20:30 Chelmsford City

Thursday 13 February 2025

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Off time: 20:30 | Winning time: 2m 5.48s

(8)

Switchel^b1,t²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Rossa Ryan| T: H Morrison| OR: 68| CD

9/4

C&D winner. 7/2, fourth of 7 in handicap at this C&D 28 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Enters calculations.

Form: 32123-4

(5)

Palazzo Persico^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: H Crouch| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 67| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in December. 9/1, last of 9 in handicap at this C&D 14 days ago. Blinkers back on.

Form: 4816-49

(3)

Solanna³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J Butler| OR: 66| BF| D

3/1

Latest win at Kempton in December. Creditable second of 6 in handicap (15/8) at this C&D 35 days ago. Respected.

Form: 37531-2

(7)

Cloud Free^t1³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: S M Levey| T: T Ward| OR: 63| C

5/2

Winner here in October. First run since leaving Michael Bell when good third of 10 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, AW, 9/1) 31 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 96415-3

(1)

Muhib⁹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Luke Catton⁽³⁾| T: Olly Williams| OR: 62

66/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, first run since leaving John & Thady Gosden when last of 11 in maiden at Southwell (12.1f) 98 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Uphill task.

Form: 030-

(4)

Mc'ted^p³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: Alice Bond⁽⁷⁾| T: Michael Keady| OR: 60| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Four wins from 15 runs last year. Latest win at Pontefract in September. 50/1, eighth of 10 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, AW) 31 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Joseph Parr.

Form: 10529-8

(9)

Jenson Benson⁶³

Age: 7| Weight: 8-11| J: Gina Mangan| T: S Lycett| OR: 56| BF| CD

10/1

4-time course winner. Eighteen runs since last win in 2023. 3/1, respectable sixth of 13 in handicap at this C&D 63 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 624366-

Non-Runners

(6)

Timetobenice¹⁹

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: M Botti J: Hollie Doyle

(2)

Fihrayn²²

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: R Hannon J: Joe Leavy

Forecasts

Switchel (9/4), Cloud Free (5/2), Solanna (3/1), Palazzo Persico (6/1), Fihrayn (6/1), Timetobenice (13/2), Jenson Benson (10/1), Mc'ted (16/1), Muhib (66/1)

SOLANNA wasn't seen to best effect here last time and continues in good form, so gets the vote over Jenson Benson and Switchel.