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14:55 Chester

Saturday 1 July 2017

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Woodford Reserve Handicap

Off time: 14:56 | Winning time: 1m 27.47s

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(7)

Mr Scaramanga¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: L P Keniry| T: S Dow| OR: 100

14/1

Winner twice already in 2017 including over 1m at Doha in February. Highly tried of late including in a Group 1 contest at Royal Ascot last time and this looks a more suitable opportunity.

Form: 412847

(6)

Smokey Lane¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: J P Fahy| T: P D Evans| OR: 99

20/1

Victorious over 6f at Leicester (good-to-soft) on his penultimate outing at the end of May. Finished last of 18 off this 7lb higher mark in a competitive York contest last time but not written off just yet.

Form: 8-55710

(5)

Wahash¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| OR: 98

7/1

Beaten 1L over 7f at Epsom (good) a month ago but disappointed dropping to 6f at York (good-to-firm) subsequently. Step back up in trip should suit and interesting in this contest.

Form: 1-45220

(4)

Vona²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Connor Murtagh⁽⁷⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 90

7/1

Finished a short-head second to Starlight Romance over an extended 7f on soft ground here last month. Races off a 3lb higher mark here and interesting to see how he fares on his third start of the season.

Form: 4053-42

(9)

Town Charter⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: F Norton| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 87| BF

14/1

Sole success came over 6f at Ayr (good-to-soft) 12 months ago. Ran well to finish 7L third of 14 over 7f at Newmarket (good) on his penultimate start but has to put a poor effort at Redcar over 1m last time behind him here.

Form: 212-834

(3)

Starlight Romance²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Sammy Jo Bell⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 87| C| D

3/1

Short-head winner over an extended 7f here last time out. Also a winner on good-to-firm ground at Beverley in April and races off a mark 4lb higher than for his latest success today.

Form: 322-131

(8)

Erica Bing²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Nathan Evans⁽³⁾| T: J Hughes| OR: 86| D

50/1

Three time winner at two including twice in France but failed to beat a rival home in two Listed starts over further so far this year. Making her first start in handicaps today.

Form: 5586-78

(2)

Lualiwa⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: Joe Doyle| T: K A Ryan| OR: 82| D

3/1

In good form since being gelded winning an AW maiden over 7f at Chelmsford in March prior to finishing third at Beverley and runner-up at York (7f, soft) last time out. Races off a 3lb higher mark here.

Form: 734-132

(1)

Atteq^t⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-2| J: P Mathers| T: R A Fahey| OR: 81| BF| D

3/1

Running well in the main this season and put a poor run at Epsom behind him when beaten 1L over 7f at Ayr (good) last time out. Races off a 1lb higher mark in this contest.

Form: 331283

Forecasts

Lualiwa (3/1), Starlight Romance (3/1), Atteq (3/1), Vona (7/1), Wahash (7/1), Town Charter (14/1), Mr Scaramanga (14/1), Smokey Lane (20/1), Erica Bing (50/1)

TOWN CHARTER ran well in a valuable Newmarket contest on his penultimate outing and while he disappointed upped in trip at Redcar last time he can take this three-year-old contest for the in form yard of Mark Johnston (22/109). Starlight Romance and Vona are closely matched on their running at this course last month and the pair can fight it out for the minor honours.