20:05 Chester

Friday 14 July 2023

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Excell Supply Handicap

Off time: 20:05 | Winning time: 1m 11.01s

(6)

Lihou²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Owen Lewis⁽⁷⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 85| CD

9/1

Course winner. 4 wins from 10 runs this year. Latest win at Epsom in April. 15/2, good second of 8 in handicap at this course (5.1f, good) 27 days ago. Likely to be on the premises again.

Form: 313202

(4)

Roman Dragon¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin⁽³⁾| T: H Palmer| OR: 84| CD

5/2

4-time course winner. 7/2, career best when winning 8-runner handicap at this course (6.1f, good) 13 days ago, bit in hand. Has a terrific record here and looks sure to go well again.

Form: 00-8541

(8)

Shalaa Asker^p¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: P Hanagan| T: A Keatley| OR: 83| D

14/1

4 wins from 13 runs this year. Career best when winning 13-runner handicap (20/1) at Pontefract (6f, good) 19 days ago, keeping on well. Likely to prove vulnerable after a rise, though.

Form: 358321

(2)

Origintrail²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: A Mullen| T: B Haslam| OR: 81| CD

7/1

Course winner. 16/1, sixth of 8 in handicap at York (6f, good to firm) 28 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 11256-6

(1)

Recon Mission⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: F Norton| T: A W Carroll| OR: 80| D

8/1

Creditable third of 8 in handicap at Bath (5.7f, good to firm, 14/1) 9 days ago, having run of race. Must improve.

Form: 8-22583

(5)

Count D'Orsay^p¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 8-13| J: Phil Dennis| T: T D Easterby| OR: 75| D

9/2

13/2, won 6-runner handicap at Hamilton (5f, good) 15 days ago. Remains well treated on old form and merits plenty of respect.

Form: 757421

(7)

Huddle Up²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Billy Garritty| T: T D Barron| OR: 74| D

4/1

Creditable third of 9 in handicap at Ayr (6f, firm, 17/2) 20 days ago. Holding form well of late while leaving the impression that he's in the handicapper's grip.

Form: 50-2533

(3)

Bezzas Lad²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: A W Carroll| OR: 73| D

11/1

Latest win at Lingfield in March. 33/1, creditable second of 10 in handicap at this course (6.1f, good) 27 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 631242

Forecasts

Roman Dragon (5/2), Huddle Up (4/1), Count D'Orsay (9/2), Origintrail (7/1), Recon Mission (8/1), Lihou (9/1), Bezzas Lad (11/1), Shalaa Asker (14/1)

ROMAN DRAGON picked up his fourth course success here recently and he's been rated higher in the past, so he gets the marginal vote ahead of fellow last-time-out winner Count D'Orsay. Lihou is bang in form and likely to make his mark once again.