Racecards
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
- Form 258-691
- Age 4
- Weight 9-12
- Official Rating 93
- Trainer Tom Dascombe
- Jockey Patrick Pilley
chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden, to take 2nd briefly over 1f out, one pace
- Form 26-8006
- Age 5
- Weight 9-11
- Official Rating 92
- Trainer Miss Gay Kelleway
- Jockey Joshua Bryan
towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened
- Form 193310
- Age 3
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 93
- Trainer D Carroll
- Jockey Neil Farley
mid-division, ridden and one pace inside final furlong
- Form 624514
- Age 6
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 88
- Trainer P T Midgley
- Jockey Connor Murtagh
chased leaders, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, kept on same pace
- Form 9-34603
- Age 6
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer P T Midgley
- Jockey Kieren Fox
dwelt, in rear, effort over 1f out, never dangerous
- Form 9-87913
- Age 8
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer David Drinkwater
- Jockey Phil Dennis
chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
- Form 424162
- Age 6
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 85
- Trainer D Loughnane
- Jockey R Kingscote
slowly away, towards rear, headway over 1f out, no extra
- Form 00-0622
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer R A Fahey
- Jockey Adam J McNamara
mid-division, ridden over 1f out, no headway
- Form 2169-40
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 88
always towards rear
- Form 303087
- Age 10
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey Lewis Edmunds
held up in touch, ridden inside final furlong, kept on to lead towards finish
- Form 0-08907
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer E J Alston
- Jockey Jason Hart
led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
- Form 293731
- Age 7
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 77
chased leaders, ridden inside final furlong, no extra
- 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.