17:05 Chester

Friday 15 September 2023

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National Racehorse Week Amateur Jockeys' Handicap

Off time: 17:05 | Winning time: 1m 39.99s

(6)

Ugo Gregory^p,t⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr Thomas Easterby⁽⁵⁾| T: T D Easterby| OR: 78

5/1

Won at Beverley (7.5f) in July and Haydock (7f) in August. Not at best in a Haydock Class 3 last time but should fare better in this lower grade.

Form: 515140

(1)

Barging Thru^b²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Miss Brodie Hampson| T: A Watson| OR: 77

17/2

Won over 7f on AW at Chelmsford in March and also a good third at Kempton (7f) in June. Not at best back on turf last twice but he is well drawn for a front-runner and no shock were he to stage a revival.

Form: 455376

(2)

Ey Up Its The Boss^p⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Mr Matt Brown⁽⁵⁾| T: T Coyle & K Wood| OR: 75| D

9/4

Latest win at Thirsk in August. Creditable third of 12 in handicap there (7f, good to soft, 11/1) last Saturday, nearest finish after a slow start left him poorly positioned.

Form: 729193

(3)

Muntadab⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 10-12| J: Miss Amy Collier⁽³⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 74| C| D

9/2

Course winner. At the veteran stage now but his Catterick second in July shows he can be competitive off his mark. Behind Eye Up Its The Boss at Thirsk last weekend, though.

Form: 073027

(5)

Surprise Picture^v¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: Mr Matthew Ennis| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 69| D

6/1

Visored when winning twice for Keith Dalgleish in the first half of the year. Back in form for new yard when reaching the frame on his last 2 starts and interesting contender with the visor refitted.

Form: 017934

(7)

Give It Some Teddy¹³

Age: 9| Weight: 10-4| J: Mrs Emily Roberts| T: T D Easterby| OR: 66| D

4/1

Signed off last season on a winning note at Redcar and posted his best effort of this season so far when runner-up there (1m, good to firm) last month. Never a threat at Beverley since, though.

Form: 755927

(4)

Dodgy Bob^b¹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 9-11| J: Jack Nicholls⁽⁵⁾| T: M Mullineaux| OR: 49

28/1

Dual Wolverhampton scorer at huge prices earlier this year and back to form out of the blue when notching his first turf success in over 3 years at Thirsk (6f, good to soft) a fortnight ago. Hardly an obvious one to follow up off effectively a 13 lb higher mark.

Form: 544001

Non-Runners

(8)

Ciotog²

Weight: 10-13| Age: 5

T: D M Loughnane J: Miss Megan Wingrove

Forecasts

Ey Up Its The Boss (9/4), Ciotog (11/4), Give It Some Teddy (4/1), Muntadab (9/2), Ugo Gregory (5/1), Surprise Picture (6/1), Barging Thru (17/2), Dodgy Bob (28/1)

SURPRISE PICTURE is refitted with the visor he wore when notching 2 wins for Keith Dalgleish earlier in the year and might be ready to strike for new trainer Grant Tuer after a couple of decent runs last month. Ugo Gregory should find this a bit easier than the Haydock Class 3 he contested last Friday and is second choice ahead of Barging Thru, who is well drawn for a front runner.