20:05 Chester

Friday 28 June 2019

All17:5018:2018:5519:3020:0520:40

Close Brothers Handicap

Off time: 20:06 | Winning time: 1m 26.35s

1^st

(14)

Penwortham

69-9

16/1

T: R A FaheyJ: T Hamilton

Steadied and switched left after start, held up in rear, good headway on inside over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, led towards finish, won going away op 14/1

2^nd

(7)

Candelisa

69-7

6/1

T: D LoughnaneJ: Hollie Doyle

Slowly into stride, last pair, headway on outside chasing leaders over 1f out, hung left and ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed and not pace of winner towards finish tchd 11/2

3^rd

2 ½

(3)

Gabrial The Tiger

78-13

7/2f

T: R A FaheyJ: J Garritty

Led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish op 9/2

4^th

(6)

Luzum

49-0

11/2

T: M & D EasterbyJ: Nathan Evans

Chased leaders on inside, switched right inside final 2f, every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish op 6/1 tchd 9/2

5^th

(9)

Sparklealot

39-4

5/1

T: I FurtadoJ: T E Whelan

Pressed leader, ridden over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, weakened towards finish tchd 11/2

6^th

(4)

Critical Thinking

59-3

16/1

T: D LoughnaneJ: Laura Coughlan (7)

Towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out, not much room on rail inside final furlong, kept on op 14/1

7^th

(1)

Queen's Sargent

49-11

5/1

T: K A RyanJ: S H James

Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong tchd 11/2

8^th

(8)

Dragons Tail

49-13

14/1

T: Tom DascombeJ: Jane Elliott (3)

Towards rear and pushed along, struggling 2f out, good late headway, never troubled leaders op 11/1

9^th

(2)

Maggies Angel

49-10

16/1

T: R A FaheyJ: Sean Davis (3)

Slowly into stride, towards rear, headway over 1f out, weakening when slightly hampered inside final furlong op 14/1

10^th

(11)

Turanga Leela

59-0

14/1

T: J MackieJ: F Norton

Raced wide towards rear, never on terms tchd 12/1

11^th

(5)

Intransigent

109-13

14/1

T: A M BaldingJ: Rob Hornby

Held up in mid-division, some headway over 1f out, weakened final furlong op 12/1 tchd 11/1

12^th

(10)

Oneovdem

59-6

25/1

T: Tim PinfieldJ: Theodore Ladd (5)

Chased leaders, pushed along and outpaced halfway, weakened over 2f out, op 20/1

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Non-Runners

(13)

That Is The Spirit⁹

Weight: 10-0| Age: 8

T: M Appleby J: Lewis Edmunds

(12)

Shawaamekh¹⁴

Weight: 9-13| Age: 5

T: D Carroll J: T Eaves

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£24.80Pl:£5.20, £2.60, £1.20EX:£164.00Trifecta:£786.90Tricast:£434.08SF:£116.62Swingers:£21.80, £9.30, £6.60

Forecasts

Gabrial The Tiger (7/2), Shawaamekh (9/2), Sparklealot (5/1), Queen's Sargent (5/1), Luzum (11/2), Candelisa (6/1), That Is The Spirit (8/1), Dragons Tail (14/1), Turanga Leela (14/1), Intransigent (14/1), Penwortham (16/1), Critical Thinking (16/1), Maggies Angel (16/1), Oneovdem (25/1)

The most obvious chances on recent form belong to Shawaamekh, Turanga Leela, Penwortham, Dragon's Tail and That's The Spirit but neither have been helped by their draws. The last five winners of this were drawn 1-4 and two of them represented the Fahey/Dr Marwan Koukash partnership. Their main hope here,GABRIAL THE TIGER, will be coming out of stall three and is better drawn than when third here two weeks ago over an inadequate trip. The 2017 winner has most to fear from Luzum and Queen's Sargent, particularly should conditions remain on the soft side

Gabrial The Tiger
Luzum
Queen's Sargent

Previous Winners

2018

Penwortham

Weight: 10-0 |Age: 5

J: D Nolan | T: R A Fahey

9/4

Prize Money

1st: £6,404.002nd: £1,906.003rd: £952.004th: £500.005th: £500.006th: £500.007th: £500.008th: £500.00