14:45 Chester

Saturday 11 June 2022

All13:3514:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:05

Manor Car Hire Handicap

Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 2m 8.47s

(4)

Love Is Golden⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: R Kingscote| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 86| C

5/2

Course winner but only thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Epsom (10.1f, good) 8 days ago. Eleven runs since last win in 2021.

Form: 203530

(3)

Daheer^t²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: J F Egan| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 81

18/1

Scored at Wolverhampton in April before good third of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 23 days ago. Well in the mix.

Form: 467513

(6)

Jean Baptiste^p⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: J Fanning| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 80| D

9/2

Creditable fourth of 8 in handicap (8/1) at Redcar (10f, good) 9 days ago. Much respected off the same mark.

Form: 005-024

(2)

Lawn Ranger¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: William Carson| T: M J Attwater| OR: 77| CD

4/1

C&D winner but only fifth of 7 in handicap at Windsor (10f, good to firm) 12 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 08-9375

(8)

Curtiz³³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: David Probert| T: H Morrison| OR: 76| D

8/1

Five-time winner at 1m/1m2f in 2021. Off 8 months and looked rusty when sixth of 7 in handicap at Windsor (10f, good to firm) 33 days ago. No surprise to see him bounce back.

Form: 51110-6

(5)

Golden Melody³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: P Hanagan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 75| CD

11/4

C&D winner. 9/1, creditable second of 15 in handicap at Hamilton (9.2f, good to firm) 34 days ago, so she ought to be competitive again.

Form: 4413-32

(1)

Hot Team^p¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-4| J: Morgan Cole⁽⁷⁾| T: P Morris| OR: 60

66/1

25/1, first run since leaving Richard Fahey when last of 7 in handicap at Haydock (10.2f, good) 16 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Not easy to make a case for from 6 lb out of the handicap.

Form: 53615-7

Non-Runners

(7)

Vulcan²²

Weight: 9-8| Age: 5

T: R M Beckett J: Rossa Ryan

(9)

Mr Carpenter³⁴

Weight: 9-1| Age: 6

T: T D Easterby J: G Lee

Forecasts

Love Is Golden (5/2), Golden Melody (11/4), Lawn Ranger (4/1), Jean Baptiste (9/2), Vulcan (11/2), Curtiz (8/1), Mr Carpenter (16/1), Daheer (18/1), Hot Team (66/1)

VULCAN signalled he's ready to strike when an excellent clear second at Haydock and looks ahead of his mark nudged up only 2 lb. Daheer is next on the list on the back of his good Wolverhampton third, with C&D scorer Golden Melody not taken lightly either in a competitive handicap.