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17:20 Chester

Sunday 6 August 2017

All14:0514:3515:1015:4016:1516:5017:20

Merseyrail Handicap

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 2m 15.1s

1^st

(6)

Alexander M

38-11

5/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: J Fanning

Made all, ridden and clear over 1f out, kept on strongly final furlong, eased towards finish op 4/1

2^nd

2 ¼

(4)

Golden Wolf

39-1

8/1

T: R HughesJ: S W Kelly

Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on to chase winner inside final furlong, no impression op 15/2 tchd 7/1

3^rd

(8)

Outback Blue

49-7

12/1

T: P D EvansJ: J F Egan

In rear, headway over 3f out, went 2nd over 2f out until no extra inside final furlong tchd 10/1

4^th

(7)

Energia Fox

710-2

12/1

T: R A FaheyJ: Connor Murtagh (7)

Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace op 14/1

5^th

1 ¼

(1)

X Rated

39-4

4/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: F Norton

Tracked leaders and keen, went 3rd over 2f out, faded inside final furlong op 7/2

6^th

3 ½

(2)

Melabi

49-0

16/1

T: R FordJ: Callum Rodriguez (5)

Held up mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong op 14/1

7^th

(3)

Al Zaman

39-6

15/8f

T: S & E CrisfordJ: R Kingscote

Tracked winner, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened op 9/4

8^th

(5)

Fort Jefferson

49-7

8/1

T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy

Held up towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened op 10/1 tchd 11/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.50Pl:£1.50, £2.70, £3.30EX:£39.80Trifecta:£304.10Tricast:£454.33SF:£44.32Swingers:£6.70, £12.60, £5.20

Forecasts

Al Zaman (15/8), X Rated (4/1), Alexander M (5/1), Golden Wolf (8/1), Fort Jefferson (8/1), Outback Blue (12/1), Energia Fox (12/1), Melabi (16/1)

It was encouraging to see X RATED go so close at Windsor last week, and though he faces a different challenge here (the field is twice the size for a start), he is clearly on a workable handicap mark and if the potential cut in the ground isn't a problem he should be capable of going well again having recently won at Bath. Golden Wolf makes both his handicap and turf debut here but looks to be on a fair opening mark, while Alexander M ran poorly here last time but would have a chance on his form prior to that performance.