30 Aug 2008 14:50 Chester
Winner: £44,000 (Penalty: £24,979); Distance: 1m 5f 89y; Class: 1; Eligibility: 3YO plus; Going: Good to Firm (Good in places).
corbettsports.com Chester Handicap (Listed)
| Place | No (Draw) | Silks | Beaten Distance | Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2(7) |   | - | Red Gala (GB) (Colt, bay, 9 9) | 55-5453 / 22 | Flat (63) | R Mullen | Sir Michael Stoute Cheveley Park Stud | 11/2 | |
| slowly into stride, soon in mid-division, headway over 3f out, led well over 1f out, soon hung left, held on well near finish | ||||||||||
| 2nd | 4(2) |   | ½ L | Strategic Mount (GB) (Colt, bay, 9 2) | 087-071 / 9 | Flat (21) | D Allan | P & O Cole P F I Cole Ltd | 7/1 | |
| held up in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and edged left from over 1f out, chased winner final furlong, held near finish | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 13(3) |   | 1¼ L | Cool Judgement (IRE) (Colt, bay, 8 0) | 301-123 / 5 | Flat (50) | Hayley Turner | M A Jarvis H R H Sultan Ahmad… | 3/1 | |
| prominent, not much room and hampered just over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, not quicken well inside final furlong | ||||||||||
| 4th | 7(6) |   | 2½ L | Mull of Dubai (GB) (Gelding, bay, 8 11) | 9-67102 / 7 | Flat (50) | M Fenton | T P Tate Mr C Titcomb | 11/1 | |
| held up in rear, hampered over 3f out, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not reached leaders | ||||||||||
| 5th | 6(12) |   | 1 L | Record Breaker (IRE) (Colt, bay, 8 12) | 129020 / 9 | Flat (8) | D Holland | Charlie & Mark Johnston The Generals Men… | 17/2 | |
| prominent, chased leader after 2f, led 4f out, ridden and headed well over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | ||||||||||
| 6th | 8(1) |   | ¾ L | Greenwich Meantime (GB) (Gelding, bay, 8 11) | 03-0528 / 12 | Flat (21) | T Hamilton | R A Fahey Jul phelippon | 14/1 | |
| mid-division, headway over 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, no impression after | ||||||||||
| 7th | 3(9) |   | 2¼ L | New Guinea (GB) (Gelding, bay, 9 5) | 15-4343 / 5 | Flat (184) | J P Spencer | Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin | 7/1 | |
| prominent, challenged 2f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out | ||||||||||
| 8th | 10(5) |   | 1 L | Sahrati (GB) (Colt, chestnut, 8 11) | 756165 / 9 | Flat (21) | Adrian Nicholls | C E Brittain Mr Francise Tieman | 40/1 | |
| towards rear, reminders over 6f out, pushed along when hampered over 3f out, struggling over 2f out | ||||||||||
| 9th | 5(8) |   | Dist | Solent (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 9 0) | 5001-09 / 8 | Flat (49), Jump (29) | P Cosgrave | J & S Quinn Mrs Marie Taylor | 16/1 | |
| soon led, headed 4f out, weakened 3f out, eased, tailed off | ||||||||||
| FE | 9(4) |   | - | Sir Duke (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 8 11) | 112121 / 4 | Flat (44) | P J Dobbs | P W D'Arcy Mrs Jan Harris | 9/1 | |
| tracked leaders, ridden when fell 3f out | ||||||||||
| BD | 11(10) |   | - | Cheshire Prince (GB) (Gelding, brown, 8 11) | 622113 / 11 | Flat (21) | D Heslop | W M Brisbourne Miss Amy H Downie | 14/1 | |
| held up in rear, brought down over 3f out | ||||||||||
| 12(11) |   | - | Prelude (GB) (Mare, bay, 8 11) | 312697 / 8 | Flat (1) | R Kennemore | W M Brisbourne Mr A P Burgoyne | |||
| Nonrunner | ||||||||||
| BD | 1(13) |   | - | Speed Gifted (GB) (Colt, bay, 9 11) | 151-345 / 4 | Flat (47) | S Sanders | L M Cumani JMC Breed & Race… | 11/2 | |
| raced keenly, mid-division, pushed along when brought down over 3f out | ||||||||||
