Five horses to look out for as Chelmsford joins Racing TV on Thursday

General odds: 8-1

Newmarket-based Mohamed Moubarak does pop up once in a while with a big-priced winner, but he excelled himself when The Meter obliged at 150-1 here back in October.

It was a giant leap forward from her debut by a filly from little-known sire Helsinki, a half-useful American dirt performer now based in Sweden.

That form looks nothing special and she carries a penalty, but unless a newcomer or something like the inexperienced Red Desert comes forward, she is still capable of following up at more cramped odds.

General odds: 12-1

Not often one gets a 2000 Guineas runner-up competing on a quiet January, especially when his conqueror, Dawn Approach, already has his offspring on the ground.

Glory Awaits has been a fine servant to both Kevin Ryan and David Simcock, even if he has now dropped out of Group races and would not have made the grade for Dubai.

He has become a regular visitor to Chelmsford, winning twice over this course and distance and ran reasonably well last time from out of the handicap in a better race.

Has been dropped to a career-low mark and this could get the old boy back in the swing of things.

General odds: 8-1

Typifies the skills of Dean Ivory, who manages to keep these top sprinters on the boil for so long.

Tropics, remember, is a dual July Cup runner-up who continues to enjoy life at the age of 11.

Starting to get into the groove after three starts on the all-weather this winter in a campaign which should take him to better events in the spring.

All his three wins in 2018 came here, including off this mark, so no reason why he shouldn’t be in the shake-up again.

General odds: 10-1

This will be a big year for champion apprentice Jason Watson, who was recently snapped up as Roger Charlton’s stable jockey, and he is one of the highest-profile names in action with two rides in Essex.

His early supporter Andrew Balding provides what could be his best opportunity on a lightly-raced filly who seems to have found her metier over five furlongs.

She is drawn well in stall one and can take heart from a promising recent effort at Lingfield.

General odds: 7-2

Was hardly cheap at the sales when ending up with Aidan O’Brien but failed to appear for Ballydoyle and was picked up for only 4,000 guineas by small young Newmarket trainer Luke McJannet.

The gamble has hardly been a resounding success so far with runs over a plethora of trips but there was far more promise over this distance in his outing over the weekend at Lingfield.

He was fourth when 4lb wrong at the weights, not having the cleanest of passages just before the line and, with cheekpieces applied, he could give his handler a second ever winner at Chelmsford.