17:00 Chester

Saturday 16 September 2023

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National Racehorse Week Handicap

Off time: 17:00 | Winning time: 1m 18.39s

(4)

Divine Libra²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: David Probert| T: C Hills| OR: 89| BF| CD

9/4

C&D winner in July who has continued in good nick, second of 15 in handicap at Newmarket (6f, good) 28 days ago. Up 3 lb but he ought to be in the shake-up once more.

Form: 145132

(6)

Roman Dragon¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Hayley Turner| T: H Palmer| OR: 87| BF| CD

10/3

Bagged his fourth C&D success in July and he posted another very good effort here when second of 11 over 5.5f 14 days ago, caught only near finish. Goes well on soft ground and he's a player.

Form: 854122

(8)

Glorious Angel¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 87| D

12/1

Rattled off a quick-fire hat-trick on AW around the turn of the year and she ran right up to the pick of her form on turf when second of 11 at Carlisle (6f) 16 days ago. Can go well again off the same mark.

Form: 530552

(3)

Dora Penny^t³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: B A Curtis| T: P D Evans| OR: 84| D

13/2

Got back to winning ways at Kempton in April but well below that level more recently and makes limited appeal.

Form: 718787

(1)

Oso Rapido^p1⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Jason Hart| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 80| D

9/2

Got off the mark for the season at Redcar in August and recorded a good second of 12 in handicap at Thirsk (7f, good to soft) 7 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. Expected to be bang there despite a 2 lb rise.

Form: 520152

(7)

Momaer^h,t⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: David Egan| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 77| BF| D

7/1

Gained his second win of 2023 at Leicester in July. 9/2, respectable sixth of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 9 days ago. Bit more is needed here though.

Form: 3-16136

(2)

Mokaatil^v¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 8-11| J: F Norton| T: Ian Williams| OR: 73| D

11/1

Has been operating some way below his best this year and only sixth of 11 at Goodwood (6f) 11 days ago. It's easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: 935906

Non-Runners

(5)

Kodi Red²

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: Darryll Holland J: Jason Watson

Forecasts

Divine Libra (9/4), Roman Dragon (10/3), Oso Rapido (9/2), Dora Penny (13/2), Momaer (7/1), Kodi Red (10/1), Mokaatil (11/1), Glorious Angel (12/1)

A case can be made for a few of these but ROMAN DRAGON has a superb record round here so gets the vote ahead of the handily-weighted Oso Rapido. Divine Libra is another C&D scorer who must enter calculations in a competitive sprint.