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17:05 Chester

North West Racing Club Handicap (Class C)

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 66y
  • Going: Good
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 38.15s
  • 13 Ran
1(5)
Silk - Dark Blue, Orange hoops, stars on sleeves and star on cap
8/1
  • Form 04-0500
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-13

in touch, headway over 4f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

2(13)
Silk - Red, Beige seams, armlets and cap
  • Form 612-001
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-10

prominent, ridden 4f out, soon weakened

3(10)
Silk - Black, Yellow Cross of Lorraine and armlets
  • Form 503-005
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8

always towards rear, never dangerous

4(12)
Silk - Orange, Royal Blue cross belts, striped sleeves and star on cap
  • Form 0-00000
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-10

always behind

5(8)
Silk - Mauve, Black star, Mauve sleeves, Black stars
  • Form 11-2403
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-8

mid-division, headway over 3f out, weakened final furlong

6(11)
Silk - Royal Blue, Pink hoop and sleeves, quartered cap
14/1
  • Form 022060
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-8

behind, effort 3f out, soon weakened

7(3)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, YELLOW star, chevrons on sleeves, ROYAL BLUE cap, YELLOW star

Blue Star

12 b
10/1
  • Form 20-U053
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-7

in touch, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, led well inside final furlong, headed post

8(7)
Silk - Dark Green, Red stars, Dark Green sleeves, Red cap
6/1
  • Form 100-006
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-6

always behind

9(1)
Silk - Red and Black (quartered), Black sleeves, Red stars, Red cap
  • Form 2106-05
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-5

slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden over 3f out, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead post

10(4)
Silk - Purple, Emerald Green stars, Purple sleeves, Purple cap, Emerald Green star
5/2
  • Form 350311
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-4

tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, stayed on

11(9)
Silk - Emerald Green, Orange seams, sleeves and cap
  • Form 001533
  • Age 3
  • Weight 7-13

led, headed 5f out, weakened quickly

12(2)
Silk - Red, Yellow stars, chevrons on sleeves, Red cap
  • Form 321265
  • Age 8
  • Weight 7-12

slowly into stride, behind, ridden 5f out, headway over 2f out, kept on one pace

13(6)
Silk - Pink, Dark Blue star, Dark Blue sleeves, Pink stars
  • Form 320103
  • Age 5
  • Weight 7-12

tracked leaders, led 5f out, ridden over 3f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong

In depth

Verdict

A tricky finale may see Party Ploy complete a hat-trick over Blue Star, and Allinjim, with Late Claim not out of it. The latter is stepped up in trip, having finished fifth of six behind Greta d'Argent at Doncaster, and will no doubt have been prepared well for this by Barry Hills. However, on the bare form, Party Ploy is hard to ignore, having won his last two starts in easy fashion at Catterick and Hamilton. While they were not as hard as this race, he is still well handicapped on his best form and has a bright chance of going in again. Allinjim returned to form when beating Reveillez over further at Haydock, but should not be inconvenienced by the shorter trip, while Blue Star was not beaten far at Ayr and seems to be coming to hand. Party Ploy is the selection.