Racecards
16:55 Chester
Stratstone Aston Martin Handicap (Class C) (Class C)
- 17 Runners
- Distance: 7f 122y
- Going: Good to Firm, Firm in places
Attache
19- Form 000-000
- Age 4
- Weight 9-9
- Trainer Mrs J R Ramsden
- Jockey Kieren Fallon
mid-division, soon pushed along, ridden over 2f out, ran on final furlong
Princess Almora
208- Form 120015-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-8
- Trainer P Harris
- Jockey J P Spencer
towards rear, ridden and n.m.r. when hampered over 1f out and inside final furlong
- Form 0014-00
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey Pat Eddery
mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 500-602
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer E J Alston
- Jockey Ted Durcan
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 00060-0
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
mid-division, pushed along over 4f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 2300-00
- Age 7
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer A Berry
- Jockey Richard Hughes
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 100600-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-2
towards rear, not much room over 1f out, stayed on
- Form 4-00330
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer D W P Arbuthnot
- Jockey J D Smith
in rear, not much room over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never nearer
Smirfys Party
208- Form 610600-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
mid-division, ridden when hampered over 2f out, staying on when not much room inside final furlong
- Form 41-1010
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey T G McLaughlin
towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, staying on when not clear run well inside final furlong
Mister Rambo
26- Form 305-612
- Age 7
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer D Nicholls
- Jockey Adrian Nicholls
chased leaders, ridden over 4f out, hard driven over 1f out, went 2nd final furlong, stayed on, no chance with winner
- Form 653500
- Age 6
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer R Hollinshead
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
in touch, ridden over 3f out, stayed on final furlong
- Form 542012
- Age 6
- Weight 8-5
- Trainer D Nicholls
- Jockey J Fanning
made all, ridden clear over 1f out, easily
In depth
Verdict
A nightmare of a contest for punters and luck in running will play as much a part as the form that is already available. There is pace split the width of the track in the draw and a furiously run contest looks assured. Parker, Only For Gold and Forever Times can all tow them along at a fair clip and a truly run race is the only certainty. My Lucy Locket has shown a lot of promise for quite some time and her course experience is a big plus. She acts on most types of ground and a chance is taken that Richard Hughes can bounce her out of the stalls to grab the inside rail. Uhoomagoo has also shown decent bits of form of late and is no forlorn hope of grabbing a place at decent odds.