October 17 / 19.15 Chelmsford (AW)

19.15

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Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Handicap

  • Prize money: £3663.8
  • 1m 6f 0y
  • Class 6
  • 7 runners
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Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Handicap

Runners: 7 runners

Type: Flat AW

Surface: Polytrack

Weather: Cloudy

5/1 (Won)

  • Win: £6.50
  • Place: £2.10

Form: 27-335

Last run: 48 days

W: 9st 13lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 59

Form & Verdict
Second on both his starts at this track, latterly in this race last year; third twice on turf this summer but his sole win from 29 races was a maiden handicap in 2022.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

1st

2

27th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

2m 0f 167y

Class 5

17:42 Newton Abbot

Buxted Reel

11st 7lb

J: Stan Sheppard

T: Tom Lacey

Three-time AW winner who is yet to score in nine attempts over hurdles, but was placed on his last two starts in this sphere before a below-par Flat run at Redcar last time; this looks a good opportunity to open his hurdles account.

2/1

7th

1

(9)

8th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

1m 5f 218y

Class 6

16:57 Redcar

Buxted Reel

10st 2lb

J: Darragh Keenan

T: Tom Lacey

Not seen on the Flat since narrow AW win over this trip in October but placed twice over hurdles in recent weeks; probably won't be far away.

9/2

3rd

5

7th Jul 2026

Good

1m 7f 168y

Class 5

15:30 Uttoxeter

Buxted Reel

11st 6lb

J: Stan Sheppard

T: Tom Lacey

Three wins on the Flat; 0-8 as a jumper but was clear of the rest when a 7l runner-up at Stratford (2m, good) recently and something similar will see him on the scene.

7/2

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10/11

  • Place: £1.20

Form: 844921 D

Last run: 10 days

W: 10st 7lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 62

Form & Verdict
No joy on first 17 starts before he easily justified 6-4 favouritism in eight-runner race at Wolverhampton (1m6f, AW) ten days ago; second over 2m here four days earlier; back up 6lb with penalty today but major player in weak race.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

5th

7

(7)

27th Aug 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 6

16:07 Ffos Las

Simiyann

9st 6lb

J: Ryan Kavanagh

T: Ian Williams

Tailed off last time and was no match for the winners of her two previous races; has to raise his game.

6/1

3rd

4

(5)

11th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

2m 0f 0y

Class 6

18:45 Nottingham

Simiyann

9st 12lb

J: Ryan Kavanagh

T: Ian Williams

Not as good this year and has looked to have no excuses in some ordinary handicaps of late; only 1lb lower than when well held over 1m6f here 12 days ago and Free World looks his trainer's best chance.

16/1

3rd

3

(3)

30th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 6f 0y

Class 6

16:20 Nottingham

Simiyann

9st 4lb

J: Connor Beasley

T: Ian Williams

Well treated on the form of his two 2m wins (good to firm and good) in 2025 and although he hasn't been himself this year, the signs were better when he was second of five on this course (2m2f) two weeks ago; has another well-treated rival to contend with today but he should be competitive.

3/1

Form: 907533

Last run: 27 days

W: 8st 11lb

3 yo Gelding

OR: 50

Form & Verdict
Finished closer switched to AW for his three handicaps (1m2f-1m4f) but needs to find extra over this longer trip.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

3

(10)

3rd Jun 2025

Standard

1m 4f 0y

Class 6

18:45 Lingfield (AW)

Drouthy Neebor

9st 9lb

J: David Egan

T: Hughie Morrison

0-10 but he was placed in five handicaps (1m2f-1m6f) before being pulled up at Wolverhampton 15 days ago after his saddle slipped; that's worth forgiving and the drop back to 1m4f should be fine; respected on his first go in a classified event.

3/1

3

(10)

3rd Jun 2025

Standard

1m 4f 0y

Class 6

18:45 Lingfield (AW)

Drouthy Neebor

9st 9lb

J: David Egan

T: Hughie Morrison

0-10 but he was placed in five handicaps (1m2f-1m6f) before being pulled up at Wolverhampton 15 days ago after his saddle slipped; that's worth forgiving and the drop back to 1m4f should be fine; respected on his first go in a classified event.

3/1

9

(11)

19th May 2025

Standard

2m 0f 120y

Class 6

18:30 Wolverhampton (AW)

Drouthy Neebor

9st 1lb

J: Jack Dace

T: Hughie Morrison

Not yet off the mark, but he's been placed in his last five handicaps and had little hope against a subsequent wide-margin winner at Chelmsford (1m6f) when back from a break; has stamina still to prove on Tapeta debut but this is realistic.

9/4

Form: 544799

Last run: 86 days

W: 9st 0lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
0-14; second in a classified race at Lingfield (1m2f, AW) in February but has gone off the boil in recent starts, including when she failed to persuade for stamina over 11.4f and 1m4f; new trip today.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

10

(11)

4th Nov 2025

Standard

1m 7f 169y

Class 6

14:40 Lingfield (AW)

Certain Style

8st 13lb

J: Sean D Bowen

T: Laura Mongan

Stole a small-field C&D event from the front last November and has failed to back up that form since; not solid.

25/1

10

(11)

4th Nov 2025

Standard

1m 7f 169y

Class 6

14:40 Lingfield (AW)

Certain Style

8st 13lb

J: Sean D Bowen

T: Laura Mongan

Stole a small-field C&D event from the front last November and has failed to back up that form since; not solid.

25/1

10

(11)

4th Nov 2025

Standard

1m 7f 169y

Class 6

14:40 Lingfield (AW)

Certain Style

8st 13lb

J: Sean D Bowen

T: Laura Mongan

Stole a small-field C&D event from the front last November and has failed to back up that form since; not solid.

25/1

Form: 097

Last run: 117 days

W: 8st 13lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 52

Form & Verdict
Heavy defeats in maidens at Navan (1m2f), Tipperary (7f) and Limerick (1m4f; blinkered) for Joseph O'Brien; sold for 8,000gns in July and gelded; makes stable, handicap and AW debut, with no solid claims but unexposed.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

10th

9

(10)

7th Jul 2026

Good

1m 4f 5y

Class 6

15:48 Pontefract

Apache Eagle

9st 1lb

J: Jason Hart

T: Jessica Bedi

Has made the frame several times this year including when third of seven over C&D (good to soft) in May, but a record of 0-22 is hard to ignore.

16/1

4th

7

(1)

29th Jun 2026

Standard To Slow

1m 7f 218y

Class 6

20:45 Kempton (AW)

Apache Eagle

8st 10lb

J: Tom Kiely-Marshall

T: Jessica Bedi

Handful of fair efforts in the spring but he's a longstanding maiden who's lost his way of late; again hung left at Hamilton last Thursday (ended up on the stands' rail) and running at another right-handed course would be a worry.

10/1

4th

7

(4)

25th Jun 2026

Good

1m 5f 16y

Class 6

18:00 Hamilton

Apache Eagle

10st 2lb

J: Miss Venetia Thompson

T: Jessica Bedi

Placed a few times this year but well beaten at Newcastle two starts ago and she hung badly left and unseated her rider at Ripon last Thursday; remains a maiden after 20 starts and others make greater appeal.

20/1

Form: 365753 C

Last run: 21 days

W: 9st 11lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 57

Form & Verdict
Won at Southwell (1m6f) in January and creditable third at this track (1m5f) in April; not so good since but his never-nearer third at Southwell three weeks ago, following 12 weeks off, gives renewed hope.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

2nd

4

(8)

10th Jun 2026

Good

1m 6f 17y

Class 6

16:18 Yarmouth

Smokey Malone

9st 7lb

J: Dylan Hogan

T: Julia & Shelley Birkett

2-24 on turf compared to 9-43 on the AW; completed an AW hat-trick when winning at Chelmsford (1m6f) in February off a 2lb lower mark, but he was too free over 2m at Lingfield (good) 23 days ago; dropping back in trip should suit.

8/1

4th

3

(7)

18th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 68y

Class 6

14:50 Lingfield

Smokey Malone

9st 8lb

J: Sean Levey

T: Julia & Shelley Birkett

Proven winner who can pull hard and did so the last time he went this far (over C&D two summers ago); things didn't pan out his way latest but there's little wiggle room off this mark back on turf after a short break.

7/1

5th

3

(4)

26th Mar 2026

Standard

1m 5f 66y

Class 6

19:00 Chelmsford (AW)

Smokey Malone

9st 8lb

J: Dylan Hogan

T: Julia & Shelley Birkett

Prevailed narrowly at Chelmsford (1m6f) last time to complete a hat-trick; climbing back up the weights but warrants respect in current form.

4/1

7th
7 (6)
KimcHi

25/1

Form: 705447

Last run: 9 days

W: 8st 10lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 49

Form & Verdict
Seven-race maiden who has failed to show progress (three times over 1m2f, then once at 1m4f) since handicapping; new trip needs to make a difference.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

9th

9

(1)

16th Feb 2025

Standard

1m 2f 0y

Class 6

16:22 Lingfield (AW)

KimcHi

9st 0lb

J: Millie Wonnacott

T: Mark Gillard

Unplaced all eight Flat starts for Rae Guest and tailed off (albeit on soft ground) in a juvenile hurdle for new stable in December; sports first-time blinkers on this Flat return; improvement required.

25/1

5th

5

10th Dec 2024

Soft

2m 1f 162y

Class 4

13:00 Fontwell

KimcHi

10st 7lb

J: James Davies

T: Mark Gillard

always behind, tailed off

25/1

5th

5

10th Dec 2024

Soft

2m 1f 162y

Class 4

13:00 Fontwell

KimcHi

10st 7lb

J: James Davies

T: Mark Gillard

always behind, tailed off

25/1

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Payout
Exacta £11.80
Straight Forecast £8.62
Trifecta £29.80

Selections

RP RATINGS:

Simiyann

SPOTLIGHT:

Smokey Malone

The Star:

Drouthy Neebor

The Times:

Buxted Reel

POSTDATA:

Simiyann

The Guardian:

Simiyann

Daily Mail:

Simiyann

D Express:

Simiyann

Daily Mirror:

Simiyann

The Sun:

Simiyann

Daily Record:

Simiyann

NEWMARKET:

Smokey Malone

Telegraph:

Smokey Malone