Chester Races
Chester
16:40
Edinburgh Gin Handicap
Chester
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2024
Distance: 5f
Type: Flat
Going: Good
Class: Class 5
Surface: Turf
Win: £5
Place: £1.50 £1.30 £1.40
Exacta: £16.30
Tricast: £37.95
Trifecta: £44.50
Non-Runners: Doctor Vuby (unsuitable ground), Habooba (vet's certificate, scoped wrong), Object (self certificate, unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | Count d'Orsay (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Tim Easterby | 138 lbs | 4/1 | Won | Ran without front shoe - in touch with leaders - not clear run over 2f out - waiting for room over 1f out - soon switched right and bumped rival - headway to lead final 110yds - kept on well (trainer's rep had no explanation for the apparent improvement in form)(op 10/3 tchd 9/2) | ||
| 2nd | 1 | Secret Mistral (GB) | 4 F | AVG |
Jack Doughty
(5)lbs
|
Tony Carroll | 136 lbs | 5/2F | 1 | Saddle slipped soon after start - led - shaken up 2f out - edged left inside final furlong - kept on but headed final 110yds (jockey said saddle slipped round when leaving stalls)(op 3/1 tchd 9/4) | |
| 3rd | 5 | Ecclesiastical (GB) | 7 G | AVG | Tristan Davidson | 137 lbs | 7/2 | 1.5 | Travelled strongly - in touch with leaders - went second going easily 2f out - edged left then lost second inside final furlong - weakened inside final 110yds(op 4/1 tchd 9/2) | ||
| 4th | 11 | Lotus Rose (GB) | 5 M | AVG | Roger Fell & Sean Murray | 127 lbs | 4/1 | .75 | Raced in second - short of room and lost position over 2f out - no impression inside final furlong(tchd 7/2) | ||
| 5th | 9 | High Velocity (IRE) | 5 G | Poor |
Sean D Bowen
(3)lbs
|
David Loughnane | 130 lbs | 18/1 | 0.2 | Towards rear - outpaced when slightly hampered over 1f out - kept on inside final furlong - not pace to challenge(op 16/1 tchd 20/1) | |
| 6th | 7 | Rogue Thunder (GB) | 5 G | Poor |
Harry Burns
(3)lbs
|
Patrick Morris | 134 lbs | 50/1 | 2.25 | In rear - not clear run over 2f out - switched right then slightly hampered over 1f out - no impression inside final furlong(op 28/1) | |
| 7th | 4 | Maharajas Express (GB) | 5 G | AVG |
Zak Wheatley
(3)lbs
|
Patrick Morris | 135 lbs | 33/1 | 1.25 | Took keen hold - towards rear - pulled hard and prominent 3f out - weakening when bumped over 1f out(op 18/1) | |
| 8th | 6 | Bang On The Bell (GB) | 6 G | AVG | J R Jenkins | 137 lbs | 14/1 | 4 | Raced wide - in touch with leaders - prominent 3f out - outpaced when hung left under 2f out - slightly hampered and weakened over 1f out(op 16/1 tchd 11/1) | ||
| 9th | 12 | Red Walls (GB) | 7 G | Poor | Lisa Williamson | 121 lbs | 12/1 | 3 | In rear - soon pushed along - dropped to last halfway - stumbled and eased 2f out (jockey said gelding stumbled rounding home bend)(op 10/1 tchd 14/1) |