Chester
14:50
White Oak UK Business Finance Selling Stakes
Chester Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 Distance: 7f Type: Flat Going: Good Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £9.60 Place: £2.40 £1.60 £8.60 Exacta: £53.10 Trifecta: £993.60
Non-Runners: Mayaada (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 7 Strength Of Spirit (IRE) 2 C Elite K R Burke 130 lbs 17/2 Won Held up in rear - plenty to do 2f out - headway and switched right inside final furlong - soon ridden - quickened to lead towards finish(tchd 8/1 and tchd 9/1)
2nd 9 Ubetterseethis (GB) 2 C Poor Craig Lidster 130 lbs 6/1 0.3 Led but pestered - increased tempo and clear over 1f out - headed towards finish(op 11/2 tchd 9/2)
3rd 10 Crystal Aurora (IRE) 2 F Poor Ivan Furtado 125 lbs 40/1 1.5 Soon prominent on inner - went second 2f out - no extra inside final 110yds(op 50/1 tchd 66/1)
4th 6 Reception (IRE) 2 C Poor Charlie Fellowes 130 lbs 2/1 .5 Midfield - raced wide and headway over 1f out - no extra inside final 110yds(op 10/3)
5th 11 Imso Friendly (IRE) 2 F Poor Brian Ellison 122 lbs 250/1 1.25 Midfield on inner - headway over 1f out - weakened final 110yds(op 200/1)
6th 8 The Resdev Scholar (IRE) 2 G Good Michael & David Easterby 130 lbs 12/1 0.2 Raced wide early - in rear - headway when carried right inside final furlong - keeping on when short of room inside final 110yds (jockey said colt was denied a clear run inside final furlong)(tchd 11/1)
7th 2 Jack The Tooth (GB) 2 G AVG George Scott 136 lbs 7/4F 0.3 Slowly away - in rear - raced wide and headway over 1f out - no impression final 110yds (jockey said gelding was slowly away)(op 6/4)
8th 3 Archibald Ives (IRE) 2 G Poor Darryll Holland 125 lbs 40/1 1.75 In touch with leaders - weakened inside final furlong(op 33/1)
9th 4 Believeinthisone (GB) 2 G Poor David Loughnane 130 lbs 25/1 .75 Raced wide early - in rear - hampered soon after start - some headway final 110yds - never dangerous(op 16/1 tchd 28/1)
10th 14 Sunniva (IRE) 2 F Poor Brian Ellison 125 lbs 100/1 2.5 Raced wide early - in rear - raced wide and headway over 2f out - hung left and weakened 1f out(op 80/1 tchd 125/1)
11th 1 Davvy (GB) 2 G AVG David Evans 136 lbs 9/1 2.25 Pressed leader - weakened over 1f out (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than a report from jockey that gelding ran flat on this occasion; vet examined gelding post-race and had nothing to report)(op 10/1 tchd 17/2)
12th 13 Preminision (GB) 2 F Poor Tim Easterby 125 lbs 125/1 .75 Ducked right start - raced wide - prominent - weakened over 1f out(tchd 150/1)
13th 5 Oh West Virginia (GB) 2 C Poor Hugo Palmer 130 lbs 66/1 14 Raced wide early - towards rear throughout(tchd 80/1)