4:45 Chester Tips

In what looks like a tricky race, I will take a chance on Mythical Bay. He has been gelded, which will help him settle, and he had a nice win back in January on the all-weather.

Moment Of Light looks the strongest contender after consecutive handicap wins, progressive ratings and Tom Marquand booked. Low draw suits Chester well, while proven stamina should prove decisive late on.

This is another improving horse, and from a decent draw in five, he can continue to improve and go close.

He ran very well at the end of 2025, going up an aggregate of 19 lbs for 3 wins in 4. He has since finished 2nd and 3rd after returning this year, and he steps up in trip again. Considering he is a half-brother to Sunly and Perfuse, who both won over middle distances, as did his dam Suffused, there's hope for more improvement.

Mythical Bay looks far too short here given A Balding’s 2/21 record (A/E 0.34) with fancied New Bay progeny. Generally The Gredley Family do badly with their fancied runners, but a 1/24 record (A/E 0.19) in the midlands tempers enthusiasm further for Moment Of Light, meanwhile S James has never really gotten to grips with the tight nature of Chester (3/58, A/E 0.56), particularly in the handicaps (0/38) so High Storm is hard to side with. C Lee does just as badly (0/20) making K Burke’s 2nd string, Galilean Quality, look up against it and while Parisian Scholar is harder to rule out this is a step up in class on turf reappearance after some average runs. MAGNETUDE is another taking a chance at this level but is more lightly raced than PS and 9/1 looks decent value (each way). He’s The Gredley’s 2nd string but they do much better with runners going under the radar and they’re applying cheek pieces to the colt for the FT today. Palace Pier’s 26% SR (A/E 1.22) with their use plus J Owen’s 22% SR (A/E 1.57) with their first use (2/3 so far this year) suggests that they could work a charm.