Chester
19:00
Excell Supply Handicap
Chester Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2022 Distance: 1m3½f Type: Flat Going: Good Class: Class 2 Surface: Turf
Win: £3.80 Place: £1.60 £2.50 Exacta: £14 Trifecta: £41.80
Non-Runners: Heart Of Soul (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 6 Box To Box (IRE) 6 G AVG Hugo Palmer 128 lbs 11/4F Won Pressed leader - soon led - ridden and quickened 2f out - went clear and kept on strongly final furlong - eased towards finish - comfortably(tchd 5/2 and tchd 3/1)
2nd 5 Haunted Dream (IRE) 6 G AVG Ed Dunlop 132 lbs 4/1 4.25 Stumbled badly start - jockey looked down to see if something was amiss early - held up in rear - ridden and headway on outer over 2f out - drifted right and raced wide when lost position home turn - rallied inside final furlong - went second post (jockey said gelding hung left-handed throughout)(op 3/1)
3rd 4 Group One Power (GB) 5 G Poor Andrew Balding 136 lbs 100/30 0.05 Led early - soon headed and pressed leader - lost second and prominent after 2f - ridden 2f out - went second but no impression inside final furlong - lost second post(op 9/2)
4th 1 Praiano (GER) 3 C AVG Roger Varian 142 lbs 11/2 .75 Slowly into stride - held up in rear - ridden over 2f out - no impression until stayed on final 110yds - went fourth towards finish - not pace to challenge(op 6/1 tchd 13/2)
5th 7 Trojan Horse (IRE) 3 C Poor Charlie & Mark Johnston 125 lbs 7/2 .5 Prominent - went second after 2f - ridden over 2f out - beaten when lost second inside final furlong - lost two places inside final 110yds
6th 3 Restorer (GB) 10 G Poor Ian Williams 137 lbs 18/1 1 Midfield and in touch with leaders - ridden over 2f out - prominent in chasing group but outpaced over 1f out - dropped to last inside final furlong(op 20/1 tchd 16/1 and tchd 25/1)