15:30 Chester

Saturday 25 May 2019

All13:4514:2014:5515:3016:0516:4017:15

Canter Carpet Handicap

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 2m 59.11s

1^st

(5)

Eddystone Rock

79-7

4/1

T: J R BestJ: Kieren Fox

Held up and behind, headway well over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on to lead towards finish op 9/2 and tchd 5/1

2^nd

(4)

Ravenous

88-7

12/1

T: L A DaceJ: Theodore Ladd (5)

Led after 1f, ridden well over 1f out, headed towards finish op 16/1

3^rd

(6)

Claire Underwood

49-4

5/2f

T: R A FaheyJ: Connor Murtagh (5)

Always well placed, chased leader 2f out, ridden over 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong tchd 9/4 and tchd 11/4

4^th

3 ¼

(8)

Super Kid

78-8

4/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: S De Sousa

Held up, pushed along and progress 2f out, came wide straight, ridden over 1f out, one pace op 7/2

5^th

1 ¼

(7)

Jabbaar

69-5

3/1

T: I JardineJ: Jamie Gormley (3)

Slowly into stride, held up in rear, pushed along over 4f out, ridden 2f out, came very wide straight, no real progress final furlong op 4/1 tchd 3/1

6^th

2 ¼

(1)

Dawn Trouper

49-2

12/1

T: N J HawkeJ: Rossa Ryan

Led 1f, chased leader until pushed along 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 7/1

7^th

(3)

Machine Learner

69-5

12/1

T: J TuiteJ: David Probert

Held up in touch, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened well over 1f out op 10/1

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Non-Runners

(2)

Gossip Column¹⁶

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: Ian Williams J: S Donohoe

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.50Pl:£1.90, £4.90EX:£37.50Trifecta:£153.80Tricast:£143.68SF:£50.14Swingers:£5.10, £3.90, £5.20

Forecasts

Claire Underwood (5/2), Jabbaar (3/1), Eddystone Rock (4/1), Super Kid (4/1), Ravenous (12/1), Dawn Trouper (12/1), Machine Learner (12/1), Gossip Column (12/1)

A difficult afternoon for form students continues on the Roodeye with another devilishly tricky handicap. This time it's the turn of the stayers with the progressive Claire Underwood likely to figure towards the top-end of the market. She has continued her excellent AW form back on turf and is just 2lb higher than when winning at Musselburgh. Of the others, Eddystone Rock is in a consistent vein of form, and there are also a number of previous Chester winners who merit consideration, including Jabbaar who was successful on this card in 2018 (5.15pm race). However, the well handicapped SUPER KID (his turn is surely near) gets the value-based nod for Tim Easterby.

Super Kid
Claire Underwood
Jabbaar

Previous Winners

2018

Star Of The East

Weight: 9-7 |Age: 4

J: F Norton | T: C & M Johnston

4/1

Prize Money

1st: £13,384.002nd: £4,008.003rd: £2,004.004th: £1,002.005th: £501.006th: £500.007th: £500.008th: £500.00