2.30 7f. 16 Declared. Chesham Stakes (Listed) (Class 1 ) of £100,000.00 2-y-o
1st - €56,710.00 2nd - €21,500.00 3rd - €10,760.00 4th - €5,360.00 5th - €2,690.00 6th - €1,350.00
Formscan - Aidan O'Brien has a fine strike-rate in this contest, as he has taken two of the last three renewals, and he has a strong hand once more with the top two in the market. Preference is for his PEARLS AND RUBIES, who just got up by a neck on debut at Navan over 5f and she shaped as if in need of this step up in distance. With potentially loads of improvement to come, she is fancied to come out on top to give leading jockey Ryan Moore another one to his tally. The main threat might come from Matnookh, who he did incredibly well to be beaten just under four lengths third on his first start at Windsor after being slowly away. He should have learned a lot from that experience and he is one to take seriously at a price. Another to note is Lightning Leo, who had Sayedaty Sadaty (second) and Quatre Bras (third) behind him last time and he isn't ruled out in this open contest.