13:50 Chester

Friday 12 May 2017

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

Crabbie's Earl Grosvenor Handicap

Off time: 13:54 | Winning time: 1m 33.76s

1^st

(8)

Sound Advice

89-0

12/1

T: K DalgleishJ: D C Costello

Held up towards rear, good headway between horses over 1f out, quickened to lead inside final furlong, soon hung left, ran on well, ridden out op 11/1 tchd 14/1

2^nd

1 ¼

(2)

El Hayem

48-6

13/8f

T: Sir Michael StouteJ: Andrea Atzeni

Slowly into stride, soon recovered into mid-division on inside, closer 4f out, travelling well and headway between horses 1f out, ran on into 2nd well inside final furlong, never able to challenge, eased when held close home op 7/4 tchd 6/4

3^rd

2 ¼

(4)

Ice Slice

68-9

4/1

T: J M P EustaceJ: Ryan Tate

Chased leaders, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, headway on outside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish op 13/2

4^th

1 ¼

(13)

Fuwairt

58-7

16/1

T: R Fell & S MurrayJ: J F Egan

Held up towards rear, quick move on wide outside 4f out, chased leaders halfway, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner inside final furlong, lost 2nd well inside final furlong, weakened and lost 3rd towards finish op 12/1

5^th

(1)

Michele Strogoff

48-4

14/1

T: T Coyle & K WoodJ: D Fentiman

Took keen hold, chased leaders on inside, ridden on inner over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong tchd 12/1

6^th

1 ½

(10)

Tribal Path

78-2

33/1

T: D EnglishJ: C P Hoban

Chased leader, every chance inside final 2f, no extra inside final furlong, 6th and well held when eased close home op 40/1

7^th

(12)

Lat Hawill

68-9

16/1

T: K DalgleishJ: Rowan Scott (5)

Slowly into stride, behind, headway on inside under pressure over 1f out, hampered on rail inside final furlong, no chance after

8^th

(14)

Calder Prince

48-6

16/1

T: Tom DascombeJ: F Norton

Chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong

9^th

1 ¾

(11)

Hillbilly Boy

79-7

10/1

T: Tom DascombeJ: R Kingscote

Led until ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong tchd 11/1

10^th

1 ½

(3)

Gabrial's Kaka

78-9

17/2

T: R A FaheyJ: P Hanagan

Last pair, ridden over 1f out, never on terms op 9/1 tchd 8/1

11^th

(9)

Intransigent

88-7

16/1

T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy

Held up in mid-division, weakened 2f out op 12/1

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Non-Runners

(7)

Grand Inquisitor¹⁵

Weight: 8-2| Age: 5

T: Ian Williams J: Ryan Powell

(6)

Call Out Loud²

Weight: 8-2| Age: 5

T: M Appleby J: Non Runner

(5)

Rene Mathis²⁰

Weight: 9-2| Age: 7

T: R A Fahey J: P Hanagan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£16.30Pl:£3.60, £1.30, £1.60EX:£46.60Trifecta:£278.00Tricast:£97.90SF:£32.01Swingers:£6.20, £9.00, £2.30

Forecasts

El Hayem (13/8), Ice Slice (4/1), Rene Mathis (5/1), Gabrial's Kaka (17/2), Hillbilly Boy (10/1), Sound Advice (12/1), Call Out Loud (12/1), Michele Strogoff (14/1), Grand Inquisitor (14/1), Fuwairt (16/1), Lat Hawill (16/1), Calder Prince (16/1), Intransigent (16/1), Tribal Path (33/1)

EL HAYEM comes in with a different profile to the rest of the field and he's probably better than a mark of 90; with the yard in form and a perfect draw, he could be tough to beat. Fuwairt performed a little better than his finishing position suggested last time at Doncaster but over coming his draw (13) won't be easy. Rene Mathis looks like the main danger to the selection if he returns in the same form of his latest victory.

El Hayem
Rene Mathis
Fuwairt

Prize Money

1st: £18,675.002nd: £5,592.003rd: £2,796.004th: £1,398.005th: £699.006th: £351.00