Jamie Maynard: Free horse racing betting tips for Chelmsford Thursday January 18
Cool Breeze features among Jamie Maynard's Thursday night selections as he previews the action from Chelmsford City.
Recommended bets: Chelmsford
1pt win Cool Breeze to win 8.30 at 9/4
0.5pt e.w. Enola to win in 9.00 at 10/1
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Just the six fillies go before the judge in this sprint handicap and five of them faced each other a month ago over at Kempton.
The only one who wasn't in attendance that day was Pulsating, who represents Archie Watson’s yard which is currently in red-hot form.
She’s 3/6 since switching stables and was arguably a tad unfortunate when third on Saturday at Wolverhampton where after missing the break finished with a real flourish and is dangerous off the same mark here.
The suggestion though is the winner of the aforementioned Kempton race, COOL BREEZE.
She travelled with real purpose that day and all it took was three quick cracks of the whip by Milly Naseeb and she soon scooted past the field very impressively to score eased down by a couple of lengths.
This four-year-old was a previous winner over the minimum so has the pace (as shown the last day) and a 7lb rise is very fair considering the manner in which she won and, with her still very unexposed at this six-furlong trip, she’s the bet at the prices.
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We have the same number of horses as the previous race for the finale with this one being run over a mile-and-three-quarters and we have a strong looking favourite by the name of Marshall Aid for the Mark Usher operation.
This five-year old beat the re-opposing With Hindsight by five lengths over a half furlong shorter trip and a 6lb pull in the weights shouldn't be enough to see the placing reversed here.
However, I’m always looking to find a bit of a value in a race and there may be some here with the Amy Murphy-trained ENOLA on her fourth start for this trainer.
She won a maiden on racecourse debut when with Ed Dunlop and although she has flattered to deceive since moving into handicap company her latest sixth placed effort on Kempton’s polytrack showed promise (beaten five lengths). The winner and third place have both gone close since so the form has some substance and she's been eased a further 2lb in the ratings.
They've swapped the cheekpieces with a first-time visor which will hopefully bring some improvement and with her trainer in good form (2/8 last 14 days) she may well provide some value, especially with the booking of Martin Harley (33% strike-rate with trainer) an interesting one.
Posted at 2135 GMT on 17/01/18.