October 03 / 20.00 Chelmsford (AW)

20.00

Standard To Slow

Betfair Plays Different Fillies’ Handicap

  • Prize money: £5050.8
  • 1m 2f 0y
  • Class 5
  • 10 runners
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Betfair Plays Different Fillies’ Handicap

Runners: 10 runners

Type: Flat AW

Surface: Polytrack

Weather: Partly cloudy

1st
7 (6)
Achillea

16/1 (Won)

  • Win: £4.34
  • Place: £1.60

Form: 009577

Last run: 13 days

W: 9st 8lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 64

Form & Verdict
Now 10lb lower than for her 1m Lingfield win last November; this season has been a struggle though and she still has something to prove at 1m2f.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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2nd

8

(7)

19th Nov 2024

Standard

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

13:40 Lingfield (AW)

Achillea

9st 2lb

J: Robert Havlin

T: Dean Ivory

Has won two of her four Polytrack handicaps, over 1m here last autumn and 1m2f at Chelmsford in October; creditable show back here last week but others perhaps more interesting now from a handicapping viewpoint.

8/1

2nd

8

(7)

19th Nov 2024

Standard

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

13:40 Lingfield (AW)

Achillea

9st 2lb

J: Robert Havlin

T: Dean Ivory

Has won two of her four Polytrack handicaps, over 1m here last autumn and 1m2f at Chelmsford in October; creditable show back here last week but others perhaps more interesting now from a handicapping viewpoint.

8/1

4th

3

(10)

13th Nov 2024

Standard

1m 2f 0y

Class 5

11:35 Lingfield (AW)

Achillea

9st 12lb

J: Callum Hutchinson

T: Dean Ivory

Course winner off 6lb higher this time last year who's come back to form since returned to the AW; didn't see out 1m3f on Tapeta last time but had previously been fine with this trip at Chelmsford; player.

4/1

3/1

  • Place: £1.60

Form: 523263 D

Last run: 21 days

W: 10st 2lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 72

Form & Verdict
On a good mark on even this year's best and the return to 1m2f won't be an issue; drops into a 0-70, and back against her own sex, and she's a key player; visor replaces cheekpieces this evening.
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8th

8

12th Jun 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

19:40 Worcester

Chips And Rice

10st 11lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Robert Stephens

Fair and consistent over middle-distance trips on the Flat for James Fanshawe; changed hands for 14,000gns in October and now makes stable/hurdle debut after 252-day break; can be very competitive at this level is she takes to this game; refitted cheekpieces replace a visor.

20/1

2nd

1

(7)

3rd Oct 2024

Standard To Slow

1m 2f 0y

Class 5

20:00 Chelmsford (AW)

Chips And Rice

10st 2lb

J: Callum Shepherd

T: James Fanshawe

On a good mark on even this year's best and the return to 1m2f won't be an issue; drops into a 0-70, and back against her own sex, and she's a key player; visor replaces cheekpieces this evening.

3/1

3rd

4

(3)

12th Sep 2024

Soft

1m 0f 113y

Class 5

16:50 Epsom

Chips And Rice

9st 8lb

J: Ross Coakley

T: James Fanshawe

On a losing sequence but she comes here in good form, suffering a poor run when sixth in 1m2f handicap here last month; she's weighted to go well in refitted cheekpieces.

3/1

7/1

  • Place: £2.40

Form: 853742 D

Last run: 45 days

W: 9st 7lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 63

Form & Verdict
All her wins and most of her best runs have come at Yarmouth, including a close second in August (1m2f, good to firm); handles AW but needs to raise her game to win on this surface.
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1

(6)

14th Jun 2025

Good

1m 2f 0y

Class 5

20:50 Leicester

Queens Company

9st 7lb

J: Dylan Hogan

T: Julia & Shelley Birkett

Resumed winning ways in good style in 1m2f Yarmouth handicap 23 days ago, always travelling smoothly; up 4lb but big shout once more in her current mood.

7/2

6

(4)

22nd May 2025

Good To Firm

1m 2f 23y

Class 5

14:55 Yarmouth

Queens Company

9st 5lb

J: Dylan Hogan

T: Julia & Shelley Birkett

Ended last season in good form but hasn't transferred it to this season; certainly has good claims if back on song, being a three-time Yarmouth scorer who is on a workable mark.

14/1

6

(4)

22nd May 2025

Good To Firm

1m 2f 23y

Class 5

14:55 Yarmouth

Queens Company

9st 5lb

J: Dylan Hogan

T: Julia & Shelley Birkett

Ended last season in good form but hasn't transferred it to this season; certainly has good claims if back on song, being a three-time Yarmouth scorer who is on a workable mark.

14/1

12/1

Form: 823317 CD

Last run: 17 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 62

Form & Verdict
Off the mark over C&D in August (Class 6); couldn't back it up at Windsor on recent turf debut; may progress further on AW but she needs to.
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12th

15

(9)

15th Jun 2025

Good

1m 3f 15y

Class 4

18:45 Hamilton

Idyllic

8st 10lb

J: Paula Muir

T: Wilf Storey

Trained last year by Charlie Fellowes; second run for her recent stable, and only her second on turf, when always prominent to win by a neck under Paula Muir at Carlisle (1m3f, good to soft) 16 days ago; 3lb higher today, in what looks a highly competitive race, but she's back into calculations.

9/1

6

(2)

30th May 2025

Good

1m 3f 39y

Class 6

15:45 Carlisle

Idyllic

9st 4lb

J: Paula Muir

T: Wilf Storey

On a competitive mark on last season's 1m2f AW form for Charlie Fellowes, and she could improve for her recent stable debut outing at Newcastle; however, she didn't shine last September on her sole run on turf.

12/1

1st

6

(2)

30th May 2025

Good

1m 3f 39y

Class 6

15:45 Carlisle

Idyllic

9st 4lb

J: Paula Muir

T: Wilf Storey

On a competitive mark on last season's 1m2f AW form for Charlie Fellowes, and she could improve for her recent stable debut outing at Newcastle; however, she didn't shine last September on her sole run on turf.

12/1

Form: 851528 D

Last run: 45 days

W: 9st 12lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 68

Form & Verdict
20-1 win at Yarmouth in April (1m2f, good) and ran to a similar level when second at Newmarket in June; poor run back at Yarmouth in August; good apprentice takes off 3lb and she's run well on Polytrack in the past.
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5

(6)

22nd May 2025

Good To Firm

1m 2f 23y

Class 5

14:55 Yarmouth

Aim For The Moon

9st 7lb

J: Darragh Keenan

T: Michael Wigham

Record is only 1-16; gained the success over C&D but she's a habitual slow-stater, sometimes markedly so, including latest run (hampered at one point and always behind); capable but comes with risk.

12/1

5

(6)

22nd May 2025

Good To Firm

1m 2f 23y

Class 5

14:55 Yarmouth

Aim For The Moon

9st 7lb

J: Darragh Keenan

T: Michael Wigham

Record is only 1-16; gained the success over C&D but she's a habitual slow-stater, sometimes markedly so, including latest run (hampered at one point and always behind); capable but comes with risk.

12/1

14th

7

(16)

29th Mar 2025

Good To Soft

1m 2f 43y

Class 5

16:45 Doncaster

Aim For The Moon

9st 10lb

J: Liam Wright

T: Michael Wigham

She benefited from the step up to 1m2f when winning in fine style at Yarmouth (good) last spring but hasn't gone on from that, on turf or AW, and slow starts can be an issue; needs plenty to go right from high draw.

12/1

Form: 355-94

Last run: 34 days

W: 9st 11lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 67

Form & Verdict
Nine-race maiden but she's edging down the weights and latest Sandown fourth was encouraging; stamina not assured but she's not ruled out.
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3rd

2

(6)

22nd Jan 2025

Standard To Slow

0m 7f 0y

Class 5

19:00 Kempton (AW)

Midsummer Music

9st 8lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: Roger Teal

prominent

5/1

3rd

2

(6)

22nd Jan 2025

Standard To Slow

0m 7f 0y

Class 5

19:00 Kempton (AW)

Midsummer Music

9st 8lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: Roger Teal

prominent

5/1

5th

5

(9)

15th Jan 2025

Standard To Slow

1m 0f 0y

Class 5

19:00 Kempton (AW)

Midsummer Music

9st 7lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: Roger Teal

It wasn't much of a race in which she broke through (at the 12th attempt) over C&D six weeks ago but she must have some kind of chance off just 3lb higher if the cheekpieces work again.

3/1

6th
6 (8)
Zariela

5/1

Form: 235231

Last run: 28 days

W: 9st 9lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 69

Form & Verdict
Didn't have to match earlier handicap efforts to win a weak Lingfield maiden (1m, AW) four weeks ago; stamina for 1m2f not guaranteed but it looks worth a crack.
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1

(1)

24th May 2025

Good To Firm

1m 0f 31y

Class 5

20:35 Windsor

Zariela

9st 9lb

J: Ben Sanderson

T: S Woods

Acts on good to firm and good to soft; won a Lingfield maiden (1m, AW) last September and she got back on the scoresheet when landing a Yarmouth handicap (1m; first-time visor) last month; up 3lb but she overcame trouble to score with a bit in hand last time and is open to more progress; key player.

3/1

1

(1)

24th May 2025

Good To Firm

1m 0f 31y

Class 5

20:35 Windsor

Zariela

9st 9lb

J: Ben Sanderson

T: S Woods

Acts on good to firm and good to soft; won a Lingfield maiden (1m, AW) last September and she got back on the scoresheet when landing a Yarmouth handicap (1m; first-time visor) last month; up 3lb but she overcame trouble to score with a bit in hand last time and is open to more progress; key player.

3/1

1st

6

(6)

22nd Apr 2025

Good

1m 0f 3y

Class 5

17:15 Yarmouth

Zariela

9st 1lb

J: Ben Sanderson

T: S Woods

took keen hold, held up in rear, going easily when waiting for room 2f out, switched left and headway over 1f out, ridden final 110yds, led towards finish, readily

7/1

Form: 114881 D

Last run: 30 days

W: 10st 1lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 71

Form & Verdict
She has won six of her last 18 starts, recording a personal best when seeing off 14 rivals at Goodwood (1m2f, good) last month; 5lb higher mark to deal with but she's been placed in three previous visits to Chelmsford.
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13

(3)

26th Oct 2024

Heavy

1m 2f 0y

Class 3

14:34 Newbury

Pink Lily

8st 11lb

J: Alec Voikhansky

T: Richard Hannon

Regular winner in 2023 and 2024, but never on ground softer than good and she's unraced on soft or heavy, which poses a big question today.

16/1

8th

2

(5)

3rd Oct 2024

Standard To Slow

1m 2f 0y

Class 5

20:00 Chelmsford (AW)

Pink Lily

10st 1lb

J: Alec Voikhansky

T: Richard Hannon

She has won six of her last 18 starts, recording a personal best when seeing off 14 rivals at Goodwood (1m2f, good) last month; 5lb higher mark to deal with but she's been placed in three previous visits to Chelmsford.

4/1

1st

7

(11)

3rd Sep 2024

Good

1m 1f 197y

Class 5

17:15 Goodwood

Pink Lily

9st 5lb

J: Joe Leavy

T: Richard Hannon

midfield, headway from 3f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, kept on well

25/1

OUR TIP

Form: 182056 D

Last run: 22 days

W: 10st 0lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 70

Form & Verdict
Fully effective on AW, recording her peak RPR on Tapeta, so surprising the return to turf was put forward as the reason for her easy win at Brighton in May (1m4f, good); mixed bag since, often slowly away, and there are risks involved.
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9th

3

(2)

3rd Oct 2024

Standard To Slow

1m 2f 0y

Class 5

20:00 Chelmsford (AW)

Absolute Queen

10st 0lb

J: Grace McEntee

T: George Boughey

Fully effective on AW, recording her peak RPR on Tapeta, so surprising the return to turf was put forward as the reason for her easy win at Brighton in May (1m4f, good); mixed bag since, often slowly away, and there are risks involved.

20/1

4

29th Sep 2024

Standard

2m 0f 102y

Class 5

16:15 Southwell (AW)

Absolute Queen

9st 11lb

T: George Boughey

6th

1

(7)

11th Sep 2024

Standard

1m 4f 0y

Class 5

17:20 Lingfield (AW)

Absolute Queen

10st 4lb

J: Billy Loughnane

T: George Boughey

slowly away, in rear, headway 4f out

8/1

Form: 0635

Last run: 45 days

W: 9st 3lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 63

Form & Verdict
Outran her 125-1 odds when third of nine at Nottingham in August; raced too freely at Yarmouth last time which didn't aid her finishing effort; likely improvement is needed now handicapping.
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10th

11

(1)

3rd Oct 2024

Standard To Slow

1m 2f 0y

Class 5

20:00 Chelmsford (AW)

Qatar Wave

9st 3lb

J: Benoit De La Sayette

T: Hilal Kobeissi

Outran her 125-1 odds when third of nine at Nottingham in August; raced too freely at Yarmouth last time which didn't aid her finishing effort; likely improvement is needed now handicapping.

25/1

Non-runners

Measured Moments, Seamore

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Payout
Exacta £16.70
Straight Forecast £13.27
Tricast £64.86
Trifecta £94.20

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Chips And Rice

The Times:

Aim For The Moon

Daily Mirror:

Zariela

POSTDATA:

Pink Lily

RP RATINGS:

Seamore

The Star:

Idyllic

D Express:

Aim For The Moon

Daily Record:

Zariela

Telegraph:

Pink Lily

NEWMARKET:

Chips And Rice

The Guardian:

Chips And Rice

Daily Mail:

Chips And Rice

The Sun:

Chips And Rice