Chester Races
Chester
15:40
Duke Of Westminster Supporting The Chester Cup (Heritage Handicap)
Chester
Date: Fri, 10 May 2024
Distance: 2m2½f
Type: Flat
Going: Good To Firm
Class: Class 2
Surface: Turf
Win: £12.60
Place: £3.10 £4.90 £2.80
Exacta: £235.90
Tricast: £2830.46
Trifecta: £3424.20
Non-Runners: The Shunter (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 12 | Zoffee (GB) | 9 G | Poor | Hugo Palmer | 119 lbs | 9/1 | Won | Took keen hold - midfield on inner - steady headway over 2f out - switched right and squeezed through 1f out - ridden and led final 110yds - stayed on(op 7/1) | ||
| 2nd | 6 | Emiyn (FR) | 7 G | AVG |
Zak Wheatley
(5)lbs
|
Declan Carroll | 116 lbs | 28/1 | .75 | Dwelt start - took keen hold - in rear - headway after 2f - pressed leader after 4f - prominent halfway - went second again over 2f out - briefly disputed lead final 110yds - kept on(op 33/1) | |
| 3rd | 7 | Zanndabad (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | A J Martin | 121 lbs | 11/1 | 0.3 | Towards rear - not clear run over 2f out - switched right over 1f out - good headway and went third inside final 110yds - eyecatcher(op 14/1 tchd 16/1) | ||
| 4th | 9 | Aztec Empire (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | Andrew Balding | 121 lbs | 4/1F | 1 | Took keen hold - soon led but pestered - headed and no extra final 110yds(op 7/2 tchd 10/3) | ||
| 5th | 17 | Grand Providence (GB) | 5 M | AVG | Andrew Balding | 118 lbs | 15/2 | 0.3 | Prominent - went second halfway - lost second when bumped over 1f out - no extra final 110yds(op 13/2 tchd 6/1) | ||
| 6th | 11 | Aqwaam (GB) | 6 G | AVG | Ian Williams | 119 lbs | 11/1 | 0.05 | Took keen hold - towards rear on inner - waiting for room over 2f out - headway and in touch with leaders when not clear run and switched left final 110yds - kept on (vet said gelding finished lame left-fore)(op 12/1) | ||
| 7th | 1 | Falcon Eight (IRE) | 10 G | AVG | D K Weld | 138 lbs | 22/1 | 1.25 | Slowly into stride - in rear - reminder after 1f - headway against far rail 1f out - nearest finish(tchd 20/1) | ||
| 8th | 15 | Forza Orta (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Kevin Ryan | 118 lbs | 9/1 | .5 | Took keen hold - midfield on inner - headway and switched right over 1f out - weakened gradually final 110yds(op 8/1) | ||
| 9th | 16 | The Grand Visir (GB) | 10 G | Poor | Ian Williams | 118 lbs | 33/1 | 1.5 | Midfield - lost ground over 1f out - weakened gradually inside final furlong | ||
| 10th | 14 | Too Friendly (GB) | 6 G | AVG | James Owen | 118 lbs | 9/2 | 1.25 | In touch with leaders - weakening when bit short of room inside final furlong(op 8/1) | ||
| 11th | 13 | Duke Of Oxford (GB) | 5 G | AVG | Michael Bell | 119 lbs | 12/1 | 2 | Took keen hold - always behind(op 9/1) | ||
| 12th | 10 | Zealandia (FR) | 8 G | AVG | Ian Williams | 121 lbs | 28/1 | .5 | Never better than midfield(op 33/1) | ||
| 13th | 5 | Spirit Mixer (GB) | 7 G | AVG |
Callum Hutchinson
(3)lbs
|
Andrew Balding | 120 lbs | 33/1 | 1.25 | Always behind(op 25/1) | |
| 14th | 8 | Solent Gateway (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Hugo Palmer | 121 lbs | 20/1 | 4 | Midfield - weakening when raced wide on turn over 1f out(op 16/1) | ||
| 15th | 2 | Magellan Strait (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Joseph Patrick O'Brien | 130 lbs | 9/1 | 3.25 | Took keen hold early - in touch with leaders - weakened under 2f out (trainer's rep said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding was unsuited by the good to firm - good in places going on the occasion and would prefer a slower surface - adding that gelding may have also been unsuited by the tight nature of the track at Chester; vet had nothing to report)(op 17/2) | ||
| 16th | 4 | Citizen General (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Ed Dunlop | 124 lbs | 40/1 | 5.5 | Raced wide - midfield - weakened over 2f out(op 33/1) |