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20:15 Chester

Friday 30 June 2017

All18:1018:4019:1019:4520:1520:50

Close Brothers Asset Finance Handicap

Off time: 20:18 | Winning time: 1m 28.37s

1^st

(4)

Explain

59-6

5/2f

T: Mrs R CarrJ: Lewis Edmunds (5)

Chased leaders, 2nd on inside over 1f out, soon led, clear inside final furlong, kept on strongly tchd 9/4 and tchd 11/4

2^nd

(7)

Heir To A Throne

49-11

9/1

T: K A RyanJ: S A Gray

Chased leader, pushed along over 2f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, plugged on inside final furlong, went 2nd again close home, no chance with winner tchd 8/1

3^rd

(3)

Gabrial The Tiger

59-4

4/1

T: R A FaheyJ: Barry McHugh

Led, ridden over 1f out, soon headed, one pace and no chance with winner inside final furlong, lost 2nd close home op 7/1

4^th

1 ¼

(10)

Eqleem

49-5

25/1

T: P D EvansJ: A Mullen

Mid-division, headway inside final 2f, chasing leaders when switched right then left over 1f out, modest 4th and hung left inside final furlong op 22/1 tchd 20/1

5^th

1 ½

(1)

Cosmic Ray

59-4

11/4

T: J L EyreJ: F Norton

Mid-division on inside, some headway over 1f out, 5th and no impression when slightly hampered on rail inside final furlong op 5/2

6^th

(11)

British Embassy

59-5

33/1

T: W G M TurnerJ: Hector Crouch (3)

Took keen hold, chased leaders, ridden 2f out, soon weakened op 20/1

7^th

(9)

Khelman

79-8

16/1

T: R A FaheyJ: Sammy Jo Bell (3)

Towards rear, pushed along before halfway, never on terms op 20/1

8^th

(8)

Monteverdi

49-10

20/1

T: J A OsborneJ: D C Costello

Went left and stumbled start, last pair, never on terms op 14/1

9^th

(6)

Grand Inquisitor

59-10

7/1

T: Ian WilliamsJ: David Probert

Hampered after start, always behind op 6/1

10^th

(12)

Majestic Moon

79-11

20/1

T: Miss J FeildenJ: Shelley Birkett (3)

Chased leaders on outside, pushed along halfway, weakened over 2f out tchd 18/1

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Non-Runners

(2)

God Willing¹⁴

Weight: 9-9| Age: 6

T: D Carroll J: G C O'Neill

(5)

Tavener¹³

Weight: 9-2| Age: 5

T: D C Griffiths J: R Ffrench

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.30Pl:£1.50, £2.80, £1.50EX:£27.60Trifecta:£107.10Tricast:£90.41SF:£25.08Swingers:£6.40, £3.80, £9.40

Forecasts

Explain (5/2), Cosmic Ray (11/4), Gabrial The Tiger (4/1), Grand Inquisitor (7/1), Tavener (8/1), Heir To A Throne (9/1), Khelman (16/1), Monteverdi (20/1), Majestic Moon (20/1), God Willing (20/1), Eqleem (25/1), British Embassy (33/1)

Not an easy handicap to unravel and as with all big-field handicaps around this tight circuit luck in running will play a big part. Majestic Moon has been in good form of late without winning but he may find it hard getting to the front from a wide draw and he may find competition for the lead from the likes of British Embassy and last year’s winner GABRIAL THE TIGER who could be well placed here to repeat his win. Cosmic Ray could not have been in better this season but he does face a stiff task off this mark and Explain along with Khelman look to be the dangers with God Willing worth keeping an eye on in this market off this mark.