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Midnite Ain't Your Grandad's Bookie Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race)
Class 4, 2m, Flat, 3yo+, Rated 0-80, £4,972, 6 runners
- Going
- POLYTRACK: STANDARD
- Surface
- AW
- Weather
- Cloudy
- Stalls
- 6f - Centre; Remainder - Inside
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Charging Thunder No. 1, stall 1
Christian Howarth · James Owen
✓ Top rated ✓ Course winner ✓ Won last time out
Charging Thunder looks the one to beat at Chelmsford, with our figures putting him 11 lb clear of Mr Freedom, a gap that gives him a real edge over this six-runner field. Mr Freedom is the most likely danger on 81, with Must Believe (79) and Pyleates (76) the others who could make it competitive if the top-rated runner fails to fire. Over two miles on the all-weather, Charging Thunder has the class to make that superior rating count, and he is our selection.
Runners
Christian Howarth (3)
James Owen 15/58
Won last time out and has improved through his last four runs, from a fourth to a third, then a second, then that win, while back quickly after just three days. He has run over today's trip and going, and the in-form yard (15/57) adds weight to our top rating of 92, though 146 lb is a hefty burden.
- Sire
- War Command (USA)
- Dam
- Storming Sioux (GB) by Storming Home
- Owner
- Goodfellow And Lawson
- Foaled
- 28 Mar 2018
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 15 wins from 58 runs (26%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 92, Speed 81
Billy Loughnane
George Baker 1/13
Must Believe arrives with a fourth last time out, a second two starts back and a third three starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Our rating of 79 ranks him third of six, but 138 lb is a hefty burden off an official 76.
- Sire
- Make Believe (GB)
- Dam
- Dalhousie (GB) by Golden Horn
- Owner
- Benji Arter
- Foaled
- 8 Feb 2022
- Stable
- Epsom Downs, Surrey
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 13 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 58%
- Ratings
- Perf 79, Speed 71
Charles Bishop
Sheena West 0/2
Mr Freedom arrives in good heart after a second last time out, and he has run over today's trip and going before, while our rating of 81 ranks him second of six. The main risk is that he is yet to win in his last six starts and carries 136 lb.
- Sire
- Sixties Icon (GB)
- Dam
- Waitingforachance (GB) by Sayif
- Owner
- The Affordable 3 Partnership
- Foaled
- 19 Apr 2019
- Stable
- Lewes, West Sussex
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 2 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 44%
- Ratings
- Perf 81, Speed 84
Callum Shepherd
Kevin Pickard 0/0
Enziya won last time out and was second two starts back, with another win five starts back, so the form is decent, but a 48-day absence and a fifth-placed ranking of six on our figures make him hard to fancy. He has run on today's going and carries 135 lb off 73.
- Sire
- Night Of Thunder (IRE)
- Dam
- Eshtiya (IRE) by Dark Angel
- Owner
- Pickard Racing Club
- Foaled
- 15 Feb 2022
- Stable
- Atherington, Devon
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 0 runs (None%)
- Trainer running to form
- 35%
- Ratings
- Perf 76, Speed 65
- Wind surgery
- w 1
Ashley Lewis (3)
William Muir & Chris Grassick 1/17
Pyleates won two starts back and was second three starts back, and she has run over today's trip and going before, so she looks a leading danger on 130 lb; our rating of 76 backs that up. The main risk is a sixth last time out and a 35-day absence.
- Sire
- Kingman (GB)
- Dam
- La Pyle (FR) by Le Havre
- Owner
- La Pyle Partnership
- Foaled
- 28 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 17 runs (6%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 76, Speed 70
Millie Wonnacott (5)
J. S. Moore 0/12
Belle of Kt won three on the bounce before fading to a third, an unplaced run and an eighth last time out, and that slide plus 37 days off makes her hard to fancy. She has run over today's trip and going, though, and our figures rank her last of six.
- Sire
- Postponed (IRE)
- Dam
- So Belle (GB) by Singspiel
- Owner
- H Maye
- Foaled
- 30 Mar 2021
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 12 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 35%
- Ratings
- Perf 67, Speed 63
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.