Chelmsford Placepot picks: Paul Kealy chases the £100k Tote guarantee

The Tote have shunned the jumps for their £100k Placepot guarantee and gone to Chelmsford instead, and they've been rewarded with by far the most competitive card in Britain on the day.

It certainly won't be easy, so a sizeable perm to small stakes would be my strategy.

Unplugged ran a blinder from off the pace at Wolverhampton in October and should be involved in the opener (4.30) with a clear run, and we'll include Marquis Of York back up to 1m2f, and Miss Harmony, whose best all-weather form has come here.

Capital Theory looks the one potential banker in the next (5.00) as he's a fair way ahead of his rivals on form.

With course form figures of 131, Buxted Too is first on the list in the third (5.30), and he's joined by Idee Fixee, who looks to have been handed a fair opening mark.

You could make a case for pretty much everything in the next (6.00) and my three stabs are How Impressive on his handicap debut after a gelding op, Aljari, who was an eyecatcher here last time and has tumbled down the weights, and Jenson Benson, who has been in career-best form lately.

I'd play it relatively safe with Araifjan and Sense Of Security in the fifth (6.30), and in the final leg (7.00) Alafdhal is first on the list dropping back to 6f, having won over course and distance on his penultimate outing.

Company Minx, who has run well on his last three visits to the track, goes in as back-up.

Chelmsford Placepot perm

4.30
3 Unplugged
7 Miss Harmony
14 Marquis Of York

5.00
1 Capital Theory

5.30
6 Idee Fixee
9 Buxted Too

6.00
3 How Impressive
10 Aljari
16 Jenson Benson

6.30
1 Araifjan
3 Sense Of Security

7.00
6 Alafdhal
7 Company Minx

3x1x2x3x2x2 = 72 lines

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