14:10 Chester

Saturday 21 August 2021

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Stella Artois Chester Stakes (Listed)

Off time: 14:12 | Winning time: 3m 12.35s

(1)

Deja⁶³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: P Hanagan| T: P W Chapple-Hyam| OR: 105| C

10/1

Smart sort who continued on the up last season, winning Old Newton Cup at Haydock. Disappointing so far this term but he'd be an obvious player if back to his best.

Form: 210-760

(7)

Morando^p⁴²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: Rob Hornby| T: A M Balding| OR: 105| C

4/1

Form: 47-4369

(3)

Noonday Gun³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Cam Hardie| T: R Hannon| OR: 86| D

22/1

Barely needed to improve to double career tally at Haydock 3 weeks ago but this step up in class demands a lot more, and he's likely to come up short.

Form: 533541

(4)

Uber Cool¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: Robert Tart| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam| OR: 92| BF| C| D

6/1

Useful staying handicapper in 2018 and defied a mammoth absence to make winning return at this course (13.4f) in May. Good third at Ascot last time but needs to up his game in this company.

Form: 1719/13

(5)

Inchicore⁹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: G Lee| T: A King| OR: 93

11/1

Useful filly who scored at Lingfield in May and produced her best effort to date when fifth in a Group 3 at York 3 months ago. Reasonable claims down in grade.

Form: 441-015

(6)

Dancing King⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: F Norton| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 100

4/1

n rampant mood since returning this year, completing 4-timer in 7-runner handicap (14.5f) at Doncaster in June. Found out in better company the last twice, but this is slightly easier.

Form: 111183

(2)

Yesyes²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-2| J: J F Egan| T: R M Beckett| OR: 93

7/4

Camelot filly who landed a couple of novices before an improved fourth stepped up to this grade at Newmarket 3 weeks ago. May o better with so few miles on the clock, so warrants plenty of interest.

Form: 114

Forecasts

Yesyes (7/4), Dancing King (4/1), Morando (4/1), Uber Cool (6/1), Deja (10/1), Inchicore (11/1), Noonday Gun (22/1)

MORANDO goes well at this course and the forecast rain is very much in his favour, so he gets the nod to bounce back and land this tightly-knit affair. 3yos Dancing King and Yesyes remain with potential, so they're feasible dangers getting a chunk of weight off the selection.