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15:35 Chester

Aktiv Kapital UK Ltd Handicap

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 66y
  • Going: Good to Soft, Good in places
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 46.77s
  • 13 Ran
1(7)
Silk - Maroon, grey star, grey sleeves, maroon armlets, quartered cap
14/1
  • Form 026-513
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 85

mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, one pace final furlong

2(11)
Silk - Red, Black seams, hooped sleeves, quartered cap
  • Form 227-402
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 85

always behind

3(6)
Silk - Purple, Orange inverted triangle

Jeepstar

16 D
16/1
  • Form 8124-39
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 84

led to 7f out, stayed prominent, outpaced over 2f out, rallied over 1f out, stayed on

4(3)
Silk - WHITE, large ROYAL BLUE spots, WHITE sleeves, ROYAL BLUE spots, ROYAL BLUE cap
8/1
  • Form 5-42548
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 82

held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on to go 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner

5(12)
Silk - Black, Yellow inverted triangle, halved sleeves, Yellow cap
10/1
  • Form 77-1321
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 82

prominent, led 7f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

6(14)
Silk - DARK BLUE, MAROON star, MAROON cap

Incursion

259
33/1
  • Form 3/10377-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 81

chased leaders, ridden and every chance over 2f out, soon not much room, weakened final furlong

7(8)
Silk - Chocolate, Gold braid and sleeves, quartered cap
  • Form 41119-1
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 80

chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

9(9)
Silk - Pink, Royal Blue hoops
16/1
  • Form 7-53956
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-10
  • Official Rating 79

reared start, held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, hung left and stayed on inside final furlong

10(2)
Silk - Yellow, Dark Blue cross belts, quartered cap
  • Form 0/0080-4
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-9
  • Official Rating 78

chased leaders, lost place after 3f, not much room bend after 4f, ridden and switched right over 1f out, hung left and weakened inside final furlong

11(10)
Silk - Purple, Red epaulets and sleeves, White cap
  • Form 411-442
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-7
  • Official Rating 77

mid-division, headway 6f out, led over 2f out, pushed clear over 1f out, comfortably

12(4)
Silk - White, Royal Blue hoop, White sleeves, Royal Blue stars, Red cap

Aleron (IRE)

39 p D
7/1
  • Form 43528-3
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-3
  • Official Rating 72

prominent and keen, lost place 6f out, ridden over 3f out, edged left and kept on inside final furlong

13(13)
Silk - DARK GREEN and ORANGE (quartered), WHITE sleeves and cap
  • Form 00428-9
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-3
  • Official Rating 70

started slowly, always behind

14(5)
Silk - Royal Blue and Yellow diamonds, hooped sleeves

Sailor A'Hoy

2084 b
66/1
  • Form 462555/
  • Age 9
  • Weight 8-2
  • Official Rating 69

soon well behind

8(1)
NR
  • Form 75335-0
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 80

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

The Nick Littmoden-trained Another Choice is given one more chance to come good now that Kieren Fallon takes over the riding duties. He is selected ahead of Barking Mad, Jack Of Trumps and Queens Rhapsody, who can push their way up the queue behind the selection. Queens Rhapsody is better than his form figures would suggest and has solid each-way claims on the pick of his efforts. He is 5lb lower than he was when finishing a close up ninth in this race last year and should not be underestimated if he is supported in the betting ring. Jack Of Trumps has more good efforts to his name than bad ones and has won four of his last five starts. However, he is 16lb higher in the weights than when his spree started and now needs to post a personal best to figure. Barking Mad won an amateur riders event last time out and arrives in good heart. He is equally effective on turf and should give a good account of himself. A mention also has to be passed on for joint top weight Court Of Appeal, who was not given the best of rides behind Barking Mad but gets on very well with Tom Eaves. He has been given a chance by the assessor and can find a race before too long. Nevertheless, perseverance is the name of the game with an animal like Another Choice, who shaped as if his turn is not too far away at Haydock a fortnight ago. He may well have been coming here on the back of a win had is rider lost his whip at a crucial stage on that occasion. Still Another Chance is obviously thriving on his racing and we are prepared to take the hint from his name today.

Formwatch

Court of Appeal 11-8fav Prominent, led 4f out, ridden 2f out, headed entering final furlong, no extra close home, 3rd of 14, 1l behind Gold Guest at Catterick 1m 4f clm gs.

Aleron (IRE) 6-1 Held up mid-division, headway to chase leaders, hung left but kept on final furlong, 3rd of 17, 3l behind Compton Drake at Warwick 1m 3f hcp gs in Mar.