War Glory to win Chelmsford battle off lenient opening mark

Richard Hannon: pointing the way to the Chelmsford winner's enclosureCredit: Edward Whitaker

It seems plainly absurd that on the second Monday in July at the height of summer half of the four meetings in Britain will be staged on an artificial surface.

Punters are notoriously fickle, though, and I won’t be complaining if War Glory does the business in Chelmsford’s Totequadpot Handicap (4.15).

As one of a trio of three-year-olds who receive a handy 9lb weight-for-age allowance from the five older runners, Richard Hannon’s thoroughly unexposed colt is definitely one to be interested in.

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Richard BirchReporter

Published on 10 July 2016inHorse racing tips

Last updated 13:52, 10 July 2016

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