Chester Races
Chester
15:05
Arthur May Memorial Nursery Handicap
Chester
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024
Distance: 7f
Type: Flat
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 5
Surface: Turf
Win: £10
Place: £2.90 £2.70 £1.40
Exacta: £106.90
Tricast: £411.83
Trifecta: £397.60
Non-Runners: Eighteen Fourteen (self certificate)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 7 | New Bombay (GB) | 2 C | AVG | Andrew Balding | 128 lbs | 9/1 | Won | Towards rear - midfield 4f out - bit short of room on inner over 2f out - soon headway - ridden to lead over 1f out - soon clear - readily (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the apparent improvement in form)(op 12/1) | ||
| 2nd | 4 | Tuscan Point (IRE) | 3 G | Poor | Richard Fahey | 131 lbs | 11/1 | 4 | Steadied start - took keen hold - held up in last - not clear run from 2f out - switched right and in the clear 1f out - kept on and went second inside final 110yds (jockey said colt was denied a clear run over 1f out)(op 12/1) | ||
| 3rd | 1 | Tactical Plan (GB) | 3 G | AVG | Ed Dunlop | 135 lbs | 7/2J | 1 | Raced wide - took keen hold - prominent - outpaced 2f out - went second 1f out - no extra and lost second inside final 110yds (jockey said colt hung right-handed)(op 3/1) | ||
| 4th | 8 | Law Degree (IRE) | 3 G | Poor | Tim Easterby | 125 lbs | 11/1 | 2.75 | Towards rear - kept on final furlong - not pace to challenge(tchd 12/1) | ||
| 5th | 9 | Herecomesthebear (IRE) | 2 C | AVG | Hugo Palmer | 122 lbs | 12/1 | 2.5 | Took keen hold - disputed lead - pressed leader 5f out - weakened final furlong(tchd 9/1) | ||
| 6th | 2 | Dollyana (GB) | 2 F | Poor | William Muir & Chris Grassick | 135 lbs | 7/2J | 1.5 | Dwelt start - soon prominent - not clear run under 2f out - weakened final furlong(op 4/1) | ||
| 7th | 6 | Atomic Mass (IRE) | 3 G | Poor | Michael & David Easterby | 128 lbs | 6/1 | 1.5 | Dwelt start - midfield - weakened final furlong (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the poor form shown)(op 4/1 tchd 7/2) | ||
| 8th | 3 | Anthropologist (GB) | 3 G | Poor | Charlie Johnston | 132 lbs | 4/1 | .75 | Disputed lead - led narrowly 5f out - headed and weakened over 1f out(op 5/1 tchd 11/2) |