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5:22 Chester 3 Aug 2025

Christmas Parties At Chester Racecourse Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

(Class 4) (0-78, 3yo+) (1m2f70yds) 1m2½f Good To Firm
1st £7,731 2nd £3,625.50 3rd £1,813.50 4th £906 5th £453 6th £226.50

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Pos. (Draw)
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
Jockey
Trainer
Age WGT OR TS RPR MR
1 (7)  
4 94 69 74 81
ch g Night Of Thunder (IRE) - Lily Passion (Sea The Stars)
Travelled strongly, in touch with leaders, smooth headway to lead 2f out, pushed along and went clear over 1f out, ridden and edged left inside final furlong, readily (op 5/1)
2 (10) 4
5 97 72 70 76
b g Mehmas (IRE) - Kibara (Sadler's Wells)
Midfield, steady headway from 2f out, chased clear leader inside final furlong, soon edged left, no match for winner (op 11/2 tchd 6/1)
3 (6) [5½]
5 910 h 75 70 76
b g Sea The Stars (IRE) - Tarfasha (IRE) (Teofilo)
Towards rear, in touch with leaders 2f out, soon short of room, kept on inside final furlong, went third final strides (tchd 25/1)
4 (4) nk [5¾]
4 912 p 77 72 77
b g Invincible Spirit (IRE) - Ophelia's Dream (Dubawi)
In touch with leaders, went second but outpaced over 1f out, drifted left and weakened gradually inside final furlong, lost third final strides (op 7/2)
5 (3) 1 [6¾]
5 911 76 69 74
b g Lope De Vega (IRE) - Queen's Prize (Dansili)
Slowly into stride, in rear final strides, outpaced 3f out, kept on inside final furlong, no telling impression (op 7/2 tchd 3/1)
6 (2) shd [7]
7 910 75 68 73
b g Intrinsic - Lady Kyllar (Kyllachy)
Slowly away, in rear, outpaced 3f out, kept on inside final furlong, no telling impression (op 15/2 tchd 13/2)
7 (5) 6 [13]
4 97 v1 72 54 58
b g Make Believe - Teo's Sister (IRE) (Galileo)
Prominent, bit short of room and lost position over 1f out, weakened and eased final 110yds (op 10/1)
8 (8) [14½]
4 96 hp 71 50 54
ch g No Nay Never (USA) - Easter Lily (IRE) (Galileo)
Pulled hard, led, headed 2f out, soon lost position and weakened (trainer's rep could provide no explanation for the poor form shown) (op 5/1 tchd 7/1)
  • 8 ran Off time: 5:22:39 Winning time: 2m 8.69s (fast by 0.01s) Total SP: 116%
  • Non-runners: Good Heavens (unsuitable ground), Lone Piper (unsuitable ground)
  • 1st owner: P D Smith Holdings Ltd (Glistening Nights) 1st breeder: Ecurie Des Charmes
  • 2nd owner: Allan Davies (Light Speed)
  • 3rd owner: Dermot Hanafin And Stan Kaznowski (Rogue Sea)
  • Tote win: £6.50 PL: £1.80 £2.10 £8.30 Ex: £32.90 CSF: £30.63 Tricast: £634.81 Trifecta: £649
  • Jackpot: Not won. Pool of £7,786.46 carried forward
  • Placepot: £128.80 to a £1 stake. Pool: £ - winning units
  • Quadpot: £19.90 to a £1 stake. Pool: £13,388.82 - 672.18 winning units
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