Chester Races
Chester
15:40
Love Federal Capital Handicap
Chester
Date: Wed, 07 May 2025
Distance: 6f
Type: Flat
Going: Good
Class: Class 3
Surface: Turf
Win: £5.50
Place: £1.60 £2.20 £3.10
Exacta: £51.90
Tricast: £602.75
Trifecta: £313.60
Non-Runners: Jr Climbs (travel problems), Marchogion (self certificate), Naana's Sparkle (self certificate)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5 | Hammer The Hammer (IRE) | 3 C | Good | Kevin Ryan | 133 lbs | 9/2 | Won | Travelled strongly - made all - switched left and against rail after 1f - went clear when ridden inside final furlong - ran on well - readily(op 4/1) | ||
| 2nd | 6 | Diligently (GB) | 3 C | AVG | Clive Cox | 131 lbs | 10/1 | 4.25 | Prominent on inner - went second over 1f out - kept on - no match for winner | ||
| 3rd | 7 | Cyclonite (USA) | 2 G | AVG | James Ferguson | 131 lbs | 14/1 | 0.05 | Towards rear - switched right and headway up the centre over 1f out - ran on well - eyecatcher(op 12/1) | ||
| 4th | 4 | Bob Mali (IRE) | 3 G | AVG | Charles Hills | 134 lbs | 6/5F | 3.25 | Unseated rider before start - prominent - lost second over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 5/4 tchd 11/8) | ||
| 5th | 12 | The Flying Seagull (IRE) | 3 G | Poor | Hugo Palmer | 125 lbs | 28/1 | .5 | Prominent on outer - weakened inside final furlong(op 16/1) | ||
| 6th | 10 | Megaphone (GB) | 3 G | AVG | George Boughey | 129 lbs | 28/1 | .5 | Dwelt start - towards rear on inner - some headway over 1f out - kept on - not pace to challenge (jockey said gelding was slowly away)(op 25/1 tchd 33/1) | ||
| 7th | 2 | Force And Valour (IRE) | 3 C | AVG | George Scott | 134 lbs | 12/1 | 2.25 | Outpaced early - in rear - some headway over 1f out - no impression(op 16/1) | ||
| 8th | 8 | Belgrave (GB) | 3 G | AVG | Ralph Beckett | 131 lbs | 9/1 | .5 | In touch with leaders - weakened inside final furlong - eased inside final 110yds(op 11/1 tchd 12/1) | ||
| 9th | 14 | Cressida Wildes (GB) | 3 F | AVG | Phil McEntee | 122 lbs | 50/1 | .75 | In touch with leaders on outer - weakened inside final furlong(op 40/1 tchd 33/1) | ||
| 10th | 3 | Cabelleroso (GB) | 3 C | AVG | Hugo Palmer | 134 lbs | 13/2 | 0.1 | Took keen hold - in touch with leaders on inner - weakened inside final furlong (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that colt was unsuited by the going and would benefit from more ease in the ground; vet examined colt post-race and had nothing to report)(op 7/1 tchd 6/1) | ||
| 11th | 1 | End Of Story (IRE) | 3 G | AVG | Mark Loughnane | 135 lbs | 80/1 | 13 | Slowly into stride - in rear throughout(op 66/1 tchd 50/1) |