Skip to content

Racecards

17:00 Chester

Discover Racing Handicap (Class E)

  • 16 Runners
  • Distance: 7f 2y
  • Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 24.94s
  • 16 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Alafzar (IRE)

5/1

    2
    Silk -

    Chapel Royale (IRE)

    7/1

      3
      Silk -

      Contact (IRE)

      16/1

        4
        Silk -

        Flint River

        25/1

          1(15)
          Silk - Royal Blue and White diabolo, Royal Blue cap

          Parker

          25 b
          33/1
          • Form 100000
          • Age 5
          • Weight 10-0

          mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon weakened

          2(16)
          Silk - White, Emerald Green diamond and armlets, quartered cap

          Celtic Mill

          5
          7/1
          • Form 021542
          • Age 4
          • Weight 10-0

          chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong

          3(1)
          Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow hollow box

          Alafzar (IRE)

          5
          5/1
          • Form 100210
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-13

          mid-division, headway 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led final furlong, ran on

          4(11)
          Silk - White, Royal Blue chevrons, White and Red hooped sleeves, Royal Blue cap

          Chapel Royale (IRE)

          13
          7/1
          • Form 302021
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-12

          soon outpaced, ridden and headway 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on, no chance with winner

          5(4)
          Silk - Pink, Royal Blue sash, quartered cap

          Young Alex (IRE)

          13
          20/1
          • Form 320000
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-11

          mid-division, ridden and not clear run over 1f out, kept on, not trouble leaders

          6(3)
          Silk - Yellow, Black triple diamond, Black and Yellow check sleeves, Yellow cap, Black diamond

          Lion's Domane

          13
          6/1
          • Form 310064
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-9

          tracked leaders, led over 4f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

          7(12)
          Silk - Purple, White hoop, White sleeves, Purple stars, White cap, Purple star

          Only For Gold

          8
          33/1
          • Form 000020
          • Age 7
          • Weight 9-9

          always behind

          8(8)
          Silk - Pink, Maroon chevrons, Pink sleeves, Pink cap, Maroon star

          Shifty

          17 b
          14/1
          • Form 0-00003
          • Age 3
          • Weight 9-8

          mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened

          9(2)
          Silk - Emerald Green and Yellow (quartered), Orange cap

          Ashtree Belle

          22
          10/1
          • Form 200021
          • Age 3
          • Weight 9-8

          chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, smacked over nose left out, soon weakened

          10(14)
          Silk - DARK BLUE, YELLOW stars, diabolo on sleeves and star on cap

          Parting Shot

          5
          8/1
          • Form 150000
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-6

          soon outpaced, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on close home, nearest finish

          11(7)
          Silk - Orange, Purple seams, Orange cap

          Puppet Play (IRE)

          13
          25/1
          • Form 040040
          • Age 7
          • Weight 9-5

          chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened final furlong

          12(10)
          Silk - YELLOW, DARK BLUE stars, halved sleeves

          Flint River

          25
          25/1
          • Form 530600
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-4

          towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, never nearer

          13(9)
          Silk - Dark Blue and Emerald Green (halved), sleeves reversed, Yellow cap

          Bundy

          15
          20/1
          • Form 302465
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-4

          towards rear, effort and not clear run over 1f out, never troubled leaders

          14(5)
          Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow stripe, armlets and cap

          Lord Melbourne (IRE)

          13 b
          14/1
          • Form 150505
          • Age 3
          • Weight 9-4

          mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened

          15(6)
          Silk - White, Red braces, sleeves and cap

          Contact (IRE)

          5
          16/1
          • Form 003004
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-4

          led until after 1f, led again over 2f out, ridden and headed final furlong, no extra

          16(13)
          Silk - WHITE, EMERALD GREEN spots, RED cap

          Mawhoob (USA)

          3
          50/1
          • Form 5-00000
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-2

          always towards rear, never dangerous

          In depth

          Verdict

          Yet another difficult handicap for the getting out stakes with many holding chances on the book. Chapel Royale is still well-handicapped on his best form and managed to overcome a poor draw to finish second on his last visit to Chester. The promise of that run was turned into a win for today's rider at Beverley last time out. Only for Gold is a ten pound better horse at this track but has not been given the best of draws. Celtic Mill, on the other hand, has been performing creditably of late elsewhere and should appreciate the ground. He seems in relatively good heart and had Parting Shot well behind on a recent race at Beverley. The draw of sixteen is however, a major negative. A tentative Teamalk nod is given at big odds to Lion's Domane. Ian Semple's charge did finish behind Chapel Royale last time out but he is well drawn and if forcing tactics are to be employed today, this previous course and distance winner is perfectly boxed in stall three to dictate the pace.