14:10 Chester

Saturday 31 August 2019

All13:3514:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:05

Sportpesa Handicap

Off time: 14:11 | Winning time: 1m 35.02s

1^st

(6)

Oh This Is Us

69-10

5/2f

T: R HannonJ: Andrea Atzeni

Held up towards rear, pushed along and headway on outside well over 1f out, hard ridden and ran on well to lead close home op 9/4

2^nd

(8)

Alemaratalyoum

58-8

33/1

T: S C WilliamsJ: Shane Gray

Held up in touch, improved on outside 3f out, led well over 1f out, soon pushed clear, ridden final furlong, caught close home

3^rd

(9)

Barristan The Bold

38-8

5/1

T: Tom DascombeJ: R Kingscote

Held up mid-division on inside, switched right over 2f out, headway well over 1f out, soon briefly not much room, ridden and ran on to take 3rd close home op 6/1 tchd 9/2

4^th

(3)

Sir Busker

38-2

12/1

T: W J KnightJ: J Quinn

Held up mid-division, pushed along and headway on outside over 2f out, ridden well over 1f out, hung left entering final furlong, not quicken op 14/1

5^th

1 ¼

(11)

Humble Gratitude

48-6

16/1

T: Ian WilliamsJ: Cam Hardie

Held up in rear, pushed along and progress on outside over 1f out, ridden when edged left well inside final furlong, never troubled leaders

6^th

1 ½

(2)

Penwortham

68-3

16/1

T: R A FaheyJ: D Fentiman

Steadied start, took strong hold and soon in touch, not clear run just over 1f out, no impression final furlong op 18/1 tchd 20/1

7^th

(4)

Aljady

48-11

13/2

T: R A FaheyJ: T Hamilton

Close up, niggled along and every chance 2f out, weakening when not much room briefly over 1f out op 8/1

8^th

(10)

Hero Hero

38-5

9/1

T: A M BaldingJ: M Dwyer

With leader, led over 4f out until well over 1f out, soon pushed along, ridden and hung left just over 1f out, weakened final furlong op 10/1

9^th

1 ¼

(7)

Gabrial The Wire

38-3

22/1

T: R A FaheyJ: Sean Davis (3)

Held up in rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden final furlong, never dangerous op 20/1

10^th

(1)

Arcanada

68-5

8/1

T: Tom DascombeJ: Jane Elliott (3)

Took keen hold, prominent on inside, lost place 2f out, behind final furlong

11^th

(5)

Lake Volta

49-1

5/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: F Norton

Led, headed over 4f out, pushed along and weakened over 1f out op 4/1

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Non-Runners

(12)

Akvavera²⁷

Weight: 8-7| Age: 4

T: R M Beckett J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.70Pl:£1.40, £8.40, £1.60EX:£76.80Trifecta:£486.70Tricast:£407.29SF:£106.35Swingers:£10.40, £3.90, £53.20

Forecasts

Oh This Is Us (5/2), Barristan The Bold (5/1), Lake Volta (5/1), Aljady (13/2), Arcanada (8/1), Hero Hero (9/1), Sir Busker (12/1), Akvavera (12/1), Humble Gratitude (16/1), Penwortham (16/1), Gabrial The Wire (22/1), Alemaratalyoum (33/1)

Humble Gratitude should make a bold bid to follow up his recent win and goes well here, but so too do plenty of others, including the 2017 winner Penwortham, and last year's victor OH THIS IS US. The latter ran well here in Listed company earlier in the summer and is holding his form so has a solid chance of defending his title. Both Hero Hero and Sir Busker may not be far away, while Akvavera and Barristan the Bold are others with a squeak in wide-open quality handicap.

Oh This Is Us
Akvavera
Hero Hero

Previous Winners

2018

Oh This Is Us

Weight: 9-10 |Age: 5

J: Harry Bentley | T: R Hannon

11/2

Prize Money

1st: £28,012.002nd: £8,388.003rd: £4,194.004th: £2,097.005th: £1,048.006th: £526.007th: £500.008th: £500.00