14:35 Chelmsford City

Thursday 11 September 2025

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Off time: 14:35 | Winning time: 59.52s

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Dark Side Prince^p²³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: George Wood| T: Jessica Macey| OR: 59| CD

2/1

Five-time C&D winner. Creditable fifth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f, 20/1) 23 days ago. Cheekpieces back on and minor place money is probably the best his connections can hope for.

Form: 7-73325

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(10)

Cabeza De Llave²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Tommie Jakes⁽⁵⁾| T: M J Attwater| OR: 58| CD

9/2

Three-time C&D winner. 9/1, creditable third of 10 in handicap at Windsor (5.1f, good to firm) 31 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 42243V

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Flicka's Girl²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: James Glennon⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Attwater| OR: 59| D

33/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in August. Respectable third of 6 in handicap (7/1) at Lingfield (5f, AW) 21 days ago. Not discounted.

Form: 463413

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Startling³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Edward Greatrex| T: D O'Meara| OR: 59| CD

9/4

C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2024. Good second of 11 in handicap (11/2) at Newcastle (5f) 3 days ago. Likely to be on the premises once more.

Form: 336522

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Sir Rodneyredblood^p³⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: Harry Davies| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 57| CD

8/1

Five-time C&D winner. Latest win here in February. 7/1, fourth of 7 in minor event at Yarmouth (5.2f, firm) 36 days ago. Likely to find a few of these too strong.

Form: 515754

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She Went Whoosh⁹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: N Callan| T: R Hannon| OR: 58| D

28/1

Winner at Lingfield in April. Fifth of 7 in handicap (15/2) at this C&D. Off 91 days and others make more appeal from a win standpoint.

Form: 516555

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Chasing Gold³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: H Crouch| T: Michael Keady| OR: 56

10/1

Hooded for 1st time, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap (18/1) at Nottingham (5f, good to soft) 35 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Yard also saddles Commendation.

Form: 850-434

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Commendation^p¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Taryn Langley⁽⁵⁾| T: Michael Keady| OR: 55| D

16/1

9/1, respectable fifth of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (6f, AW) 16 days ago, never nearer. Continues to edge down the weights and she's an each-way candidate.

Form: 044595

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Dubai Magic^p²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Jonny Peate| T: M Crawley| OR: 53

28/1

Second of 7 in handicap at this C&D (18/1) 28 days ago, but she's by no means certain to back that up, given her somewhat hit-and-miss profile.

Form: 566082

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Maris Angel²

Weight: 10-0| Age: 4

T: Fionn McSharry J: O McSweeney

Forecasts

Dark Side Prince (2/1), Startling (9/4), Maris Angel (11/4), Cabeza De Llave (9/2), Sir Rodneyredblood (8/1), Chasing Gold (10/1), Commendation (16/1), Dubai Magic (28/1), She Went Whoosh (28/1), Flicka's Girl (33/1)

The vote goes to CABEZA DE LLAVE, who is now 3 lb lower in the weights compared to when notching his third C&D success last October and he has been knocking on the door of late. Startling has also been promising to come good in recent starts and she is shortlisted, along with the selection's stablemate Flicka's Girl. Maris Angel would have a huge chance if able to reproduce the form of her Wolverhampton win earlier this month.