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20:45 Chester

Roodee Handicap (Class 4)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f 70y
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
  • £9,250 added
  • Winner: £4,347
  • 2nd: £2,041
  • 3rd: £1,021
  • 4th: £510
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 15.70s
  • Off Time: 20:48:06
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Corbulo (IRE)

17/2

    2
    Silk -

    Solent Gateway (IRE)

    5/1

      1(4)
      Silk - Light blue, dark blue armlets, dark blue cap

      Rival

      27 CD
      3/1
      • Form 253-41
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 84

      went left start, raced keenly tracking leaders on inside, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, soon beaten

      2(2)
      Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulets, striped cap

      Qaasid (IRE)

      23
      3/1
      • Form 731-3
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 82

      tracked leaders, went 2nd over 1f out, ridden and no impression inside final furlong, no extra and lost two places towards finish

      3(5)
      Silk - Black, light green and black chevrons on sleeves, light green cap

      Solent Gateway (IRE)

      20 p D
      5/1
      • Form 642-391
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 82

      held up in 5th on inside, pushed along over 3f out, strong run inside final furlong, finished well, not reach winner

      4(3)
      Silk - Black, white star, black and red striped sleeves, quartered cap

      Coul Kat (IRE)

      29
      6/1
      • Form 221-241
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 78

      tracked winner, pushed along over 4f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

      5(6)
      Silk - LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE epaulets

      Fairmac

      7 b
      4/1
      • Form 433622
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-12
      • Official Rating 75

      slowly away and pushed along, well off the pace in rear, headway out wide over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, not reach winner

      6(1)
      Silk - black, grey hoops

      Corbulo (IRE)

      21 D
      17/2
      • Form 89-1213
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-11
      • Official Rating 74

      made all, ridden over 1f out, held on gamely, unchallenged

      In depth

      Verdict

      Rival is up 6lb for making all over the track and trip on good to soft last month and could find the ground too fast unless there's rain. Solent Gateway, who was beaten 10 lengths that day, showed massive improvement to win a Class 2 handicap at Epsom and a repeat would see him difficult to beat. Coul Kat has scored three times over a mile but there's no reason he shouldn't last out this longer trip on this track but Corbulo, twice a winner at Bath this season, looked a bit high in the weights at Doncaster. This looks the right track for the front-running FAIRMAC (NAP), who went clear over the trip at Redcar last week and wasn't reeled in until close home. Kempton winner Qaasid never got into contention at Nottingham but his stable is in better form now.

      Formwatch

      Rival 17-2 (9-0) Made all, ridden 2f out, ran on well, won at Chester 1m 2f hcp (4) gs in May beating Military Mission (9-7) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.

      Qaasid (IRE) 6-1 (9-5) Held up off the pace in 6th, plugged on final 2f, went modest 3rd inside final furlong, never going pace to get involved, 3rd of 8, 5 3/4l behind Siam Fox (9-1) at Nottingham 1m hcp (4) gf in Jun.

      Solent Gateway (IRE) 28-1 (8-5) Tracked leaders in 5th, headway between horses over 2f out, not clearest of runs when hung left and ridden over 1f out, ran on to lead towards finish, all out, won at Epsom 1m 2f hcp (2) gs in Jun beating King Frankel (9-1) by ns, 7 ran.

      Coul Kat (IRE) 9-1 (9-2) Prominent, led over 2f out, edged left, hard pressed final furlong, held on well, won at Sandown 1m hcp (4) sft in May beating Final Watch (9-7) by 1l, 11 ran.

      Fairmac 3-1 (9-2) Led, headed narrowly over 1f out but stayed close up, ran on strongly final furlong, just denied, 2nd of 5, shd behind Boltaway (9-6) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Jun.

      Corbulo (IRE) 4-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no impression and lost 2nd inside final 100 yards, 3rd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Boltaway (9-5) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Jun.