Racecards
19:20 Chester
Shell Chemicals Stakes (Showcase Handicap) (Class C)
- 15 Runners
- Distance: 7f 2y
- Going: Good
Wahj (IRE)
25- Form 036-020
- Age 7
- Weight 10-0
mid-division, headway halfway, ridden over 1f out, running on when not clear run well inside final furlong, eased towards finish
- Form 300-550
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer P Harris
- Jockey Ted Durcan
mid-division, headway over 4f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, ran on
- Form 2-16
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer E J Alston
- Jockey Dean McKeown
prominent, led 4f out, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra final strides
Invader
7- Form 00-1001
- Age 6
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer C E Brittain
- Jockey N Pollard
tracked leaders, ridden and switched right over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
- Form 126-006
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
held up, ridden over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, nearest at finish
- Form 050-235
- Age 6
- Weight 8-13
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, eased towards finish
Deceitful
18- Form 652060
- Age 4
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey F P Ferris
keen, tracking leaders, ridden over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, ran on
Lady Boxer
11- Form 000-665
- Age 6
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer M Mullineaux
- Jockey A Mackay
towards rear, not clear run over 1f out, soon ridden, no impression inside final furlong
- Form 204546
- Age 4
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey I Mongan
towards rear, effort 2f out, weakened final furlong
Espada (IRE)
11- Form 002241
- Age 6
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer J A Glover
- Jockey G Duffield
prominent, driven over 1f out, ran on to lead final strides
- Form 300-000
- Age 7
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer A Berry
- Jockey Mark Flynn
mid-division, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out
- Form 0-14030
- Age 4
- Weight 8-5
towards rear, ridden over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, not troubled leaders
- Form 00-0005
- Age 4
- Weight 7-10
- Trainer Miss L Perratt
- Jockey S Righton
towards rear, ridden over 1f out, styg on when not clear inside final furlong, eased towards finish
- Form 016300
- Age 4
- Weight 7-10
- Trainer M Mullineaux
- Jockey C Cogan
led, headed 4f out, weakened over 2f out
In depth
Verdict
Invader should go well under a 6lb penalty having made all to score a shade conmfortably at Ripon last week while Espada ended a long losing sequence at Catterick last time and is another to consider off a 3lb higher mark. Deceitful is ideally suited by this trip and has run creditably in defeat this term and Idle Power has claims on an earlier Newmarket fifth behind Sea Star. Jelba and Sarraaf are others who come in to this in good heart and enter calculations in an open heat.