17:45 Chelmsford City

Thursday 9 October 2025

All16:0016:3517:1017:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:15

'Timeform Sprint Series Qualifier' Handicap

Off time: 17:46 | Winning time: 58.58s

(4)

General Assembly⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: L Morris| T: C Hobson| OR: 64| D

4/1

Respectable fourth of 9 in handicap at this C&D (15/2) 42 days ago. Enters calculations off this 1 lb lower mark.

Form: 278434

(6)

Level Up^b⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: N Callan| T: P D Evans| OR: 64| D

11/2

Fifth of 6 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f, 11/2) 5 days ago, slowly away. Blinkers back on and, chances are, this 6-y-o will find one or two too good once more.

Form: 444365

(1)

Startling⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Edward Greatrex| T: D O'Meara| OR: 63| CD

10/3

C&D winner. Latest win here in September. Respectable sixth of 13 in handicap at Newcastle (5f, 16/1) 7 days ago. Others make more appeal from a win point of view.

Form: 652216

(3)

Nad Alshiba Snow^p²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Marco Ghiani| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 61

22/1

Ninth of 13 in handicap at Redcar (5f, good to firm, 40/1) 23 days ago and she needs to bounce back.

Form: 52-3469

(9)

Harry Brown¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Rhys Clutterbuck| T: P Crate| OR: 59| CD

22/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Lingfield in April. 6/1, ninth of 10 in handicap back there (5f, AW) 16 days ago, merely closing up late. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 016339

(2)

Dark Side Prince^p²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: Darragh Keenan| T: Jessica Macey| OR: 58| BF| CD

6/1

Five-time C&D winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2024. 2/1, 1¾ lengths sixth of 9 to Startling in handicap at this C&D 28 days ago. Solid each-way claims.

Form: 733256

(7)

One For Harvey^p³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Dylan Hogan| T: J & S Birkett| OR: 58| D

14/1

Winner at Nottingham in May. 10/1, last of 8 in handicap at Bath (5.7f, soft) 36 days ago. 0-7 on the AW and she's probably worth taking on.

Form: 518548

(5)

Cabeza De Llave²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Tommie Jakes⁽⁵⁾| T: M J Attwater| OR: 58| CD

5/2

Three-time C&D winner. Respectable 1¼ lengths third of 9 to Startling in handicap (9/2) at this C&D 28 days ago, worst of draw. Treated more kindly by the draw this time and he has to be taken seriously.

Form: 2243V3

(8)

Shalaa Asker^t,p¹⁸⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 8-11| J: Hollie Doyle| T: C Wallis| OR: 52| CD

40/1

C&D winner. Twenty-one runs since last win in 2023. 11/1, last of 12 in handicap at Brighton (6f, good). Off 180 days and needs to bounce back in a major way.

Form: 87-6660

Non-Runners

(10)

Fancy Dancer¹⁹

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: Ollie Sangster J: Mason Paetel

(11)

Juno Star¹

Weight: 8-9| Age: 3

T: P J McBride J: S De Sousa

Forecasts

Cabeza De Llave (5/2), Startling (10/3), General Assembly (4/1), Level Up (11/2), Dark Side Prince (6/1), Fancy Dancer (10/1), Juno Star (10/1), One For Harvey (14/1), Harry Brown (22/1), Nad Alshiba Snow (22/1), Shalaa Asker (40/1)

A deserved success beckons for CABEZA DE LLAVE, who shaped better than the bare result when third to Startling over C&D last month and, now 4 lb better off with that rival and handed a better draw this time, the 6-y-o is taken to emerge on top. Dark Side Prince is broadly consistent and is second choice ahead of General Assembly and the aforementioned Startling.