Lucky 15 Tips: We’re waiting on Silvestre in the lucky last

We're over the midweek hump, dear reader. Thursday beckons, and for our Lucky 15 tips let's pop over to an old favourite - Chelmsford. Polytrack all-weather action kicks in from Essex at 18:25, and there are six contests to enjoy.

Horse Racing Odds

Today's Horse Races

18:25 - Inns Of Fear @ 6/4

Two superb all-weather practitioners combine - trainer George Boughey and gifted young pilot Billy Loughnane.

Inns Of Fear is a thrice-raced three-year-old gelding who began life with Mark Fahey in Ireland. He joined George in February and in the one run for new connections 33 days ago finished a neck second at Newcastle in a similar affair.

In an interesting heat containing raiders from the yards of Archie Watson and Sir Mark Prescott among others, the 'old firm' can score here for his trio of new owners.

18:55 - Rich Rhythm @ 7/2

Trainer Harriet Bethel motors down from East Yorkshire with a six-year-old Profitable gelding who's been very much on the premises at the business end in recent outings; including a Southwell win in January, off a mark of 63.

Rich Rhythm has two successes from 18 career starts so he's been pretty lightly campaigned, with at least a couple of significant breaks along the way. He's admirably consistent and 51 days ago, again at Southwell in this grade/trip under his penalty, missed out by just a neck.

The naughty old assessor has popped him up a further pound for that great effort, but jockey Ali Rawlinson gets another opportunity to go one better at Chelmsford where the horse has performed with tremendous credit in the past.

19:25 - Triggered @ 4/1

We're with 'The Kid' again - this time for his Dad Mark.

Billy Loughnane gets the leg up on Triggered, a grand nine-year-old gelded son of Dandy Man (seven career wins from 73 starts). Just six days ago at this venue in a similar contest he failed by a neck in a blanket finish, after coming from the rear and not quite getting up.

Ray Dawson was doing the steering on the night and it's no disrespect whatsoever to at the very least suggest that the booking of Billy is no hardship.

His mark of 57 remains unchanged and he can go in again tonight. Reappearing so soon is taken as a big positive in my eyes.

20:55 - Fox Avatar @ 11/2

I saw Silvestre De Sousa give one of Roger Varian's a fantastic winning ride at Thirsk the other day, reminding everyone is if it were required how difficult he is to pass in a driving finish.

The brilliant Brazilian rides Fox Avatar for the same yard here, a four-year-old Frankel gelding that has a Beverley success to his name (novice) sandwiched in between a debut spin at Salisbury (third), and last time a disappointing effort in the soft at Nottingham (October).

He has an absence then of 182 days to overcome, but perhaps didn't handle the ground in the Midlands, as it can get very testing there. This consistent surface should pose no problems and with the yard in fine order (27% strike-rate in the last 14 days), he can do the business here once again under the magical De Sousa drive.

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