18:00 Chepstow

Thursday 7 August 2025

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Racing League 16 Handicap

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 4  |   1m 14y  |   Good  |   13 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 18:01  |   Winning time: 1m 33.84s
1st
Horse silk
2
(12)
Shamrock Bay
49-11
7/2
T: D & C KublerJ: R Kingscote
Chased leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, strongly pressed inside final furlong, held on gamely op 4/1
2nd
Horse silk
sh
11
(9)
Lir Speciale
68-12
6/1
T: B EllisonJ: Ben Robinson
Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 1f out, challenging inside final furlong, just failed op 8/1
3rd
Horse silk
3 ¾
9
(8)
Yermanthere
79-2
20/1
T: T D EasterbyJ: Joanna Mason
Mid-division, headway tracking leaders 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, no chance with leading duo tchd 18/1
4th
Horse silk
1
5
(11)
Gaiety Musical
49-7
18/1
T: P D EvansJ: Marco Ghiani
Led against near side rail, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon lost 2nd, no chance with leading duo, weakened and lost 3rd towards finish op 25/1
5th
Horse silk
1 ¾
3
(1)
Barley
69-10
11/1
T: T D EasterbyJ: D Allan
Raced wide in mid-division, headway tracking leaders over 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden inside final 2f, weakened soon after op 10/1
6th
Horse silk
½
8
(2)
Great Blasket
59-3
13/2
T: Dr R Newland & J InsoleJ: Callum Shepherd
Held up towards rear, pushed along out wide in mid-division over 2f out, moderate headway inside final furlong op 6/1
7th
Horse silk
hd
1
(6)
Sword
410-0
9/4f
T: D O'MearaJ: D Tudhope
Steadied and switched right start, held up in rear, plugged on inside final furlong, never involved op 5/2 tchd 11/4
8th
Horse silk
sh
7
(10)
Goal Exceeded
49-7
14/1
T: A McGuinnessJ: Finley Marsh
Held up towards rear, plugged on inside final furlong, never involved op 16/1
9th
Horse silk
nk
4
(7)
Yokkell
69-9
50/1
T: A WintleJ: Grace McEntee
Off the pace and always towards rear tchd 40/1
10th
Horse silk
5
12
(4)
Jarham
38-8
10/1
T: C G CoxJ: Saffie Osborne
Raced keenly out wide, never closer than mid-division op 7/1
11th
Horse silk
2 ½
10
(5)
Watch And Shoot
38-12
22/1
T: George ScottJ: Charles Bishop
Held up in last trio, never a factor op 16/1 tchd 25/1
12th
Horse silk
2
13
(3)
Boubyan
38-7
28/1
T: M ApplebyJ: Frederick Larson
Sweating, always behind op 22/1 tchd 20/1
13th
Horse silk
1 ¼
6
(13)
Lyndon B
99-7
28/1
T: J L FlintJ: S D Bowen
Raced in close 3rd near side rail, pushed along over 2f out, weakened quickly tchd 25/1
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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.60Pl:£2.00, £2.30, £6.00EX:£29.90Trifecta:£340.10Tricast:£389.95SF:£25.20Swingers:£6.00, £17.90, £24.40

Forecasts

Sword (9/4), Shamrock Bay (7/2), Lir Speciale (6/1), Great Blasket (13/2), Jarham (10/1), Barley (11/1), Goal Exceeded (14/1), Gaiety Musical (18/1), Yermanthere (20/1), Watch And Shoot (22/1), Boubyan (28/1), Lyndon B (28/1), Yokkell (50/1)

Verdict

GREAT BLASKET goes off the same mark as when nicely on top at Sandown last weekend and can enhance his fine strike-rate. Sword has his own ideas about the game but his latest third in the ultra-competitive International at Ascot shows he's good when in the mood. Unexposed 3-y-os Watch And Shoot and Jarham complete the shortlist.

  1. GREAT BLASKET (IRE)
  2. SWORD
  3. WATCH AND SHOOT (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024
Great Acclaim
Weight: 8-10  |Age: 3
J: Charles Bishop  |  T: Eve Johnson Houghton
10/1

Prize Money

1st: £18,039.002nd: £8,460.003rd: £4,232.004th: £2,114.005th: £1,057.006th: £528.00

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