15:23 Chester

Saturday 13 June 2026

All13:3514:1014:4715:2316:0016:3717:12

Colette, Lynn And Rachel's 50th Birthday Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

Off time: 15:23 | Winning time: 2m 14.70s

(9)

Savvy Victory⁵³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: S H James| T: S Woods| OR: 96| D

15/2

Smart at his peak but drew a blank in 2025 and hasn't shown enough in his 2 outings this year to think his losing run is likely to end now.

Form: 6054-47

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(5)

Ultrasoul²⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: R P Downey| T: R Varian| OR: 89

10/3

Ended 2025 by digging deep to land a Nottingham handicap (8.3f, soft) in October. Straightforward sort who could be capable of even better for his leading stable.

Form: 23/2311-

(6)

Rastnet^p1³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: George Wood| T: J Butler| OR: 86

9/2

AW novice winner in December and better form in defeat in handicaps since, including third of 9 over C&D (good to firm) at the May meeting. Won't need to pull out much more for first-time cheekpieces.

Form: 21-2223

(7)

Lexington Jet^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Rowan Scott| T: D Loughnane| OR: 85| C

16/1

Free-going front runner who has improved for application of blinkers this year, landing a fourth success since January when proving too strong for 10 rivals over 7f here (good) a fortnight ago. The much longer trip is a bigger concern than the 3 lb rise.

Form: 117101

(1)

Impartiality^p²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Shane Gray| T: Phillip Makin| OR: 83| C

9/2

A three-time winner (around 1m) early last summer. Caught the eye on second start of the season in refitted cheekpieces at Thirsk (1m) 4 weeks ago but has stamina to prove now moving up to 1¼m.

Form: 2034-98

(4)

Naval Command^b1,t1²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Edward Greatrex| T: R M Beckett| OR: 83| BF

9/1

Fairly useful form in 3 outings for Charlie Appleby. Sent off 15/8 but shaped as if needing first outing for 11 months when sixth of 7 on 11.5f Windsor handicap/yard debut 26 days ago. First-time blinkers and tongue strap combination is reached for after that. Remains early days.

Form: 4/42-6

(10)

Vincent Rocks^p⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: David Probert| T: H Palmer| OR: 83

17/2

Bagged 1m novices at Nottingham and Southwell on his first two runs. Well held in handicaps on next 2 outings but got his career back on track with cheekpieces added (retained) when third of 9 in 1m Pontefract handicap (good) 45 days ago. Back up in trip. Remains unexposed.

Form: 119-03

(11)

Golden West⁶³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 79

28/1

Useful at best for Karl Burke but absent since finishing eighth of 10 in handicap at Doncaster (1¼m, good) in September 2024. Can only watch on belated return for new yard unless the betting suggests otherwise.

Form: 174878/

(2)

Sea Founder⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: L Morris| T: R Hughes| OR: 78| D

7/1

Pair of Class 5 all-weather wins this year, including at Lingfield (1m) 6 weeks ago. The return to turf shouldn't be an issue (won Windsor maiden last year) but the higher grade might be.

Form: 771441

(8)

Due To Henry^p²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-5| J: S D Bowen| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 77| D

12/1

More miss than hit last season. Back on form when narrowly denied on Haydock reappearance (10.5f, good to firm) 23 days ago but would have won had he knuckled down a bit more. Stamina probably stretched when below par over 11.5f at Windsor since.

Form: 9400-25

Non-Runners

(3)

Pride Of Donegal²⁹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: C Johnston J: Harry Davies

Forecasts

Ultrasoul (10/3), Impartiality (9/2), Rastnet (9/2), Sea Founder (7/1), Savvy Victory (15/2), Vincent Rocks (17/2), Naval Command (9/1), Due To Henry (12/1), Lexington Jet (16/1), Pride Of Donegal (16/1), Golden West (28/1)

The way ULTRASOUL ground it out at Nottingham when last seen in the autumn suggests this step up to 1¼m could play to his strengths and he's preferred to Rastnet, who is building up a solid record in handicaps, and Vincent Rocks. Naval Command was a short-priced favourite on his first outing for Ralph Beckett and it'll also be interesting to see whether his supporters are prepared to give him another chance.