Chester Races
Chester
14:40
IRE-Incentive It Pays To Buy Irish Huxley Stakes (IRE Incentive Race)
Chester
Date: Fri, 12 May 2023
Distance: 1m2½f
Type: Flat
Going: Soft
Class: Class 1
Surface: Turf
Win: £1.84
Place: £1.10 £2.20
Exacta: £5.10
Trifecta: £27.80
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4 | Point Lonsdale (IRE) | 5 H | Good | A P O'Brien | 129 lbs | 5/6F | Won | Raced lazily at times - pressed leader - ridden when hung right and led over 1f out - kept on final furlong - just did enough(op 11/10) | ||
| 2nd | 3 | Mujtaba (GB) | 4 G | AVG | William Haggas | 129 lbs | 4/1 | 0.3 | Towards rear - pushed along 2f out - headway over 1f out - soon ridden and switched left - went second and kept on final furlong - drifted left towards finish - just held(op 3/1) | ||
| 3rd | 2 | Layfayette (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Noel Meade | 129 lbs | 20/1 | 1.5 | In rear - pushed along 2f out - switched left and headway over 1f out - ridden final furlong - weakening when slightly hampered towards finish(op 22/1) | ||
| 4th | 5 | Poker Face (IRE) | 6 G | Good | Simon & Ed Crisford | 129 lbs | 10/1 | .75 | Led - ridden and headed over 1f out - weakened final furlong(op 7/1) | ||
| 5th | 6 | Royal Champion (IRE) | 7 G | Good | Roger Varian | 129 lbs | 22/1 | 2.5 | In touch with leaders - pushed along 2f out - ridden and weakened 1f out(op 14/1) | ||
| 6th | 1 | Foxes Tales (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Andrew Balding | 129 lbs | 9/2 | 22 | In touch with leaders - niggled along 3f out - weakened 2f out - soon eased (trainer's rep said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding was unsuited by the tight nature of Chester)(op 6/1) |