14:35 Chester

Saturday 11 September 2021

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Off time: 14:36 | Winning time: 3m 11.16s

(10)

Hochfeld⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: Jonny Peate⁽⁷⁾| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 96| CD

9/2

Dual course winner who was also third in Chester Cup in May. Perhaps worth forgiving last weekend's run at Haydock as he met trouble. On a good mark.

Form: 790457

(1)

Nuits St Georges⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: D Nolan| T: D Menuisier| OR: 95| D

4/1

Added to good strike-rate with wins over this trip at Goodwood and Salisbury this summer. Below par at Glorious Goodwood latest but not the type to stay down for long.

Form: 63-7118

(5)

Mr Curiosity⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: J P Spencer| T: C Fellowes| OR: 88

11/4

Useful form, including a Bath novice win in May. 11/2, could only manage eighth of 12 on his 12.5f Newcastle handicap debut in July but it's clearly still very early days.

Form: 4128

(7)

Supakalanistic²²

Age: 8| Weight: 8-13| J: T P Queally| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 87WS

28/1

Fairly useful 3m hurdler. Won the Flat last year and he likely needed the run after 4 months off when sixth over an inadequate 1m at Kempton 3 weeks ago. This trip much more suitable.

Form: 1-26

(2)

Hasanabad^t¹⁰⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: R Kingscote| T: Ian Williams| OR: 86| D

8/1

20/1, respectable fifth of 9 in handicap at this course (13.4f, good to soft) when last seen in May. Others arrive with more pressing claims.

Form: 002-975

(8)

Au Clair De Lune¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Hayley Turner| T: George Scott| OR: 82

6/1

Latest win at Kempton in March. Creditable third over 2m at Ripon 19 days ago, no extra late on after travelling smoothly. This sharper test could be ideal.

Form: 26-1563

(4)

Gabrial The One¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-2| J: P Mathers| T: R A Fahey| OR: 73| C

11/2

Has plenty of good efforts to his name here but he doesn't have a good strike-rate (only fourth of 6 here on Friday) and suspicion he'll be vulnerable for win purposes from 3 lb out of handicap.

Form: 237544

(3)

Red Derek⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-2| J: Nicola Currie| T: L Williamson| OR: 62

40/1

Off the mark at Haydock in May but below par in recent starts and he's miles out of the handicap here.

Form: 132867

Non-Runners

(6)

Mancini²¹

Weight: 9-1| Age: 7

T: Ian Williams J: David Probert

(9)

Arrow Of Gold⁸⁸

Weight: 8-3| Age: 4

T: K A Ryan J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Mancini (5/2), Mr Curiosity (11/4), Arrow Of Gold (7/2), Nuits St Georges (4/1), Hochfeld (9/2), Gabrial The One (11/2), Au Clair De Lune (6/1), Hasanabad (8/1), Supakalanistic (28/1), Red Derek (40/1)

HOCHFELD has 2 wins, 2 seconds and third in this year's Chester Cup to show from 5 previous visits here. He's now 2 lb lower than for that good run in the Chester Cup so looks well worth siding with at a venue which clearly plays to his strengths. Mancini was a good second here last time and should go well again, while the lightly-raced Arrow of Gold is one who has the potential for better still.