17:05 Chester

Friday 13 September 2024

All13:4014:1014:4515:2015:5016:3017:0517:40

Chester Handicap

Off time: 17:06 | Winning time: 1m 34.30s

1^st

(8)

Paws For Thought

610-0

7/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: Charlie Maggs (7)

Made all, going well 2f out, ridden and briefly pressed final furlong, soon went clear, ridden out op 9/1

2^nd

1 ½

(4)

Quest For Fun

610-0

10/3f

T: T D EasterbyJ: Sean Kirrane

Chased leader, hard ridden 2f out, headway to press leader briefly final furlong, soon outpaced, kept on op 4/1

3^rd

1 ¼

(1)

Love Billy Boy

39-10

6/1

T: R HannonJ: F Norton

Rear of mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway to go 3rd approaching final furlong, stayed on well, never on terms op 9/2

4^th

3 ½

(5)

Mr Baloo

39-8

33/1

T: R HannonJ: S Hitchcott

Mid-division on inside, hard ridden 3f out, outpaced over 1f out, kept on final 100 yards op 25/1

5^th

1 ½

(11)

Mercurial

59-3

4/1

T: J NallenJ: S D Bowen (3)

Held up towards rear, pushed along off pace 2f out, late headway

6^th

(9)

Master Zoffany

69-8

12/1

T: R A FaheyJ: J Garritty

Held up towards rear, pushed along off pace 2f out, some headway from off pace final furlong, plugged on tchd 14/1

7^th

5 ½

(2)

Mudamer

59-10

18/1

T: G A HarkerJ: D Allan

Rear of mid-division, pushed along and outpaced 2f out, weakened final furlong op 14/1

8^th

(12)

Berkshire Nugget

38-13

11/1

T: A M BaldingJ: Jason Watson

Chased leader, pushed along and outpaced 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong op 17/2

9^th

2 ¾

(7)

Phoenix Of Dreams

39-3

17/2

T: J & S QuinnJ: Jason Hart

Mid-division on outside, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 1f out op 9/1 tchd 10/1

10^th

1 ¼

(6)

Reidh

49-11

17/2

T: R A FaheyJ: O J Orr

Mid-division, pushed along and made no impression 3f out op 13/2

11^th

(10)

Star Zinc

59-5

80/1

T: R MenziesJ: P Mulrennan

Slowly away and detached early, in rear, struggling 2f out, never involved op 40/1

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Non-Runners

(13)

Albeseeingyer²⁷

Weight: 9-6| Age: 5

T: Steph Hollinshead J: D C Costello

(3)

Another Investment¹⁵

Weight: 9-9| Age: 5

T: N Tinkler J: Faye McManoman

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.00Pl:£2.70, £1.50, £2.10EX:£33.00Trifecta:£228.20Tricast:£153.00SF:£30.18Swingers:£5.20, £7.60, £6.00

Forecasts

Quest For Fun (10/3), Mercurial (4/1), Love Billy Boy (6/1), Paws For Thought (7/1), Phoenix Of Dreams (17/2), Reidh (17/2), Berkshire Nugget (11/1), Master Zoffany (12/1), Albeseeingyer (12/1), Another Investment (16/1), Mudamer (18/1), Mr Baloo (33/1), Star Zinc (80/1)

Irish-challenger MERCURIAL can race off the same mark as when a very good Roscommon runner-up last time out so looks the way to go here. Mudamer shaped well when a recent third at Beverley and is next on the list ahead of Brighton-scorer Berkshire Nugget and course-winner Love Billy Boy.

MERCURIAL (IRE)
MUDAMER (IRE)
BERKSHIRE NUGGET (IRE)

Previous Winners

2023

Evocative Spark

Weight: 9-4 |Age: 4

J: F Norton | T: Darryll Holland

15/2

Prize Money

1st: £10,192.002nd: £4,778.003rd: £2,392.004th: £1,194.005th: £598.006th: £296.007th: £150.008th: £74.00