19:30 Chester

Monday 10 August 2020

All16:2516:5517:3018:0018:3019:0019:3020:00

School Of Hard Knocks Handicap

Off time: 19:31 | Winning time: 2m 11.72s

1^st

(1)

Snow Ocean

49-8

4/1

T: P D EvansJ: Harry Bentley

Raced keenly tracking leaders on inside, going well waiting for room 2f out, switched right off inner over 1f out, soon squeezed through, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on, good ride op 9/2 tchd 7/2

2^nd

(10)

Dalanijujo

39-4

10/3f

T: M R ChannonJ: B A Curtis

Tracked leader, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on op 3/1

3^rd

(14)

Mutaabeq

510-0

33/1

T: J CandlishJ: J Fanning

Steadied and switched left start, held up in rear, good headway on outside over 1f out, soon hung left, strong run inside final furlong, not reach leaders op 40/1

4^th

(7)

Stringybark Creek

69-6

25/1

T: D LoughnaneJ: Rossa Ryan

Raced keenly in mid-division, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders

5^th

(4)

Red Derek

48-9

12/1

T: L WilliamsonJ: Cam Hardie

Held up in mid-division on inside, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, not clear run and switched left to rail inside final furlong, stayed on op 16/1

6^th

(3)

Pacino

49-4

15/2

T: R A FaheyJ: Barry McHugh

Tracked leaders, ridden and every chance until winner went on inside final furlong, weakened towards finish tchd 8/1

7^th

(11)

Olympic Conqueror

49-12

6/1

T: J R FanshaweJ: D Tudhope

Chased leaders on outside, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, every chance until winner quickened on inside final furlong, weakened final 100 yards op 9/2

8^th

(9)

Power Of States

49-11

9/2

T: H PalmerJ: James Doyle

Raced keenly in mid-division, no real headway when switched sharply left entering final furlong op 5/1

9^th

(6)

G For Gabrial

38-2

33/1

T: R A FaheyJ: J Quinn

Always towards rear op 25/1

10^th

(8)

Bell Heather

78-9

16/1

T: P MorrisJ: Megan Nicholls (3)

Raced keenly towards rear, short-lived effort into mid-division, after halfway, soon pushed along and no impression when hampered entering final furlong op 20/1

11^th

(12)

Hot Team

49-11

16/1

T: R A FaheyJ: T Hamilton

Always towards rear, never on terms op 14/1

12^th

(2)

Mr Jones And Me

38-10

50/1

T: Tom DascombeJ: R Kingscote

Led until 2f out, ridden and lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened final furlong op 40/1

13^th

(13)

Hillwalker

49-11

40/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: D Allan

Always towards rear, never on terms op 33/1

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Non-Runners

(5)

Mr Coco Bean¹⁶

Weight: 9-9| Age: 6

T: T D Barron J: K Stott

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.30Pl:£2.00, £1.70, £7.90EX:£21.10Trifecta:£483.50Tricast:£395.15SF:£17.11Swingers:£4.10, £33.30, £29.80

Forecasts

Dalanijujo (10/3), Snow Ocean (4/1), Power Of States (9/2), Olympic Conqueror (6/1), Pacino (15/2), Red Derek (12/1), Mr Coco Bean (12/1), Bell Heather (16/1), Hot Team (16/1), Stringybark Creek (25/1), Mutaabeq (33/1), G For Gabrial (33/1), Hillwalker (40/1), Mr Jones And Me (50/1)

The usual plethora of runners from owner Marwan Koukash with Pacino looking to be the best of his quartet having shaped well on his last two starts since returning although there would still be doubts over his stamina at this trip. The draw may have foiled the aspirations of the lightly-raced Dalanijujo (looks best of the 3yo’s) and Olympic Conqueror but not the well-drawn SNOW OCEAN who is well placed to execute his prominent tactics that saw him run well at Sandown last time. Power Of States has claims on his last run although he could do with some help from the handicapper while Mr Coco Bean is well handicapped if returning to form.

Snow Ocean
Pacino
Dalanijujo

Previous Winners

2019

Scofflaw

Weight: 9-12 |Age: 5

J: Harry Bentley | T: P D Evans

6/1

Prize Money

1st: £7,763.002nd: £2,310.003rd: £1,154.004th: £577.00