16:12 Chelmsford City
Sunday 11 January 2026
All13:4214:1214:4215:1215:4216:1216:42
Betfred Play Fred's 5 Million Handicap
- 4YO plus  |  Class 6  |  7f  |  Standard  |  11 Runners  |  Polytrack  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 16:12Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 1m 26.68s
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Horse A-Z
Show odds
Well-backed fifth penultimate start. Cheekpieces on for first time, eleventh of 12 in handicap at Newcastle (5f, 11/2) 10 days ago, slowly away and raced freely. Hood replace cheekpieces and will need to settle better tackling 7f for first time.
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Lurking on a handy mark and again shaped well on reappearance when keeping on fifth of 12 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW) 20 days ago, going well when denied a run early in straight. Remains one to be interested in at this level.
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Hooded for first time (retained) and fared no better than of late when twelfth of 14 in handicap at Southwell (7.1f, 66/1) 30 days ago, slowly away. Eases again in grade but something to prove at present.
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C&D winner. Twenty two runs since last win in 2024 but in good heart, 11/2, close third of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW) 8 days ago, suited by well-run race at trip. Ought to remain competitive off 1 lb higher.
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Won Wolverhampton (7f) last year and back to form when respectable fourth of 10 in handicap (4/1) at Newcastle (6f) 10 days ago. Place claims if in same form in change of headgear.
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Relatively lightly-raced maiden who ran better than for a while in first-time blinkers when fifth of 9 in handicap (5/1) at Newcastle (7.1f) 13 days ago, beaten less than a length. Player if headgear has same effect. Engaged 7.30 Wolverhampton Monday.
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Back on the up since joining James Owen, winning a 6f classified stakes at Wolverhampton prior to following up under a penalty over 7f at Lingfield on Saturday. Every chance he can land the hat-trick if turned out quickly under a penalty.
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Lightly-raced winner at Brighton in August (6f) but hasn't backed that up, below form seventh of 14 in handicap at Kempton (7f, 16/1), slowly away. Will need to bounce back following a break.
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Winner at Southwell in August. Settled better on first start over this trip when fifth of 11 in handicap (13/2) at Southwell (7.1f) 8 days ago. 4 lb below last successful mark but needs to build on latest effort.
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No show in two starts for new yard. Maiden looks to have gone off the boil and has questions to answer in first-time tongue tie.
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Shown very little to date, 50/1, seventh of 9 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f) 13 days ago. 1 lb out of the handicap and hard to make a strong case for.
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Forecasts
Kondratiev Wave (15/8), Secret Road (3/1), Strobelight (13/2), Last Outlaw (8/1), Global Warning (10/1), Diligent Henry (10/1), Up The Monk (12/1), Campani (18/1), Tootsie (40/1), Fidget Lady (40/1), Blueandtangerine (50/1)
SECRET ROAD is thriving for James Owen (won classified stakes at Lingfield on Saturday) and may well land the hat-trick back in a handicap, if turned out quickly under a penalty. Global Warning is feared off a handy mark, having shaped well on reappearance, while Strobelight should be in the mix if headgear has the same effect second time up.
- Secret Road3/1
- Global Warning10/1
- Strobelight13/2
Prize Money
1st: £6,281.002nd: £2,947.003rd: £1,472.004th: £737.005th: £367.00
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