1.45 sportingbet.com Earl Grosvenor Handicap of £25,000.00 4-y-o plus(Class 2 ) 7f. 122yds.

Chester Results Fri, 9th May, 2014

Going - Soft.

Placepot Pool - £175,873.06 Winning Units - 235.45 Dividend - £545.20. Quadpot Pool - £8,078.24 Winning Units - 80.46 Dividend - £74.20. Place Six Dividend - £628.17. Place Five Dividend - £385.33.

sportingbet.com Earl Grosvenor Handicap of £25,000.00 4-y-o plus (Class 2 ) 7f. 122yds.

1st - £15,752.00, 2nd - £4,715.00, 3rd - £2,358.00, 4th - £1,180.00, 5th - £588.00 10 Ran

1st

Here Comes When (IRE) 8-10 (Mrs Fitri Hay )
(Drawn 1)hd⁵ Rated 95
Danehill Dancer (IRE) - Quad's Melody (IRE)(Spinning World (USA))
Breeder - Old Carhue & Graeng Bloodstock

(Ring price: 3/1 11/4 5/2 2/1 9/4) SP 2/1fav

A Balding

Oisin Murphy(3)

Tote Win £3.00 Place £1.30

took keen hold tracking leaders on outside, pushed along travelling well 2f out, led over 1f out, soon shaken up and clear, easily

19th Jun, 13 Ascot
12th Flat Rated 97 This
Race 31st May, 14 Haydock
5th Flat Rated 106

2nd

Abseil (USA) 8-9 (Mr K Abdullah )
(Drawn 13) Rated 91
First Defence (USA) - Intercontinental (GB)(Danehill (USA))

SP 9/2

Sir Michael Stoute

R L Moore

Place £1.50

slowly into stride, held up well in rear, good headway on inside well over 1f out, chasing leaders and switched right over 1f out, ridden and stayed on into 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with easy winner

21st Apr, 14 Yarmouth
1st Flat Mdn This
Race 6th Jun, 14 Epsom
1st Flat Hcp Rated 92

3rd

2.5L

Pacific Heights (IRE) 8-13 (Mr A Barnes )
(Drawn 8) Rated 95
Galileo (IRE) - Song To Remember (USA)(Storm Cat (USA))
Breeder - Smythson

(Ring price: 12/1 11/1 10/1) SP 10/1

B Ellison

D Swift

Place £3.40

held up in last pair, headway under pressure over 1f out, switched left entering final furlong, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd last strides

5th Oct, 13 Ascot
8th Flat Hcp Rated 95 This
Race 31st May, 14 Chester
1st Flat Hcp Rated 95

4th

Laffan (IRE) 8-8 (Middleham Park Racing Xi & Partners )
(Drawn 14) Rated 90
Dark Angel (IRE) - Lady Corduff (IRE)(Titus Livius (FR))

(Ring price: 10/1 11/1 12/1) SP 12/1

Tim Easterby

D Allan

held up in mid-division on outside, headway 2f out, ridden in 5th over 1f out, kept on into 3rd and edged left inside final furlong, no impression, lost 3rd final strides

10th Dec, 13 Southwell
8th Flat Hcp Rated 91 This
Race 24th May, 14 Catterick
2nd Flat Hcp Rated 90

5th

3.75L

Apostle (IRE) 8-8 (Dr Marwan Koukash )
(Drawn 6)cp¹ Rated 90
Dark Angel (IRE) - Rosy Dudley (IRE)(Grand Lodge (USA))

(Ring price: 20/1 25/1) SP 25/1

David Simcock

J Fanning

chased leaders, went 2nd 5f out, ridden chasing winner and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

22nd Feb, 14 Lingfield
11th Flat Hcp Rated 90 This
Race 31st May, 14 Chester
2nd Flat Hcp Rated 89

6th

3.25L

Deauville Prince (FR) 9-0 (N & S Mather, C Ledigo, N Basra )
(Drawn 3) Rated 103
Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) - Queen Of Deauville (FR)(Diableneyev (USA))

(Ring price: 33/1 25/1 28/1 25/1) SP 25/1

Tom Dascombe

Jennifer Powell(7)

slowly into stride, soon bustled along to lead, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

9th Mar, 13 Meydan
unplaced Flat Rated 105 This
Race 31st May, 14 Chester
11th Flat Hcp Rated 100

7th

Frontier Fighter (GB) 8-12 (Walker Nicholson )
(Drawn 4) Rated 94
Invincible Spirit (IRE) - Rawabi (GB)(Sadler's Wells (USA))

(Ring price: 10/1 9/1 8/1) SP 8/1

David O'Meara

D Tudhope

chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 1f out

18th Apr, 14 Lingfield
10th Flat Rated 103 This
Race 12th Nov, 14 Kempton
4th Flat Rated 103

8th

Balty Boys (IRE) 8-13 (Koo's Racing Club & Mrs M C Jacobs )
(Drawn 10)cp¹ Rated 95
Cape Cross (IRE) - Chatham Islands (USA)(Elusive Quality (USA))

SP 8/1

B Ellison

Barry McHugh

slowly into stride and went right start, towards rear, pushed along 4f out, ridden and beaten over 2f out

26th Apr, 14 Haydock
5th Flat Hcp Rated 95 This
Race 31st May, 14 York
7th Flat Hcp Rated 94

9th

10L

Pintura (GB) 9-4 (Mr Michael Beaumont )
(Drawn 9)cp⁺ Rated 100
Efisio - Picolette (GB)(Piccolo (GB))
Breeder - Dulverton Equine

(Ring price: 8/1 9/1 10/1) SP 10/1

Kevin Ryan

J P Spencer

mid-division, weakened over 2f out

12th Apr, 14 Thirsk
5th Flat Rated 101 This
Race 31st May, 14 York
8th Flat Hcp Rated 98

10th

52L

Big Johnny D (IRE) 9-0 (Mr Clive Washbourn )
(Drawn 2)bl¹ Rated 96
Alhaarth (IRE) - Bakiya (USA)(Trempolino (USA))

(Ring price: 8/1 17/2) SP 17/2

David Barron

G Gibbons

dwelt, bustled up to chase leader on inside and keen, not much room on rail over 5f out and steadied, soon lost 2nd, pushed along and weakened rapidly inside final 5f, tailed off and virtually pulled up final 3f

26th Apr, 14 Haydock
13th Flat Hcp Rated 97 This
Race 27th Jun, 14 Chester
1st Flat Rated 96

Off 1.45
Time 1m. 38.63 secs, which is 32.31 secs slower than the course average on today's going
Tote Exacta- £12.60
Tote Trifecta- £97.30
CSF- £10.68
Tricast- £71.68.

Non runners Set The Trend (GB), Kenny Powers (GB), Clockmaker , Capo Rosso

2013 Captain Bertie 5 8-12 R L Moore 9/4Fav (Charles Hills) (Drawn 2)

2012 Pintura 5 9-5 J P Spencer 9/2 (David Simcock) (Drawn 3)

2011 Kyllachy Star 5 8-13 P Hanagan 6/1 (Richard Fahey) (Drawn 12)

2010 Autumn Blades 5 9-6 F Norton 25/1 (A Bailey) (Drawn 7)

2009 Mister Hardy 4 8-8 Frederik Tylicki (5) 7/2Fav (Richard Fahey) (Drawn 6)