Chelmsford preview: Zip has a Mighty chance

David Metcalf | December 7, 2015

Mighty Zip bounced back to form when scoring last time out and can make light of a rise in the weights to follow-up in the 6f handicap on today’s card at Chelmsford (15.10).

The Kevin Ryan trained gelding showed plenty of pace to track the leaders, before being driven to lead inside the final furlong and beat Hoofalong by a neck over course and distance.

To my eyes the three-year-old scored a shade cosily, and a 4lb rise to a mark of 76 looks on the lenient side.

Mighty Zip has been placed off higher in the past, and having now won two of his six starts on the all-weather is clearly well suited by the polytrack surface.

The son of City Zip also looks the type who may have even more to offer now that he has got his head back in front and, with Jamie Spencer in the saddle, everything looks in place for a huge run.

Up the ante on Upavon

In the 1m handicap (15.40), Upavaon is well-treated on the pick of his form and can go well at a big price.

The gelding scored twice at the track when trained by David Elsworth, with the last of those successes coming over 6f back in April off a mark of 90.