Chester Races
Chester
17:05
John Smith's Jump Jockeys Challenge Handicap (Professional Jump Jockeys) (GBBPlus Race) (Div I)
Chester
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2025
Distance: 1m4½f
Type: Flat
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £2.88
Place: £1.60 £1.90 £1.80
Exacta: £15.40
Tricast: £83.40
Trifecta: £102.60
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5 | Saligo Bay (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Sam England | 158 lbs | 15/8F | Won | Prominent - lost position but in touch with leaders halfway - ridden and headway on inner 2f out - went second over 1f out - led inside final furlong - ran on(op 2/1 tchd 85/40) | ||
| 2nd | 4 | Nibras Gold (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | James Owen | 158 lbs | 8/1 | .75 | Prominent - led after 2f - headed and prominent 7f out - kept on well inside final furlong - went second towards finish(op 9/1) | ||
| 3rd | 9 | Spartan Times (GB) | 4 G | AVG | Jennie Candlish | 151 lbs | 13/2 | .75 | In rear - headway into midfield halfway - pressed leaders over 1f out - kept on inside final furlong - went third towards finish(op 6/1 tchd 11/2) | ||
| 4th | 6 | Heathen (GB) | 6 G | AVG | Jennie Candlish | 157 lbs | 6/1 | 0.05 | Midfield - not clear run over 2f out - headway over 1f out - ran on inside final furlong(op 7/1 tchd 11/2 and tchd 8/1) | ||
| 5th | 2 | Percy Jones (GB) | 6 G | AVG | Mark Loughnane | 161 lbs | 13/2 | .75 | Midfield - dropped to rear halfway - headway over 1f out - stayed on final furlong(op 7/1 tchd 11/2) | ||
| 6th | 10 | Cotswold Cottage (GB) | 5 M | Good | Faye Bramley | 147 lbs | 11/2 | 0.2 | Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - headway after 4f - led 7f out - headed inside final furlong - weakened towards finish(op 5/1 tchd 9/2) | ||
| 7th | 3 | Polling Day (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Bernard Llewellyn | 161 lbs | 33/1 | 1.25 | In rear - stayed on final furlong - never dangerous(op 25/1) | ||
| 8th | 7 | Cormier (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Brian Ellison | 156 lbs | 50/1 | 4.25 | Hampered soon after start - not clear run over 2f out - in rear throughout (jockey said gelding lost his left fore shoe)(op 33/1) | ||
| 9th | 8 | Green Team (FR) | 6 G | AVG | Ian Williams | 155 lbs | 10/1 | 8.5 | Led - headed and prominent after 2f - weakened over 1f out(tchd 9/1) | ||
| 10th | 1 | Westernesse (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Donald McCain | 163 lbs | 66/1 | 0.2 | Midfield - headway halfway - weakened from 2f out (vet said gelding lost his right hind shoe)(op 40/1) |