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21:00 Chester

Retraining Of Racehorses Fillies' Handicap (Class 4)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 7f 196y
  • Going: Soft (Good to Soft in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £9,250 added
  • Winner: £4,347
  • 2nd: £2,041
  • 3rd: £1,021
  • 4th: £510
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 44.88s
  • Off Time: 21:29:44
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Military Two Step (FR)

11/8

    2
    Silk -

    Deluxe Music

    8/1

      1(1)
      Silk - White, black epaulets, maroon and white diabolo on sleeves, black and maroon quartered cap

      Nikolayeva

      11 h
      9/2
      • Form 20-6663
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-12
      • Official Rating 69

      keen tracked leader until ridden 4f out, weakened 2f out

      2(2)
      Silk - Green, Red hooped sleeves, Gold cap

      Deluxe Music

      47
      8/1
      • Form 1-3737
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-12
      • Official Rating 69

      led, ridden and headed entering final 2f, edged right and kept on same pace

      3(5)
      Silk - Emerald green, white diamond, white sleeves, emerald green diamonds, white cap, emerald green diamond

      Spring Glow

      27
      16/5
      • Form 203-136
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-10
      • Official Rating 67

      close up, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace

      4(4)
      Silk - Royal Blue and White (quartered), White sleeves, Red armlets, Royal Blue cap, White diamonds

      Military Two Step (FR)

      27
      11/8
      • Form 126
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 81

      tracked leaders, went 2nd 4f out, led entering final 2f, soon clear, eased inside final furlong

      5(3)
      Silk - Emerald green, brown hoops and armlets

      Pax Britannica (IRE)

      38 h
      7/1
      • Form 113-423
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 63

      slowly away in rear, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out

      6(6)
      Silk - Dark blue, large white spots, dark blue and white chevrons on sleeves, dark blue and white striped cap

      Carnival Craft (IRE)

      13
      40/1
      • Form 06-25
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 74

      raced wide in touch, pushed along 7f out, ridden 5f out, outpaced over 3f out, tailed off, pulled up

      In depth

      Verdict

      Novice winner MILITARY TWO STEP has only her second start in a handicap. One of her winning relatives won over this far and Mark Johnston’s filly gets a speculative vote. Nikolayeva has won over a similar trip on the all-weather and Pax Britannica has scored over 1m6f on Polytrack. Spring Glow is a 1m4f winner at Wolverhampton while Deluxe Music scored in soft going when trained in Germany last year.

      Formwatch

      Nikolayeva 12-1 (10-0) Raced keenly, chased leaders, dropped to midfield over 5f out, outpaced and pushed along over 4f out, ridden along 3f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 3rd of 9, 5l behind Secret Shadow (9-0) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp fll (5) sft in Jun.

      Deluxe Music 9-1 (9-6) Led, headed over 3f out, lost place over 2f out, 7th of 8, dist behind Sulochana (8-11) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (5) sft in May.

      Spring Glow 14-1 (8-9) Held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders towards inside when not clear run and switched right 2f out, run flattened out final furlong, 6th of 10, 4 1/2l behind General Zoff (8-12) at Sandown 1m 6f hcp (4) gf in Jun.

      Military Two Step (FR) 14-1 (9-3) In touch, ridden over 1f out, no impression and held when short of room inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 4 1/4l behind Side Shot (9-7) at Chester 1m 4f hcp (2) gf in Jun.

      Pax Britannica (IRE) 5-1 (8-12) Held up last, headway on outside 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, dead heated for 2nd post, no chance with winner, 3rd of 8, 2l behind Byron Hill (9-5) at Yarmouth 1m 6f hcp (5) gf in Jun.

      Carnival Craft (IRE) 100-1 (8-6) Pushed along and struggling over 3f out, always behind, tailed off, 5th of 6, dist behind Sayyida (8-13) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp fll (3) gf in Jun.