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17:15 Chester

Totesport 0800 221 221 Apprentice Handicap (Class 5)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 7f 122y
  • Going: Good to Firm, Firm in places
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 33.39s
  • Off Time: 17:16:16
  • 10 Ran
1(7)
Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow sash, Red and White striped sleeves and striped cap

Chicken Soup

141 D
11/2
  • Form 331-417
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-0
  • Official Rating 70

in touch, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed last stride

2(1)
Silk - Pink, Light Blue stripe, Light Blue cap

Hypnotic

12 t D
7/1
  • Form 60-9008
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 64

led early, in touch, ridden over 1f out, one pace final furlong

3(10)
Silk - Emerald Green, Red chevron, diabolo on sleeves and star on cap
7/2
  • Form 508814
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 55

held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, soon switched left, ran on strongly to lead last stride

4(9)
Silk - PINK and DARK BLUE stripes, DARK BLUE sleeves, PINK diabolo and cap
9/2
  • Form 694236
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 58

prominent, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed over 1f out, one pace final furlong

5(4)
Silk - Maroon, white stars, white sleeves, maroon armlets, maroon cap, white star
14/1
  • Form 806000
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 57

in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened

6(5)
Silk - Light Blue and Maroon diamonds
  • Form 144146
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 56

mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on

7(3)
Silk - Emerald green and red check, white sleeves and cap
12/1
  • Form 401488
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 53

prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened when not much room over 1f out

8(11)
Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue star and sleeves, quartered cap
25/1
  • Form 7-08945
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 53

always behind

9(2)
Silk - RED, ROYAL BLUE braces, ROYAL BLUE cap

Sir Loin

12 v
14/1
  • Form 058-503
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-9
  • Official Rating 48

soon led and keen, ridden when hung right, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

11(8)
Silk - EMERALD GREEN, YELLOW sleeves, EMERALD GREEN stars, YELLOW cap
50/1
  • Form 400-406
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-9
  • Official Rating 38

held up, pushed along over 3f out, stayed on final furlong, never troubled leaders

10(6)
NR

Merdiff

19 CDD
  • Form 926480
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-9
  • Official Rating 45

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

The shortlisted three are Out For A Stroll, Queens Rhapsody and Golden Square, with the vote going to Queens Rhapsody. Hypnotic has a good draw and is running from a reasonable mark if able to put some indifferent recent runs behind him, while Out For A Stroll comes here at the height of his powers - such as they are - but a wide draw is not ideal and Blue Empire is weighted get closer to him than when they met at Brighton recently. There is no doubt that Queens Rhapsody is well weighted if she is in the mood, and first-time cheekpieces might sharpen up her act in this respect, while Iced Diamond needs to match his best all-weather form in order to score. Golden Square is another that is sporting cheekpieces for the first time and that has form enough to be considered, while for the remainder such descriptions as 'racing from out of the handicap' and 'not much in the way of recent form' to go on apply. It all adds up to a tricky race, in which Queens Rhapsody is a tentative selection.

Formwatch

Chicken Soup 11-2 (9-1) Towards rear, ridden and headway to chase leaders 2f out, one pace final furlong, 7th of 13, 2l behind Bridgewater Boys (8-9) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.

Hypnotic 20-1 (9-11) In touch, driven over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 8th of 12, 13l behind Kaymich Perfecto (9-6) at Pontefract 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gf.

Out For A Stroll 3-1fav (8-8) Mid-division, headway to lead over 2f out, hard pressed from over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 14, 2l behind Tumbleweed Glory (9-5) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-80 (4) pol.

Blue Empire (IRE) 5-1 (9-12) In touch, not clear run over 1f out, ridden and stayed on, 6th of 15, 2 1/2l behind Out For A Stroll (9-6) at Brighton 1m hcp 0-60 (6) frm.

Queens Rhapsody 12-1 (8-12) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, 13th of 14, 17l behind Indian Spark (8-13) at Ayr 6f hcp 0-85 (6) gd in May.

Iced Diamond (IRE) 9-2 (10-0) Slowly into stride, held up, headway and not clear run 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on, never dangerous, 6th of 12, 5l behind Joshua's Gold (9-6) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jun.

Golden Square 7-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 8th of 11, 18l behind Shifty (9-4) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-70 (5) fbs.

Khetaab (IRE) 5-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride and behind, outpaced halfway, never on terms, 5th of 7, 8l behind Charles Parnell (9-0) at Redcar 6f mdn stk (5) frm in Jun.

Sir Loin 12-1 (9-4) Led 1f, chased leader, ridden to lead again over 1f out, headed towards finish, 3rd of 12, 2l behind Sovereignty (9-4) at W'hampton 5f sll (6) pol.

Kirstys Lad 40-1 (9-7) Soon chasing leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 6th of 9, 9l behind Elegant Times (8-10) at W'hampton 6f mdn stk (5) pol in Jun.

Merdiff 12-1 (9-9) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 12, 13l behind Joshua's Gold (9-6) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jun.