22 Aug 2026 14:05 Chester
Winner: £60,000 (Penalty: £30,924); Distance: 7f 127y; Class: 2; Eligibility: 3YO plus; Going: Good to Soft (Soft in places).
Virgin Bet Supports Safe Gambling Handicap
| Place | No (Draw) |
Silks | Beaten Distance |
Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
4(4) |
| - |
Whip Cracker (IRE) (colt, bay, 9 6) |
220-032 / 5 |
Flat (106) | H Crouch | R Hughes Mr Abdulla Al Mansoori |
7/1 | |
| slowly into stride, chased along start in midfield, ridden over 2f out, headway to lead inside final furlong, soon pressed, asserted towards finish, ran on well | ||||||||||
2nd |
11(13) |
| ½ L |
Collecting Coin (GB) (colt, bay, 8 11) |
543061 / 4 |
Flat (28) | Darragh Keenan | J Candlish Bayliss, Gavin… |
9/1 | |
| keen, held up in rear of mid-division, ridden over 1f out, strong headway on outer inside final furlong, always held by winner towards finish | ||||||||||
3rd |
6(12) |
| 1¼ L |
Asuka (GB) (colt, bay, 9 3) |
1/211 / 4 |
Flat (21) | Billy Loughnane | G Boughey Exors Of The Late… |
13/8 | |
| raced in rear of mid-division, shaken up and headway over 1f out, kept on and challenged leader inside final furlong, no extra towards finish | ||||||||||
4th |
1(10) |
| 1 L |
Two Tempting (IRE) (gelding, chestnut, 9 10) |
13-2330 / 7 |
Flat (22) | Rob Hornby | J G Portman Berkeley Racing |
22/1 | |
| slowly into stride and chased along start, midfield, headway and ridden over 1f out, pressed leader inside final furlong, weakened and ran on same pace towards finish | ||||||||||
5th |
14(6) |
| ½ L |
Vixey (GB) (filly, bay, 8 4) |
35-8203 / 6 |
Flat (15) | Aiden Brookes | S G West Mr Allan Davies |
18/1 | |
| keen in midfield, ridden over 1f out, soon outpaced, kept on and good headway inside final furlong, ran on towards finish | ||||||||||
6th |
8(3) |
| 1 L |
Goldmoyne (IRE) (colt, bay, 9 0) |
542238 / 6 |
Flat (24) | Callum Shepherd | James Owen Mr Gordon McDowall |
10/1 | |
| slowly into stride and chased along start, prominent, led after 2f, shaken up over 2f out, headed and weakened inside final furlong, ran on | ||||||||||
7th |
12(5) |
| ½ L |
Blue Prince (IRE) (colt, bay, 8 10) |
331331 / 5 |
Flat (20) | J F Egan | P D Evans G & A Racing |
22/1 | |
| raced in rear of mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on to pass beaten rivals inside final furlong, soon no extra | ||||||||||
8th |
3(8) |
| SHD |
Henlein (AUS) (gelding, bay, 9 7) |
2/90-700 / 5 |
Flat (25) | T Eaves | K A Ryan Exors Of The Late… |
40/1 | |
| slowly away and chased along start, led after 1f, headed after 2f but remained prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | ||||||||||
9th |
13(11) |
| ¾ L |
U Sure Do (IRE) (colt, bay, 8 9) |
012-416 / 4 |
Flat (11) | Jack Nicholls | T D Easterby Mr J N Blackburn |
40/1 | |
| always towards rear, never a factor | ||||||||||
10th |
9(7) |
| ½ L |
Yanifer (GB) (gelding, bay, 8 13) |
219-004 / 8 |
Flat (14) | Marco Ghiani | H Bethell H & W Bethell |
17/2 | |
| keen in third, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced, carried right over 1f out, soon weakened quickly | ||||||||||
11th |
2(14) |
| ½ L |
Five Ways (GB) (colt, bay, 9 9) |
4-75046 / 3 |
Flat (22) | Jason Watson | A M Balding Dr J A E Hobby |
16/1 | |
| keen towards rear throughout | ||||||||||
12th |
7(2) |
| NK |
Aqpan (IRE) (colt, brown, 9 2) |
2-16879 / 3 |
Flat (21) | J Mitchell | R Varian Mr Nurlan Bizakov |
16/1 | |
| prominent, shaken up over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, soon tailed off | ||||||||||
13th |
10(1) |
| 2¼ L |
Rhoscolyn (GB) (colt, bay, 8 12) |
4-50050 / 8 |
Flat (24) | Ben Robinson | D O'Meara The Horse Watchers |
6/1 | |
| keen in midfield, ridden over 2f out, drifted right over 1f out, soon tailed off | ||||||||||
5(9) |
| - |
The Fingal Raven (IRE) (colt, bay, 9 4) |
155093 / 4 |
Flat (24) | William Carver | J A Osborne Dominic Griffiths… |
0/0 | ||
| NonRunner | ||||||||||