16:20 Chester
Saturday 10 June 2017
All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:5517:30
Crabbie's Handicap
- 4YO plus | Class 4 | 1m 4f 63y | Soft | 9 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 16:21 | Winning time: 2m 45.21s
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Won on the AW last time out but may struggle back up the handicap in a stronger contest. Did win over C&D back in 2014 so proven that he handles the track but he's not the most consistent sort and possibly not the type to back up his latest effort Can be slowly away.
Hit form towards the back end of last year but not returned in the same mood this time around. Wide draw to cope with and likely to struggle.
Won over C&D last month and did that a little more convincingly than her winning margin suggests. That was her first run of the season so every chance she could improve and 5lb rise may underestimate her ability; leading player.
Showed signs of ability when trained for Aidan O'Brien in Ireland and seemingly improved on first start for this yard when landing a gamble. Firmer ground perhaps his undoing last time and worth giving another chance here.
Record suggests he's more effective on the AW than he is on turf but ran well here last month from an inconvenient draw. Has fared better this time around with a pea draw but probably wouldn't want any rain to fall.
Scored back-to-back victories with wins at Catterick and Doncaster but has never run particularly well around here. Struggled last time out at Goodwood and looks opposable.
Bounced back to form on the AW at the start of the year and carried that on when switched to turf at the Lincoln meeting but not in the same form at Doncaster last month after taking a hike in the weights and yard are struggling for winner over the past month.
Had been going well on the AW when last seen but he's unplaced in eight turf starts and was a beaten favourite at Southwell last time out; may come on for this run.
Was in form last summer on good ground and won over an extended 1m2f at Doncaster from 4lb lower back in June 2016. Back over that C&D last time she put up her best effort since when beaten less than 1L but back up the handicap and yard have been short of winners over the last month. Jockey booking a positive.
Non-Runners
5
(9)

Desert Way38
Weight: 9-2| Age: 4
T: R Menzies J: P J McDonald
NR
Forecasts
St Mary's (2/1), Monaco Rose (9/2), Miss Ranger (5/1), Modernism (7/1), Marsh Pride (10/1), Royal Flag (11/1), Sean O'Casey (11/1), Gabrial's Star (12/1), Desert Way (12/1), Luv U Whatever (22/1)
ST MARY'S could be tough to beat for the in form Andrew Balding stable if she comes on for her win here last time out. Sean O'Casey can be forgiven a poor run last time and may bounce back while Gabrial's Star was a winner last time out but needs to prove he can still put back-to-back performances together.
- St Mary's
- Sean O'Casey
- Gabrial's Star
Prize Money
1st: £7,781.002nd: £2,330.003rd: £1,165.004th: £582.005th: £291.006th: £146.00
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