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16:20 Chester

Chalice Handicap (Class 3)

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 15y
  • Going: Good to Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £20,000 added
  • Winner: £12,450
  • 2nd: £3,728
  • 3rd: £1,864
  • 4th: £932
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 2.07s
  • Off Time: 16:32:56
  • 13 Ran
1(7)
Silk - Emerald green, black armlets, black cap
8/1
  • Form 258-691
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-12
  • Official Rating 93

chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden, to take 2nd briefly over 1f out, one pace

2(11)
Silk - White, royal blue disc, royal blue sleeves, white stars
  • Form 26-8006
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-11
  • Official Rating 92

towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened

3(6)
Silk - Yellow, Dark Blue triple diamond and armlets
  • Form 193310
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 93

mid-division, ridden and one pace inside final furlong

4(8)
Silk - Purple, White star, sleeves and star on cap
18/1
  • Form 624514
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 88

chased leaders, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, kept on same pace

5(12)
Silk - Emerald green, black epaulets, black sleeves, emerald green armlets, emerald green and black hooped cap

Gamesome (FR)

8 p BF
18/1
  • Form 9-34603
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 87

dwelt, in rear, effort over 1f out, never dangerous

6(1)
Silk - WHITE, BLACK chevron, BLACK sleeves, WHITE stars, BLACK cap, WHITE star

Ashpan Sam

16 p BFD
8/1
  • Form 9-87913
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 87

chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong

7(4)
Silk - Light blue, black diamond, black cap
9/2
  • Form 424162
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 85

slowly away, towards rear, headway over 1f out, no extra

8(9)
Silk - Grey, beige star, grey sleeves, beige stars and stars on cap
12/1
  • Form 00-0622
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 84

mid-division, ridden over 1f out, no headway

9(5)
Silk - White, red maltese cross and cap
  • Form 2169-40
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 88

always towards rear

10(3)
Silk - White, dark blue epaulets, dark blue and white halved sleeves, quartered cap

Confessional

19 e DCD
6/1
  • Form 303087
  • Age 10
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 83

held up in touch, ridden inside final furlong, kept on to lead towards finish

11(2)
Silk - Royal Blue and Red stripes, Red sleeves and cap

Blithe Spirit

28 DCD
7/2
  • Form 0-08907
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 81

led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra

12(10)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE and YELLOW (quartered), striped sleeves and cap
20/1
  • Form 293731
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-10
  • Official Rating 77

chased leaders, ridden inside final furlong, no extra

13(13)
Silk - Grey, beige star, grey sleeves, beige stars, royal blue cap

Ballesteros

8 DCD
40/1
  • Form 075569
  • Age 8
  • Weight 8-9
  • Official Rating 76

went right start, always towards rear

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

Blithe Spirit is at her best here as when winning last year’s renewal off a higher mark but was behind Reflektor over track and trip last month. The latter also beat Orient Class and Lightscameraction on that occasion though is drawn wider today. Normal Equilibrium has an even higher draw having beaten Powerallied and Signore Piccolo here earlier in the month while Ashpan Sam tends to save his best for the 6f trip at Epsom. Confessional is finally back on a winning mark and has a decent draw but a chance is taken on MAYLEAF SHINE, who ran well here on her debut for Iain Jardine and first start since August and also won in soft ground when trained in Ireland last year.

Formwatch

Reflektor (IRE) 11-2 (9-10) Prominent, driven over 2f out, challenged inside final furlong, led towards finish, just held on, won at Chester 5f hcp (3) gs in Jul beating Lucky Beggar (9-6) by shd, 12 ran.

Lightscameraction (IRE) 22-1 (9-5) Raced alone far side and overall leader, ridden and hung right to centre group, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 6th of 7, 6 1/4l behind Ornate (9-5) at Newmarket 5f stks (3) gd in Jul.

Justanotherbottle (IRE) 25-1 (8-9) Raced far side, led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 12th of 19, 6 3/4l behind Ekhtiyaar (8-10) at Newmarket 6f hcp (2) gd in Jul.

Orient Class 20-1 (9-8) Mid-division, hampered on inside well over 1f out, soon closed, stayed on, not reach leaders, 4th of 12, 1 3/4l behind Reflektor (9-10) at Chester 5f hcp (3) gs in Jul.

Gamesome (FR) 7-2fav (9-7) Took keen hold early, chased leaders, pushed along halfway, edged left over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Avon Breeze (9-3) at Pontefract 5f hcp (3) gf in Jul.

Ashpan Sam 3-1jfav (10-2) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, one pace and held when not much room towards finish, 3rd of 8, 2 1/4l behind Highland Acclaim (9-12) at Epsom 6f hcp (4) gd in Jul.

Signore Piccolo 8-1 (9-11) Towards rear on outside, headway over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, ran on, just failed, 2nd of 11, shd behind Stanghow (9-11) at Beverley 5f hcp (4) gf in Jul.

Powerallied (IRE) 9-1 (9-2) Led, ridden over 1f out, kept on well until headed and outpaced final 50 yards, 2nd of 8, 1l behind Avon Breeze (9-3) at Pontefract 5f hcp (3) gf in Jul.

Mayleaf Shine (IRE) 20-1 (8-12) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, 10th of 12, 8 1/4l behind Spring Fling (9-4) at Ayr 5f lst fll stks (1) gd in Jun.

Confessional 15-2 (9-10) Tracked winner, pushed along halfway, faded final furlong, 7th of 9, 2 1/2l behind Showdaisy (9-11) at Ayr 5f hcp (3) gs in Jul.

Blithe Spirit 16-1 (9-4) Led, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 12, 3 1/4l behind Reflektor (9-10) at Chester 5f hcp (3) gs in Jul.

Normal Equilibrium 8-1 (8-10) Led, headed over 3f out, led again well over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, clear towards finish, won at Chester 5f hcp (4) gs in Jul beating Powerallied (9-7) by 1 3/4l, 11 ran.

Ballesteros 20-1 (9-10) Messing around as gates opened and slowly away, ridden along and always behind, last of 9, 12 1/2l behind Foxy Forever (9-12) at Haydock 5f hcp (4) gf in Jul.