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16:05 Chester

Virgin Bet Handicap (Class 3)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f 70y
  • Going: Soft (Good to Soft in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £40,000 added
  • Winner: £20,384
  • 2nd: £9,556
  • 3rd: £4,784
  • 4th: £2,388
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 16.73s
  • Off Time: 16:05:26
  • 9 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Stressfree (FR)

9/2

    2
    Silk -

    Have Secret (IRE)

    11/2

      3
      Silk -

      Paddy The Squire

      9/2

        1(8)
        Silk - Pale Blue, Campbell Tartan hooped sleeves, Yellow cap

        City Streak

        77 CD
        18/1
        • Form 19-2107
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-11
        • Official Rating 92

        held up in last trio, headway out wide tracking leaders 4f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong

        2(2)
        Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulets, striped cap

        Maghlaak

        21 D
        4/1
        • Form 32-1753
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-8
        • Official Rating 89

        tracked leaders on inside, ridden and weakened rapidly over 1f out, soon behind

        3(9)
        Silk - Red, royal blue cross belts, red sleeves, light blue diamonds, light blue and red check cap

        Have Secret (IRE)

        21 p D
        11/2
        • Form 55-2336
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-8
        • Official Rating 89

        tracked leaders out wide, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, not pace of winner

        4(3)
        Silk - Black, royal blue seams, black sleeves, white stars, black cap, white star

        Zarabanda (IRE)

        9 D
        14/1
        • Form 848474
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 88

        tracked leader, ridden to challenge and every chance inside ifnal furlong, weakened towards finish

        5(6)
        Silk - Dark green, white stars, light green and dark green check sleeves, dark green cap, white star

        Paddy The Squire

        32 t D
        9/2
        • Form 02212-2
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-6
        • Official Rating 87

        steadied rear, headway out wide over 1f out, not much room inside final furlong, stayed on into 3rd towards finish, not pace to challenge

        6(4)
        Silk - White, royal blue hoops and armlets

        Loyal Touch (IRE)

        14 DCD
        15/2
        • Form 070763
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-5
        • Official Rating 86

        raced keenly, tracked leaders early, steadied into last trio 8f out, rallied and switched sharply left over 1f out, weakened final furlong

        7(5)
        Silk - Light blue, dark blue seams, diabolo on sleeves, quartered cap

        Stressfree (FR)

        47 BFD
        9/2
        • Form 400233
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-3
        • Official Rating 84

        held up off the pace in last pair, good headway out wide over 1f out, edged left and stayed on inside final furlong, led final 110 yards, won going away

        8(7)
        Silk - WHITE, LIGHT GREEN hoop, LIGHT GREEN cap

        Gallant Lion

        80 D
        16/1
        • Form 50-3647
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-1
        • Official Rating 82

        steadied and switched left start, held up in 6th on inside, pushed along when not clear run on inside over 2f out, soon weakened

        9(1)
        Silk - Black and red check, red sleeves

        First Officer (IRE)

        30 D
        15/2
        • Form 145727
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-12
        • Official Rating 79

        led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and strongly pressed inside final furlong, headed final 110 yards, weakened and lost places towards finish

        Previous results

        2023
        (10)
        Silk -

        Box To Box (IRE)

        13/2
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-7

        In depth

        Formwatch

        City Streak 8-1 (9-8) Held up rear of mid-division on outside, headway on outside over 2f out, edged left and weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 10, 7 1/2l behind Bystander (8-13) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Jun.

        Maghlaak 5-1 (9-13) Held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, driven over 1f out, 3rd and held final 100 yards, no extra towards finish, 3rd of 6, 3 1/4l behind Goodwood Odyssey (9-5) at Goodwood 1m 4f hcp (2) sft in Aug.

        Have Secret (IRE) 7-1 (8-11) Midfield, pushed along and headway 2f out, faded inside final furlong, 6th of 17, 3 3/4l behind Sir Busker (9-12) at York 1m 2f hcp (2) gf in Aug.

        Zarabanda (IRE) 11-1 (10-1) Prominent early, tracked leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra towards finish, 4th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Warda Jamila (9-5) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp fll (3) gs in Sep.

        Paddy The Squire 17-2 (9-11) Held up off the pace in last pair, good headway on inside 2f out, led inside final furlong, kept on well but headed post, 2nd of 9, shd behind Theoryofeverything (9-13) at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp (3) sft in Aug.

        Loyal Touch (IRE) 3-1 (8-13) Held up in rear, pushed along 3f out, stayed on but not pace to challenge, 3rd of 4, 1 1/2l behind Quietness (9-4) at Beverley 1m 4f hcp (2) gf in Aug.

        Stressfree (FR) 11-8fav (10-2) Towards rear, closed up halfway and went 4th over 3f out, ridden well over 1f out and chased leaders, no telling impression, 3rd of 6, 2 1/4l behind Chaturanga (9-7) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Jul.

        Gallant Lion 9-2 (10-1) Prominent on outer, pushed along 3f out, ridden and faded over 1f out, 7th of 12, 5 1/2l behind Sea The Thunder (9-3) at Carlisle 1m 3f hcp (4) gf in Jun.

        First Officer (IRE) 9-1 (9-6) Chased leader on inside, niggled along early, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, eased down final 100 yards when no room, 7th of 11, 2 3/4l behind Life On The Rocks (8-7) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Aug.