Chester Races
Chester
14:40
Livescore Bet Watergate Cup (Heritage Handicap)
Chester
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024
Distance: 2m
Type: Flat
Going: Soft
Class: Class 2
Surface: Turf
Win: £6.50
Place: £1.80 £2.10 £1.90
Exacta: £39.80
Tricast: £136.23
Trifecta: £206.40
Non-Runners: Aqwaam (self certificate, scoped wrong), Solent Gateway (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10 | Spirit Mixer (GB) | 7 G | AVG | Andrew Balding | 118 lbs | 11/2 | Won | Midfield - smooth headway 3f out - went second over 2f out - ridden and challenging final furlong - led narrowly inside final 110yds - just prevailed(op 9/2) | ||
| 2nd | 13 | Mr Escobar (IRE) | 6 G | Poor |
Sean D Bowen
(3)lbs
|
W P Mullins | 111 lbs | 5/1 | - | Led - ridden over 1f out - faced challenge final furlong - headed inside final 110yds - kept on well - just failed(op 11/2) | |
| 3rd | 1 | Tashkhan (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Brian Ellison | 138 lbs | 9/2 | - | Prominent early - in touch with leaders after 3f - pushed along and disputing second 4f out - outpaced over 2f out - stayed on and went third towards finish - no match for first two(op 6/1) | ||
| 4th | 5 | Zoffee (GB) | 9 G | Poor | Hugo Palmer | 122 lbs | 12/1 | - | Midfield early - towards rear after 3f - raced in last after 5f - headway from 3f out - switched right and on outer over 2f out - went third over 1f out - weakened and lost third towards finish | ||
| 5th | 8 | Vera Verto (IRE) | 6 M | AVG | Gavin Cromwell | 119 lbs | 7/2F | - | Midfield - lost position and towards rear after 4f - dropped to rear 5f out - stayed on from over 1f out(op 4/1) | ||
| 6th | 4 | Emiyn (FR) | 7 G | AVG |
Zak Wheatley
(3)lbs
|
Declan Carroll | 120 lbs | 11/2 | - | Lost many lengths start - in rear - towards rear after 3f - raced wide on turn over 2f out - weakened over 1f out (jockey said gelding was slowly away from stalls and was never travelling thereafter)(tchd 6/1) | |
| 7th | 9 | Zealandia (FR) | 8 G | AVG |
Ryan Kavanagh
(7)lbs
|
Ian Williams | 111 lbs | 25/1 | - | Prominent early - dropped to midfield after 3f - weakened over 1f out(tchd 28/1) | |
| 8th | 3 | Roberto Escobarr (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Ian Williams | 130 lbs | 33/1 | - | Towards rear - headway over 3f out - hung left and weakened over 1f out (jockey said gelding hung left-handed)(op 25/1) | ||
| 9th | 7 | Sheradann (FR) | 5 G | AVG | Ian Williams | 119 lbs | 14/1 | - | In touch with leaders - disputing second 4f out - weakened quickly over 1f out(op 11/1) | ||
| 10th | 2 | Shanroe (GB) | 11 G | AVG | Karl Thornton | 135 lbs | 25/1 | - | Prominent - weakened quickly 4f out - soon tailed off(op 16/1) | ||
| 11th | 12 | Goobinator (USA) | 8 G | Poor | Donald McCain | 114 lbs | 16/1 | - | Slowly away - pushed along soon after start - soon prominent on outer - pushed along and lost position 7f out - weakened over 4f out - tailed off over 2f out(op 18/1 and tchd 20/1) |