15:20 Chepstow

Friday 5 May 2017

All13:2013:5014:2014:5015:2015:5016:2016:50

WPS Employee Benefits Handicap

Off time: 15:20 | Winning time: 1m 35.20s

1^st

(2)

Arctic Sea

38-13

9/2

T: P & O ColeJ: David Probert

Mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, kept on well op 7/2 tchd 10/3

2^nd

(6)

War Chief

39-7

5/2j

T: A KingJ: F Sweeney

Slowly into stride, took keen hold in rear, headway and edged left 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, edged right towards finish, went 2nd close home

3^rd

(4)

Daimochi

38-12

9/1

T: C G CoxJ: S Hitchcott

Led, headed 3f out, ran on under pressure inside final furlong, lost 2nd close home op 10/1

4^th

1 ¼

(5)

Quandary Peak

39-2

50/1

T: J S MooreJ: Liam Jones

Prominent, took keen hold, led 3f out, edged right well over 1f out, no extra close home op 40/1

5^th

1 ¾

(9)

Fastnet Spin

39-4

33/1

T: P D EvansJ: Katherine Begley (7)

Held up in rear, headway over 3f out, bumped over 2f out, impeded 1f out, one pace and no impression op 25/1

6^th

nse

(3)

Hisar

39-0

25/1

T: R HarrisJ: S W Kelly

Prominent, not much room and lost place over 2f out, no impression after op 16/1

7^th

1 ¾

(8)

Habbad

39-2

5/2j

T: R HannonJ: Tom Marquand

Held up in mid-division, effort over 3f out, not much room over 2f out, hard ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 3/1 tchd 9/4

8^th

(1)

Gold Award

39-4

9/2

T: M R ChannonJ: Rob Hornby

Prominent, driven over 3f out, lost place over 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 11/2 tchd 6/1

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Non-Runners

(7)

Salamah²²³

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: S & E Crisford J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.80Pl:£1.70, £1.40, £1.90EX:£17.10Trifecta:£77.80Tricast:£94.51SF:£15.50Swingers:£4.40, £4.60, £2.10

Forecasts

War Chief (5/2), Habbad (5/2), Arctic Sea (9/2), Gold Award (9/2), Salamah (6/1), Daimochi (9/1), Hisar (25/1), Fastnet Spin (33/1), Quandary Peak (50/1)

ARCTIC SEA is taken to make a winning turf debut in this three-year-old handicap over 1m. Paul Cole's charge broke his maiden on handicap debut on Kempton's AW surface a month ago and is taken to get the better of the impressive Salisbury maiden winner War Chief. Of the others in this contest Habbad is another to have won on the AW last time out while Quandary Peak was contesting much better races than this when last seen in action in France last summer.