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Chester Course Guide
Considered to be the oldest racing venue in England; racing around Chester’s tight ‘Roodee’ track has taken place since 1539 and 500 years on the track itself has changed very little – the city walls and banks of the River Dee shaping two thirds of the circuit.
The sharp nature of the course mean that it races exclusively on the Flat and Chester’s May meeting is now considered to be one of the highlights of the Flat racing year. Highlight of the three-day Festival is the historic Chester Cup, a two and a quarter mile handicap, but the fixture also boasts Classic trials in the shape of the Chester Vase, Dee Stakes and Cheshire Oaks, plus valuable races for older horses in the Huxley Stakes and Ormonde Stakes.
Among the top-class horses to have been successful at the course’s May fixture are Light Shift, Noble Mission, Shergar, Old Vic, Ruler Of The World, Teenoso, Harbinger, St Nicholas Abbey, Pentire, Oath and Kris Kin.
Left handed, very sharp. A circular course that's only just over a mile round, it's on the turn almost throughout and has a run-in of under two furlongs, heavily favoring those that race to the fore as it's easy to find trouble with little time to recover. A low draw at Chester is a huge advantage, even in middle-distance races, and particularly so in large fields.
At Chester, for most of any race, your horse will be leading with its near-fore, the one closer to the inside rail. And you have only two chances to change that: in the short home straight, or after the winning post in contests longer than a full circuit. You need to maximise those if you want to make ground or get a breather into one, because it’s not natural for a horse to lead on its near-fore all the way. It can pay to be brave in sprints. The straight may be short, but there’s still time to ride a finish.
View from the saddle: Jason Weaver
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f 16y Peterkin (Good to Firm) 11 Jul 2014 58.88s 6f 17y Boundsy (Good) 15 Jul 2017 1m 5.87s 7f 2y Repetition (Good to Firm) 11 Jul 2014 1m 24.24s 7f 127y Dragons Tail (Good to Firm) 28 Jul 2018 1m 4.14s 1m 2f 75y Sennockian Star (Good to Firm) 13 Jun 2015 2m 7.67s 1m 3f 75y Enable (Good) 10 May 2017 2m 23.8s 1m 4f 66y Kings Bayonet (Good to Firm) 11 Jul 2014 2m 34.88s 1m 5f 89y Gabrial's King (Good) 22 Aug 2015 2m 50.2s 1m 6f 87y Duretto (Good) 01 Sep 2018 3m 2.84s 1m 7f 196y Master Archer (Good to Firm) 30 Jun 2018 3m 25.77s 2m 2f 140y Magic Circle (Good) 11 May 2018 4m 2.9s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R A Fahey 325 39 £454,028 12% -£75.80 A M Balding 117 28 £339,692 23.93% £49.82 Tom Dascombe 196 23 £227,885 11.73% -£116.67 M Johnston 145 22 £212,378 15.17% -£35.21 T D Easterby 94 15 £158,626 15.96% £15.75 R Hannon 53 9 £150,425 16.98% -£2.00 Sir Michael Stoute 28 9 £151,342 32.14% -£6.04 Ian Williams 49 8 £156,064 16.33% -£16.75 A P O'Brien 25 8 £345,928 32% -£5.08 K A Ryan 49 7 £66,608 14.29% -£23.84 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L F Norton 180 24 £240,017 13.33% -£90.34 R Kingscote 120 23 £239,049 19.17% -£20.22 David Probert 76 15 £117,514 19.74% -£5.16 R L Moore 29 11 £440,952 37.93% £0.17 Adam J McNamara 34 8 £60,383 23.53% £7.17 P Hanagan 73 7 £86,019 9.59% -£40.65 Connor Murtagh 61 7 £70,821 11.48% -£14.75 P Mathers 62 7 £101,430 11.29% -£21.25 P J McDonald 32 7 £57,003 21.88% -£14.51 Kevin Stott 36 6 £58,396 16.67% £4.05
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