Chester Races
Chester
19:50
Chester Handicap
Chester
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024
Distance: 1m2½f
Type: Flat
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 3
Surface: Turf
Win: £6.50
Place: £2.70 £2.90
Exacta: £36.20
Tricast: £253.38
Trifecta: £136.10
Non-Runners: Gloucestershire (vet's certificate), Tele Red (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 9 | Grey Cuban (GB) | 4 G | AVG | Hugo Palmer | 124 lbs | 11/2 | Won | Prominent early - in touch with leaders after 1f - outpaced over 1f out - ran on to lead inside final furlong - kept on(op 6/1 tchd 13/2) | ||
| 2nd | 4 | Dream Harder (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Ian Williams | 135 lbs | 7/1 | .5 | In touch with leaders early - prominent after 1f - pressed leader from over 3f out - led over 1f out - headed and no extra inside final furlong(op 6/1) | ||
| 3rd | 6 | Qitaal (GB) | 6 G | AVG | Charlie Johnston | 131 lbs | 13/2 | .75 | Led early - headed and in touch with leaders after 1f - switched right over 1f out - headway inside final furlong - no impression and bit short of room towards finish(op 7/1) | ||
| 4th | 5 | Bodorgan (IRE) | 4 G | AVG | Charles Hills | 132 lbs | 14/1 | 1.5 | Prominent early - led after 1f - headed over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 12/1) | ||
| 5th | 1 | Arthur's Realm (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Ed Dunlop | 142 lbs | 17/2 | 2 | Towards rear - outpaced over 1f out - no impression inside final furlong(op 8/1 tchd 9/1) | ||
| 6th | 8 | So Deuce (GB) | 3 C | AVG | Roger Varian | 127 lbs | 5/4F | 7.5 | Midfield - hung right over 2f out - outpaced from over 1f out (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than report from jockey that colt stopped quickly)(op 11/8) | ||
| 7th | 3 | Old Harrovian (GB) | 6 G | AVG | Andrew Balding | 137 lbs | 9/1 | 2.5 | Slowly into stride - in rear - outpaced from 2f out(op 10/1) |