15:50 Chester

Friday 13 September 2024

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Virgin Bet Handicap

Off time: 15:53 | Winning time: 3m 49.95s

(7)

Berkshire Sundance³⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Jason Watson| T: A M Balding| OR: 70| D

9/2

Career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Kempton (16f, 5/4), well on top finish. Off 11 months. Can get involved if he's tuned up for this return.

Form: 964341-

(12)

Lunar Jet⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 9-11| J: D C Costello| T: Steph Hollinshead| OR: 65

11/1

Ninth of 11 in handicap (33/1) at Haydock (14f, good) 7 days ago. Goes well in soft ground but others are still more appealing.

Form: 56-5759

(4)

Corsican Caper²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: S D Bowen⁽³⁾| T: K Frost| OR: 65

11/2

22/1, first run since leaving Kevin Frost when eleventh of 13 in handicap at Newcastle (12.4f) 22 days ago, slowly away. Rejoined yard after leaving Kevin Philippart De Foy. Others preferred.

Form: 141230

(11)

Zivaniya^b,t¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Jason Hart| T: H Palmer| OR: 65| D

12/1

3 wins from 7 runs this year. Latest win at Newcastle in August. Sixth of 8 in handicap at Newcastle (16.2f, 10/3) 10 days ago. Not completely dismissed.

Form: 131716

(5)

Judgementofsolomon¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 71| BF

7/2

Winner at Wolverhampton in April. 5/6, fourth of 6 in handicap at Southwell (14.1f) 18 days ago. Longer trip is bound to suit and he's fancied to get back on the up.

Form: 066-134

(13)

Tazaman⁷⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Ben Robinson| T: K Frost| OR: 59

33/1

8/1, bit below form fifth of 13 in handicap at Kempton (16f) 79 days ago, left with lot to do. Will need everything to drop right.

Form: 1327/55

(10)

Trojan Sun^p¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: P Mulrennan| T: J S Goldie| OR: 57

13/2

7/1, career best when winning 8-runner handicap at Musselburgh (18.1f, good) 16 days ago, all out. Should give another good account for all that this is a better race.

Form: 772581

(3)

Hiccups^p⁶⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: J F Egan| T: John Berry| OR: 48

18/1

Good second of 8 in handicap (9/2) at Ffos Las (14f, good) 65 days ago, running on. Has a tricky task from out of the weights.

Form: 8-05032

(2)

Bamboo Bay¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Rhys Elliott⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Tracy Waggott| OR: 47| C

6/1

Course winner. Eighteen runs since last win in 2022. Creditable third of 7 in handicap at Ripon (16f, good to firm, 17/2) 17 days ago. Not dismissed.

Form: 98-6423

(6)

Prince Iago^p1¹¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: A Mullen| T: H Palmer| OR: 58

11/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eleventh of 12 in maiden at Newbury (10f, good, 100/1). Off 119 days. Significantly up in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Makes handicap debut. Has work to do.

Form: 670

Non-Runners

(8)

C'mon Kenny⁴⁹

Weight: 10-3| Age: 8

T: Ian Williams J: Ryan Kavanagh

(9)

Zikany²⁰

Weight: 10-2| Age: 6

T: Mrs A J Perrett J: Non Runner

(1)

Dereham³⁷

Weight: 9-2| Age: 8

T: John Berry J: Faye McManoman

Forecasts

Judgementofsolomon (7/2), Berkshire Sundance (9/2), Corsican Caper (11/2), Bamboo Bay (6/1), Trojan Sun (13/2), Lunar Jet (11/1), Prince Iago (11/1), Zivaniya (12/1), Dereham (14/1), Zikany (16/1), Hiccups (18/1), C'mon Kenny (25/1), Tazaman (33/1)

JUDGEMENTOFSOLOMON stands out as the one who could produce a dominant display. He's less exposed than the remainder and promises to be well suited by the step up in trip, particuarly with the emphasis on stamina on soft ground. Berkshire Sundance can get involved if tuned up and Dereham should be thereabouts.