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16:20 Chester

Saturday 13 July 2019

All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:5517:30

Walker Smith Handicap

Off time: 16:21 | Winning time: 2m 14.72s

1^st

(9)

Medalla De Oro

59-4

6/1

T: Tom CloverJ: J Mitchell

Made virtually all, ridden 2f out, driven inside final furlong, held on well op 8/1 tchd 9/1

2^nd

(2)

Swift Emperor

79-5

9/1

T: T D BarronJ: R P Downey

Slowly into stride, soon mid-division, headway and hung left over 1f out, went 2nd and stayed on inside final furlong, just held by winner op 10/1

3^rd

(12)

Elhafei

48-13

33/1

T: M ApplebyJ: William Cox (3)

Soon chasing winner, ridden over 2f out, lost 2nd and switched right inside final furlong, 3rd and no extra close home op 25/1

4^th

(1)

Bit Of A Quirke

68-13

3/1f

T: M WalfordJ: A Mullen

Tracked leaders, pushed along over 4f out, not quicken over 1f out, kept on final 75 yards op 11/4 tchd 5/2

5^th

(8)

Redgrave

59-4

11/1

T: J TuiteJ: K Shoemark

Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, soon hung left, kept on inside final furlong op 12/1 tchd 10/1

6^th

(11)

Dark Devil

68-8

9/2

T: R A FaheyJ: Barry McHugh

Slowly away, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, not pace to trouble leaders tchd 4/1

7^th

(3)

Heart Of Soul

49-7

9/2

T: Ian WilliamsJ: R Kingscote

Held up towards rear, kept on final 100 yards, never dangerous op 15/2 tchd 5/1

8^th

(5)

Citta D'Oro

48-5

12/1

T: J W UnettJ: Gabriele Malune (3)

Mid-division, not much room over 1f out, hampered inside final furlong, never dangerous op 11/1 tchd 10/1 and tchd 14/1

9^th

(10)

Garden Oasis

49-7

22/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: Danny Redmond (5)

Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, not much room over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 18/1

10^th

(13)

Maghfoor

58-4

25/1

T: E J AlstonJ: Rhiain Ingram (5)

Slowly into stride, held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, switched right inside final furlong, never involved tchd 33/1

11^th

(4)

Dragon Mountain

49-2

9/1

T: K DalgleishJ: Dylan Hogan (5)

Led early, tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten, weakened over 2f out op 8/1

12^th

(7)

Thaayer

49-4

25/1

T: R MenziesJ: D C Costello

Mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon weakened, well behind over 1f out tchd 20/1

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Non-Runners

(6)

Miss Sheridan⁵⁰

Weight: 9-0| Age: 5

T: M & D Easterby J: Nathan Evans

(14)

Valentine Mist²⁸

Weight: 8-2| Age: 7

T: James Grassick J: Sophie Ralston

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.00Pl:£2.40, £3.00, £9.30EX:£67.80Trifecta:£2,334.00Tricast:£1,692.32SF:£60.52Swingers:£14.20, £14.40, £12.20

Forecasts

Bit Of A Quirke (3/1), Dark Devil (9/2), Heart Of Soul (9/2), Miss Sheridan (9/2), Medalla De Oro (6/1), Swift Emperor (9/1), Dragon Mountain (9/1), Redgrave (11/1), Citta D'Oro (12/1), Garden Oasis (22/1), Maghfoor (25/1), Thaayer (25/1), Elhafei (33/1), Valentine Mist (66/1)

As usual at Chester gaining a good track position will be vital and last year’s winner BIT OF A QUIRKE looks to have hit the jackpot in drawing stall 1 off just a 4lb higher mark this time around coming here off another Beverley win. Course winner Dark Devil may be undone by the wide draw this time around while Miss Sheridan would be a danger if she could be guaranteed to stay this trip. Swift Emperor is another to have struck lucky in the Chester draw lottery but he’s not the easiest to win with often flattering to deceive. Citta D’Oro nicely berthed in stall 5 makes some appeal if you can overlook his seemingly poor run last time when badly drawn.