourth of 10 to Wilde And Dandy in handicap at this C&D 5 days ago. Not ruled out.

Form: 592114

Non-Runners

(2)

Wilde And Dandy⁵

Weight: 8-12| Age: 4

T: I Furtado J: Joey Haynes

Forecasts

Local Music (11/10), How Impressive (7/2), Bell Shot (11/2), Wilde And Dandy (13/2), Sir Oliver (9/1), Extrication (16/1), Twitch (16/1), Ataser (22/1), King Of War (50/1)

HOW IMPRESSIVE isn't the most straightforward but he's well treated and benefited from a return to polytrack when second here last time, so he gets the narrow vote over last-time-out winner Local Music, who is certainly going the right way. Bell Shot is another one to consider.