17:05 Chester

Friday 10 September 2021

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Mental Health UK Handicap (Gentleman Amateur Jockeys)

Off time: 17:06 | Winning time: 1m 37.73s

(4)

Newton Jack⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr Patrick Millman| T: W S Kittow| OR: 76

9/4

Fitter for return when scoring in good style at Salisbury (7f) in May and he arrives here having found only one too good at Newbury/Epsom in recent months. Mark has crept up but player nevertheless.

Form: 4-61522

(1)

Sir Benedict^h¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 11-4| J: Toby Wynne⁽⁵⁾| T: C Fellowes| OR: 78

11/4

Dual scorer as a 2-y-o who is on a fair mark and he again found only one too good at Yarmouth (7f) in August. Plenty of good efforts to his name around here and considered from plum draw.

Form: 539222

(5)

Espresso Freddo^v¹¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Luke Scott⁽⁵⁾| T: R Stephens| OR: 73| D

10/1

Dual 1m winner in 2020 who was in good order when last seen during the spring, fourth in 13-runner Newbury handicap (1m) in May. Absent since but he is now operating from last winning mark.

Form: 345454

(3)

Parys Mountain^h,t⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr William Easterby| T: T D Easterby| OR: 72| CD

11/2

Capitalised on drop in weights to score on return at Catterick (7f) in April. Struggled for consistency since but his mark has eased and dangerous if getting his own way in front from a handy draw.

Form: 305847

(12)

Carnival Zain^h¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Freddie Mitchell| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 70| D

28/1

Landed a 1m, AW maiden in France back in 2019. Encouraging sixth in 19-runner York handicap (7.8f) on yard debut in July but he's failed to replicate that since. Wide draw to overcome.

Form: 73-4688

(8)

Confrontational^p²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Mr Ryan Holmes⁽⁵⁾| T: J Candlish| OR: 68| C| D

17/2

Course winner who landed back-to-back handicaps at Newcastle (6f/1m) earlier this year. Not disgraced from inflated mark in trio of starts since and another good showing not ruled out.

Form: 511435

(9)

King Of Tonga¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Mr Matthew Ennis⁽³⁾| T: D O'Meara| OR: 68| BF

11/1

Fallen considerably in weights and ran best race of campaign when beaten only by an improving 3-y-o at Musselburgh in August. May of found race coming too soon 5 days later but losing run is a concern

Form: 883525

(11)

Pacino²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-4| J: Mr E Cagney⁽⁵⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 59

11/1

Winless since 2019 but went close on occasions last year (including here) and not disgraced when fifth at Carlisle (7.8f) on his latest outing 24 days ago. Each-way claims despite wide draw.

Form: 8-98475

(6)

Case Of The Ex⁵²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-4| J: B Roberts⁽⁵⁾| T: D Loughnane| OR: 64

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden who ran to a fair level on 2 of her 3 starts in novice company. Failed to improve at first attempt when midfield on AW handicap bow in July but it does remain early days.

Form: 3535

(13)

Salam Zayed¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Mr Matt Brown⁽⁵⁾| T: P Morris| OR: 57| CD

50/1

C&D winner who missed whole of last year and he's yet to threaten in handful of starts this summer, albeit ridden too aggressively at Carlisle (6.9f) 2 weeks ago. Still, others preferred.

Form: 78/0868

Non-Runners

(10)

Glengarry¹⁴

Weight: 11-1| Age: 8

T: D Brooke J: Toby Wynne

(7)

Piselli Molli⁸

Weight: 10-7| Age: 3

T: Sir Mark Prescott J: Non Runner

(2)

Kick On Kick On¹

Weight: 10-5| Age: 6

T: Ian Williams J: Mr Simon Walker

Forecasts

Newton Jack (9/4), Sir Benedict (11/4), Piselli Molli (7/2), Parys Mountain (11/2), Kick On Kick On (7/1), Confrontational (17/2), Espresso Freddo (10/1), King Of Tonga (11/1), Pacino (11/1), Case Of The Ex (14/1), Glengarry (16/1), Carnival Zain (28/1), Salam Zayed (50/1)

A winner at Salisbury during the spring, NEWTON JACK arrives on the back of a pair of solid runners-up efforts, reeled in only by an improving 3-y-o over further at Epsom on his most recent start in July. and he looks sure to go well again from a handy draw. Sir Benedict is similarly in good order and can feature. Confrontational and Pacino also make each-way appeal in the finale.