5:32 Chester Tips

Gary Hanmer's four-year-old gelding is dropping back down in distance tomorrow to 1m 6f, a move that should play heavily to his strengths after running over a grueling 2 miles here on June 27th. In that last outing, he didn't wilt up front-he actually blew the start entirely and had to make up a ton of ground late on to claim a highly respectable fourth. He lines up tomorrow off a mark of 80, and the stable has booked Zoe Lewis to take off a very valuable 7lb with her apprentice allowance. Having been handed the golden ticket of stall 1 on Chester's tight turns, the tactics are clear: if he can jump cleanly this time, he can dominate the running from the front