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18:30 Chelmsford City

Thursday 9 January 2025

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It's Never Ordinary At bet365 Handicap

Off time: 18:30 | Winning time: 3m 4.49s

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(9)

Black Smoke^b,t¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: Mason Paetel⁽⁷⁾| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 55| D

22/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton (14f) in September. Creditable fourth of 10 in handicap back at that C&D (14f, 11/2) 19 days ago. Lines up here operating just 1 lb above last winning mark and he's not discounted here.

Form: 135374-

(8)

Foinix^v¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Aiden Brookes⁽³⁾| T: J & S Best| OR: 55| C

22/1

Course winner. Latest win at Lingfield (11.6f, turf) in August. Off 4 months prior to finishing fourth of 7 in handicap at Lingfield (15.8f, AW, 14/1) 18 days ago, outpaced 2f out and plugging on. Visor refitted and that effort may well have brought him on.

Form: 411454-

(3)

Carlton^p²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: S D Bowen| T: James Owen| OR: 55| CD

4/5

Thrived upon joining present yard, landing back-to-back C&D handicaps in December, the latest by ¾ length from Lumberjack, overcoming positional bias. Sound claims nudged up 2 lb in hat-trick bid.

Form: 763611-

(1)

Alex The Great^t¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: William Carson| T: A W Carroll| OR: 55| D

15/2

Winner at Southwell (14.1f) in November. Tongue strap on for 1st time, creditable third of 8 in handicap back at that venue (14.1f) 11 days ago. Not ruled out.

Form: 241393-

(5)

Meisterzinger²²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Hector Crouch| T: M D I Usher| OR: 52| C

11/1

Course winner. Tenth of 13 in handicap (14/1) at Kempton (11f) 22 days ago, trapped wide throughout. Steps back up in trip now and he's fallen 3 lb below last winning mark if he can scale a resurgence.

Form: 031/080-

(2)

Oscar Doodle^p⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Morgan Cole⁽⁵⁾| T: Olly Williams| OR: 50| C

33/1

Course winner. Seventh of 12 in minor event (50/1) at Newcastle (12.4f) 7 days ago, weakening over 1f out.

Form: 42090-7

(7)

Mamdoh¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J Parr| OR: 53

9/1

Very good fourth of 12 in handicap (4/1) at Wolverhampton (16.6f) 14 days ago. Not taken lightly back down in trip given he's fewer miles on the clock than most.

Form: 079044-

(6)

Zooks²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Cieren Fallon| T: Ian Williams| OR: 48

13/2

Respectable 2½ lengths fifth of 11 to Carlton in handicap at this C&D (11/2) 21 days ago. Mark has eased further but she does need to pull out a little more.

Form: 489355-

(4)

Rogue Raider^p²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Raul Da Silva| T: C Hobson| OR: 50

66/1

Maiden who left behind several distinctly lesser efforts when 3½ lengths sixth of 11 to Carlton in handicap at this C&D (66/1) 21 days ago. Mark has eased a little more but his task is to build on that effort.

Form: 460696-

(11)

Lumberjack^p²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Darragh Keenan| T: M D I Usher| OR: 47

28/1

6-y-o gelding who remains a maiden but he returned to form with the aid of a good position when ¾-length second of 11 to Carlton in C&D hadicap 21 days ago. Record is patchy though, so he wouldn't be certain to back that up, however.

Form: 949882-

(10)

Leon Trotsky²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Dylan Hogan| T: J & S Birkett| OR: 48

14/1

Lightly-raced 4-y-o who produced best effort yet with headgear discarded when good ¾-length third of 11 to Carlton in handicap at this C&D 21 days ago, well positioned. Respected if able to replicate that here.

Form: 598673-

Forecasts

Carlton (4/5), Zooks (13/2), Alex The Great (15/2), Mamdoh (9/1), Meisterzinger (11/1), Leon Trotsky (14/1), Black Smoke (22/1), Foinix (22/1), Lumberjack (28/1), Oscar Doodle (33/1), Rogue Raider (66/1)

CARLTON has been resurgent upon joining the James Owen yard, landing back-to-back C&D handicaps last month, and he's expected to make a bold bid to bring up a quick-fire hat-trick. Black Smoke and Foinix are others to consider with Mamdoh another worth a look given he has fewer miles on the clock than most.