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15:30 Chester

Star Sports Stand Cup (Listed) (Class 1)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 66y
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
  • £30,000 added
  • Winner: £17,760
  • 2nd: £6,717
  • 3rd: £3,357
  • 4th: £1,677
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 37.39s
  • Off Time: 15:33:42
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Debussy (IRE)

15/8

    2
    Silk -

    Kiama Bay (IRE)

    4/1

      1(4)
      Silk - Black and Grey check, Black sleeves and cap

      Berling (IRE)

      21 CD
      10/3
      • Form 0-62411
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 99

      held up in rear, pushed along over 5f out, headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, never on terms

      2(2)
      Silk - Royal blue, white cap

      Debussy (IRE)

      49 C
      15/8
      • Form 35-0074
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 110

      tracked leaders, pulled hard 3f, driven to challenge over 2f out, led approaching final furlong, ran on well

      3(5)
      Silk - Grey, beige star, grey sleeves, beige stars and stars on cap

      Kiama Bay (IRE)

      22 CD
      4/1
      • Form 0-11122
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 99

      held up in touch, headway over 1f out, soon hung left, kept on well inside final furlong to go 2nd last strides, no chance with winner

      4(6)
      Silk - Royal blue

      Prince Bishop (IRE)

      14 v D
      11/2
      • Form 111-508
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 114

      held up in touch, headway over 4f out, under pressure over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

      5(1)
      Silk - Black and pink (quartered), black sleeves, pink stars, black cap

      Zennor

      7
      25/1
      • Form 212024
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-10
      • Official Rating 77

      led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, lost 2nd close home

      6(3)
      Silk - DARK GREEN, RED cap, DARK GREEN diamond

      Colour Vision (FR)

      9 C
      7/1
      • Form 711248
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-6
      • Official Rating 100

      tracked leader, ridden and weakened over 2f out

      Previous results

      2010
      (7)
      Silk -

      Harris Tweed

      7/2
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-6

      2009
      (3)
      Silk -

      Snoqualmie Girl (IRE)

      9/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-1

      2008
      (1)
      Silk -

      Foxhaven

      4/1
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-1

      In depth

      Verdict

      A fascinating affair with Godolphin's Prince Bishop and Debussy well clear on official ratings but having questions to answer. The former has strong form in his native France and performed creditably on two runs for his new owners at Meydan in early spring. However, he disappointed badly on his return at Windsor, while Debussy is impossible to evaluate accurately having spent the year undertaking pacemaking duties for more illustrious stablemates. Connections of Colour Vision and Zennor are rightly hunting black type which leaves BERLING and Kiama Bay. Both are in good order and have winning form at the track but it's John Dunlop's four-year-old who gets a narrow vote as his overall profile is slightly more progressive.

      Formwatch

      Berling (IRE) 11-2 (8-13) Held up in touch in mid-division, closed over 2f out, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Chester 1m 5f listed hcp 0-110 (1) gf in Aug beating Tominator (9-4) by 1 1/2l, 12 ran.

      Debussy (IRE) 50-1 (9-7) Restrained start, led after 2f, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 5, 24l behind Nathaniel (8-9) at Ascot 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gs in Jul.

      Kiama Bay (IRE) 11-1 (9-12) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, headed narrowly over 1f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 20, hd behind Crackentorp (9-4) at York 1m 4f hcp 0-100 (2) gs in Aug.

      Prince Bishop (IRE) 5-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, every chance over 2f out, faded over 1f out, 8th of 10, 23l behind Prince Siegfried (9-0) at Windsor 1m 2f Grp 3 (1) gs in Aug.

      Zennor 7-1 (9-6) Held up towards rear, outpaced over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not reached leaders, 4th of 12, 6l behind Jonny Delta (8-10) at Musselburgh 1m 5f hcp (4) gd.

      Colour Vision (FR) 7-2 (8-5) Chased leaders, ridden along 5f out, weakened 4f out, tailed off, 8th of 9, 37l behind Highland Castle (8-7) at Salisbury 1m 6f cond Stakes (2) gd.