Chelmsford best bet: Course-distance winner Daytona Lady ready to get back on track
A view of Chelmsford City racecourse
Our friends at Tipstrr have been busy on our behalf again, this time digging through their data for Thursday’s evening meeting at Chelmsford to share their most widely-tipped selection of the night.
19:30 Chelmsford: 6 Horses Challenge at bet365 Handicap (6 furlongs)
There’s several among this 10runner field that can boast previous course-and-distance success at the Essex track, including both early market leaders Kessaar Power and Sir Rodneyredblood.
However, both are several unsuccessful outings on from their last tastes of victory, and their short prices look vulnerable in light of the potentially wide-open nature of this six-furlong handicap.
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Colors Of Freedom looks a huge price for a horse that kicked off last year by completing a four-timer, and he might just be worth monitoring for future reference as he makes his stable debut for Joe Ponting.
Earning the seal of approval within the Tipstrr camp is another course-distance winner, Daytona Lady, who has been enjoying a promising winter campaign under the stewardship of James Sullivan.
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Back-to-back wins either side of Christmas kicked off with a dead-heat shared with the aforementioned Sir Rodneyredblood, to whom Ruth Carr’s four-year-old filly concedes an additional pound here, so that renewed rivalry could prove to be a key barometer as the race unfolds.
She then edged a win by the slenderest of short-head margins from the highly-rated Sibyl Charm, who has since franked that form with three wins and two runner-up spots in her six subsequent outings.
Daytona Lady was well off the pace when last seen in a 0-70 handicap at Southwell 18 days ago, but all the horses in front of her were rated higher than anything she will face here, so she should be able to make her presence felt again among this lesser 0-65 company.
