Big-field specialist should be right at home around Chester

Golden Spear
3.35 Chester
188Bet Chester Cup
3.35 Chester

This was the first of four competitive handicaps in which Nakeeta finished runner-up last year. The difficult part for him this year is that he is now 10lb higher.

Owner Marwan Koukash targets this race like no other, but he has been done no favours by the mechanics of the BHA draw system. Suegioo, Duke Of Clarence and Angel Gabrial’s current form was a concern even before they received three of the five widest draws, although a couple of winners this century have won from stalls 15 and 16.