17:20 Chester

Saturday 20 September 2025

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:4517:20

Lord Mayor's Fireworks Extravaganza Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 2m 24.74s

1^st

(2)

Empire Of Light

49-10

3/1

T: Grant TuerJ: Oliver Stammers

Made all, ridden along 2f out, went two lengths clear over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, kept on well op 10/3 tchd 9/2

2^nd

1 ½

(9)

Jupiter Ammon

39-12

9/4f

T: A M BaldingJ: Callum Hutchinson

Close up, shaken up 3f out, pushed along to challenge over 2f out, two lengths down over 1f out, ridden and ran on inside final furlong, no match for winner tchd 2/1 and tchd 5/2

3^rd

(6)

Imperial Trooper

39-5

10/3

T: J CandlishJ: K T O'Neill

In touch, shaken up on outer over 4f out, went third over 3f out, ridden along and made no impression over 2f out, never dangerous op 4/1 tchd 5/2

4^th

(3)

He's A Gentleman

69-9

14/1

T: H PalmerJ: Jay Mackay (7)

Took keen hold, chased leaders on inner, ridden along 3f out, no chance with leaders over 1f out, soon beaten op 11/1 tchd 10/1

5^th

2 ¼

(7)

Asteverdi

410-3

9/2

T: H PalmerJ: Joe Leavy

Wore hood to post, held up in behind leaders, ridden along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out op 7/2 tchd 10/3

6^th

(8)

Condotti

39-0

12/1

T: H PalmerJ: Aiden Brookes (3)

Raced in last, struggling and detached over 4f out, tailed off over 3f out tchd 9/1

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Non-Runners

(1)

Masqool⁴

Weight: 9-1| Age: 7

T: H J Evans J: Archie Young

(4)

Baikal¹⁸

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: Sir Mark Prescott J: L Morris

(5)

Yokkell²¹

Weight: 10-0| Age: 6

T: A Wintle J: J Fanning

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.00Pl:£2.20, £2.00EX:£13.10Trifecta:£33.70Tricast:£21.46SF:£10.02Swingers:£1.70, £2.00, £2.20

Forecasts

Baikal (15/8), Jupiter Ammon (9/4), Empire Of Light (3/1), Imperial Trooper (10/3), Asteverdi (9/2), Masqool (7/1), Condotti (12/1), He's A Gentleman (14/1), Yokkell (25/1)

EMPIRE OF LIGHT shaped best at the weights when denied a clear run at Musselburgh 6 days ago and has a strong chance to make amends now back up in trip. Baikal won comfortably on handicap debut at Wolverhampton and remains open to further improvement stepping up to 10f on turf debut. Jupiter Ammon has been knocking on the door with 3 runner-up finishes and should be on the premises once again.

EMPIRE OF LIGHT (IRE)
BAIKAL (USA)
JUPITER AMMON (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Qitaal

Weight: 9-13 |Age: 5

J: F Norton | T: C Johnston

2/1

Prize Money

1st: £10,308.002nd: £4,834.003rd: £2,418.004th: £1,208.005th: £604.006th: £302.00