14:35 Chester

Saturday 29 July 2017

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MBNA Good Stuff Fillies' Handicap

Off time: 14:35 | Winning time: 1m 35.8s

(8)

Shaaqaaf²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Kieren Fox| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 85| BF| D

3/1

Her form looks good having won a maiden over a mile at Goodwood and made a good fist of her handicap debut behind a subsequent winner who looks useful. Her mark doesn't look that generous and the wide draw could be a problem also.

Form: 34-212

(7)

Alpine Dream^b,h²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Jason Hart| T: T D Easterby| OR: 77| CD

11/2

C&D winner who looked to appreciate the testing conditions off a mark of 69 and it is the ground that looks important to her. Ran well enough in the circumstances last time out when runner-up over 7f at York on much better ground and back over C&D here could well be one to take advantage with the ground in her favour.

Form: 634152

(3)

Maggie Pink²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: Ray Dawson⁽⁷⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 74| C

7/1

Her losing run is starting to lengthen now with her last win coming back in October 2015 in heavy conditions over 7f at Newbury. That was off a mark of 92 and she is nowhere near worth that mark although she is well placed to go forward here in her usual style (did too much last time out).

Form: 50-4700

(4)

Bell Heather¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Connor Murtagh⁽⁷⁾| T: P Morris| OR: 73| D

12/1

A turf winner on her debut she won off a career low mark last time out having her first run for this yard having left Richard Fahey. That drop in the weights obviously helped but she does have to run off her higher turf mark here having not run on the surface since August last year.

Form: 00-5731

(1)

Vice Versa^v1⁵⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: F Norton| T: Sir Michael Stoute| OR: 77

3/1

Caused a 25/1 shock when scoring on her third start in an AW maiden at Wolverhampton over an extended mile showing a good attitude although she did have the run of the race. Should have done better on her handicap debut back on turf at Nottingham but pulled too hard and that put paid to her chance. Worth another chance here though off a 3lb lower mark with the visor going on for the first time.

Form: 9-015

(6)

Rutherford²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: S A Gray| T: K A Ryan| OR: 75

4/1

Didn't need to show any improvement when she got off the mark in an AW maiden at Newcastle over 7f. Her opening mark looks as though she has plenty to do off it in handicaps and others make more appeal here.

Form: 42-2143

(5)

Bush Beauty¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: Neil Farley| T: E J Alston| OR: 64| CD

10/1

Her last win came over C&D but her tendency to pull hard and on occasions be slow away and her strike-rate is a modest one and that makes her one to treat with caution for now.

Form: 043535

Non-Runners

(9)

Simply Me⁵⁰

Weight: 9-10| Age: 4

T: Tom Dascombe J: R Kingscote

(10)

Little Miss Kodi¹⁴

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: D M Loughnane J: Toby Eley

(2)

Moonwise²¹

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: R M Beckett J: P J Dobbs

Forecasts

Shaaqaaf (3/1), Vice Versa (3/1), Rutherford (4/1), Simply Me (4/1), Alpine Dream (11/2), Maggie Pink (7/1), Moonwise (7/1), Bush Beauty (10/1), Bell Heather (12/1), Little Miss Kodi (25/1)

There don’t look to be any massive improvers in this although two of the three-year-olds VICE VERSA and Moonwise are of interest particularly the former with the visor on for the first time. Alpine Dream will enjoy the ground while Maggie Pink would be a danger off this mark if she settles better being well drawn to go forward in her usual style. Shaaqaaf has form that makes her look worth a second look although her mark and the wide draw are potential disadvantages.