17:05 Chester

Thursday 11 May 2017

All13:5014:2515:0015:3516:0516:3517:05

Virgin Atlantic Handicap

4YO plus | Class 3 | 1m 2f 70y | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 7 Runners | Turf | Weighed In

Off time: 17:06 | Winning time: 2m 11.67s

1^st

Horse silk

6

(8)

88-11

8/1

T: D C GriffithsJ: D Allan

Close up, led after 1f, ridden over 1f out, kept on and edged right towards finish

2^nd

Horse silk

¾

2

(1)

79-4

10/3

T: Ian WilliamsJ: S Donohoe

Led 1f, tracked winner until ridden over 1f out, kept on to regain 2nd place close home op 9/2

3^rd

Horse silk

hd

5

(7)

78-12

9/2

T: R A FaheyJ: P Hanagan

In touch, headway over 2f out, chased winner over 1f out until not much room and no extra towards finish tchd 11/2

4^th

Horse silk

3 ½

8

(3)

48-7

12/1

T: P D EvansJ: J F Egan

Dwelt, towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace tchd 14/1

5^th

Horse silk

½

1

(5)

49-7

10/3

T: H PalmerJ: R L Moore

Held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, no extra op 3/1 tchd 7/2

6^th

Horse silk

1 ¼

4

(2)

49-0

3/1f

T: Tom DascombeJ: R Kingscote

Slowly away, behind, pushed along over 2f out, never dangerous op 11/4

7^th

Horse silk

5

7

(6)

88-11

22/1

T: E J AlstonJ: Jason Hart

Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong op 16/1

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Non-Runners

3

(4)

Horse silk

Al Destoor¹⁴⁵

Weight: 9-1| Age: 7

T: J Candlish J: D Nolan

NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.80Pl:£4.00, £2.20EX:£31.80Trifecta:£248.40Tricast:£134.50SF:£33.57Swingers:£3.60, £4.00, £3.60

Forecasts

Caponova (3/1), Kapstadt (10/3), Banish (10/3), Al Destoor (4/1), Energia Fox (9/2), Storm King (8/1), Outback Blue (12/1), Lord Franklin (22/1)

Hugo Palmer does well on his rare visits here and relies upon BANISH in a contest which looks less competitive than the races he has contested since scoring at Kempton during the winter. A run at Doncaster last month will have him spot on for this and he is taken to account for the impressive Haydock winner Caponova and Energia Fox. The latter represents an owner who loves to have winners here and she arrives in form and on a good handicap mark.

Banish
Energia Fox
Caponova

Prize Money

1st: £9,960.002nd: £2,982.003rd: £1,491.004th: £746.005th: £373.006th: £187.00

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