17:40 Chester

Saturday 26 June 2021

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Off time: 17:41 | Winning time: 1m 2.49s

(5)

Recon Mission²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Cameron Noble⁽³⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 87| D

9/2

Latest win at Epsom in April and shaped as if still in good form when sixth of 16 in Dash there since. Placed on both previous visits here. Respected.

Form: 437516

(4)

Sir Maximilian¹

Age: 12| Weight: 9-7| J: D C Costello| T: Ian Williams| OR: 85| BF| CD

10/3

Likeable veteran who, back in headgear, ran best race of present campaign when just touched off in a 6f handicap here last month. Bit below form second of 9 in claimer at this course on Friday, mind.

Form: 766722

(3)

Spoof²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: D Allan| T: C Hills| OR: 85| CD

7/2

C&D winner. Creditable second of 8 in handicap (9/2) at Windsor (5f, good) 26 days ago, helped by being held up in strongly-run race. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 117-662

(8)

Militia²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: D Tudhope| T: P T Midgley| OR: 80| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Creditable third of 6 at Musselburgh 21 days ago and one to consider at a track which suits his strong-travelling style.

Form: 803-483

(2)

Dark Shot^b³

Age: 8| Weight: 8-7| J: Kieran Schofield⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 71| D

16/5

Seventeen runs since last win in 2020. Creditable third of 9 in handicap at Salisbury (5f, good to soft, 13/2) on Wednesday. Another who can't be discounted from a handy draw.

Form: 722443

(1)

Birkenhead^p,t¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-4| J: Jane Elliott| T: J L Eyre| OR: 68| D

12/1

Best effort this term when fourth of 9 in handicap (12/1) at Nottingham (5f, good to firm) 12 days ago. Needs to build on that now.

Form: 24-7804

(10)

Prince of Rome^e/s⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Liam Jones| T: M Mullineaux| OR: 67| D

80/1

Fairly useful sprinter but has been below form since his reappearance third in February, albeit he was always going to be up against it in a conditions race here latest.

Form: 70-3806

(9)

Powerallied¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 8-2| J: P Mathers| T: R A Fahey| OR: 63| CD

16/1

Six-time C&D winner but drawn a blank since the latest of them in August 2019. Yet to threaten this term but had an excuse here latest and no shock if he revives.

Form: 07-5578

(6)

Moonraker³

Age: 9| Weight: 8-2| J: J Quinn| T: M Appleby| OR: 57| D

66/1

Latest win at Southwell in April but unable to reproduce that back on turf since and he's 9 lb out of the handicap here.

Form: 5-41630

(12)

Celerity^v⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-2| J: Keelan Baker⁽⁷⁾| T: L Williamson| OR: 45

125/1

Remains a maiden after 101 Flat runs. Creditable fifth of 9 in handicap (50/1) at Lingfield (5f, AW) 9 days ago. A whopping 25 lb out of the weights this time, though.

Form: 585875

Non-Runners

(11)

Thegreatestshowman¹⁹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 5

T: Miss A Murphy J: Lewis Edmunds

(7)

Equally Fast³

Weight: 8-2| Age: 9

T: R Harris J: R Ffrench

Forecasts

Dark Shot (16/5), Sir Maximilian (10/3), Spoof (7/2), Recon Mission (9/2), Militia (7/1), Equally Fast (10/1), Birkenhead (12/1), Thegreatestshowman (12/1), Powerallied (16/1), Moonraker (66/1), Prince of Rome (80/1), Celerity (125/1)

RECON MISSION should find this a bit easier than the Epsom Dash last time and has run well on both previous visits here so he might prove the answer to this concluding sprint. C&D scorer Spoof is respected on the back of his latest Windsor second, while Dark Shot hasn't won for a while but his consistency of late is hard to knock.