GBChester Races

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Chester
14:07
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Chester Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 Distance: 1m4½f Type: Flat Going: Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £5.40 Place: £1.80 £2.70 £1.10 Exacta: £38.20 Tricast: £79.94 Trifecta: £169.70
Non-Runners: Bookmark (unsuitable ground), Peripeteia (unsuitable ground), Swift Tuttle (unsuitable ground)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m3f 2m 2m 1m4f 1m6f
1st
Prominent - pushed along 3f out - ridden over 2f out - switched right and pressed leader over 1f out - led 1f out - kept on inside final furlong - reduced lead towards finish - always doing enough
10 G Poor
Mike Murphy & Michael Keady 137 lbs 4/1 Won
1m4f 1m4½f 1m3f 1m4f 1m4f
2m4½f 2m5f 2m½f 2m5f 2m4½f
2nd
Slowly away and squeezed out start - detached in rear - joined main group with one circuit to go - pushed along and steady headway over 3f out - went third on outer over 1f out - went second inside final 110yds - kept on(op 15/2 tchd 9/1)
6 M Poor
Steph Hollinshead 125 lbs 17/2 .5
1m4f 1m6f 1m6½f 1m6f 2m½f
1m4f 2m½f 2m½f 2m2½f 1m2f
3rd
Raced in second - led 2f out - edged right and headed 1f out - lost second but kept on inside final 110yds(op 11/4)
9 M AVG
Fergal O'Brien 132 lbs 7/4F 0.3
1m3½f 1m3½f 1m4f 1m3½f 1m4f
2m4½f 2m 2m1f 1m4f 2m
4th
Prominent - outpaced and lost ground 3f out - kept on from over 1f out - went fourth again inside final 110yds - not reach leaders(op 3/1)
8 G AVG
John Butler 132 lbs 4/1 1.75
2m 2m 2m 1m6f 2m½f
1m4½f 2m 1m5f 1m4f 1m4½f
5th
In touch with leaders - ridden 4f out - outpaced 3f out - rallied 2f out - edged left but kept on inside final furlong - weakened towards finish(tchd 18/1)
6 G Poor
Philip Kirby 123 lbs 16/1 0.3
1m4f 1m6f 1m6f 2m½f 2m3½f
1m2½f 1m 7f 1m2f 1m2f
6th
Led - headed 2f out - weakened over 1f out (jockey said gelding hung left-handed under pressure)(op 9/2)
7 G Poor
Alastair Ralph 133 lbs 11/2 3.75
1m2½f 1m2½f 1m2½f 1m 1m2½f
1m6½f 1m4½f 2m 1m3½f 2m
7th
Took keen hold - towards rear - lost touch over 3f out - tailed off(op 11/1 tchd 10/1)
7 G AVG
Patrick Morris 136 lbs 14/1 19
1m4f 1m4½f 1m4½f
7f 1m2f 1m3f 1m4f 1m4f
8th
Towards rear - lost touch over 3f out - tailed off over 3f out(op 22/1)
5 M Poor
Patrick Morris 122 lbs 50/1 22
1m4f 1m4f 1m4f 1m4f 1m4f