1999-2008
Hopefully these brief pointers will assist members in drawing up their shortlists for this year’s races – the favourite’s record is shown in brackets after the race name/details:

Wednesday

5 Furl Lily Agnes Stakes for 2yo (35%) Six won last race and only ywo maidens have won the race. Seven drawn in stall three or lower – best draw record is stall 1 with three wins. Only two winners had SP's greater than 8/1. Alan Berry and Richard Hannon have both trained two winners.

1M 3F Cheshire Oaks for 3yo (55%) – B Hills & M Tregoning are leading trainers with 2 wins. Stall 4 has best record with four wins with stall 1 providing three winners. No winner had raced more than once in current season. Last six winners finished 1st or 2nd on last outing.

2M 2F Chester Cup (20%) – M Jarvis & B Hills have both won twice. All aged 7 or younger. Five of last six winners were making seasonal bow and all of these finshed no better than 5th on last run.

5 Furl Handicap for 4yo+ (0%) – E Alston is leading trainer with 3 wins (all Damalis) with D Nicholls sending out two winners. All winners drawn in stall 8 or lower with top draw being stall 6 on four wins. Best placed last run seen was 4th.

1M 4F Handicap for 3yo (40%) – M Johnston is leading trainer with two wins. Last five winners all won on previous outing. Last nine winners were all well backed at odds of 6/1 or shorter.

1M 2F Maiden for 3yo (60%) – J Gosden & B Hills are leading trainers with three wins whilst M Stoute has two wins. All finished 5th or better on last outing. Only one winner had SP greater than 3/1.

Thursday

1M 2F Handicap for 4yo+ (10%) – All but two winners last raced 6-31 days earlier. Oldest winner aged 7yo.
K Ryan is leading trainer with 2 wins. Middle draw is preferred. A very difficult race to predict with six winners having SP's between 12-1 and 66-1!

1M 2F Huxley Stakes for 4yo+ (70%) – 4yo have best record with six wins. Last nine winners last raced 5-19 days earlier mostly finishing 5th or better. M Stoute is leading trainer with 4 wins. Top draws are stalls 1 & 2 with three wins each - however this has generally been in fairly small fields.

1M 4F Chester Vase for 3yo (30%) – C Brittain, B Hills and M Stoute each have two wins each. All last raced within 13-46 days, mostly finishing 3rd or better LTO. Top draw is stall 1 with four wins then stall 2 on three wins.

7.5 Furl H’cap for 3yo (30%) – Last eight winners were 1st on either of last two starts. B Hills is leading trainer with 2 wins.

5 Furl Maiden for 2yo (58%) – Other than one unraced winner the rest finished 5th or better on last outing. All but one drawn in stall 5 or lower. Top draw is stall 5 with five wins. Barry Hills is leading trainer with 3 wins.

6 Furl H’cap for 3yo (20%) – Only one winner having first race of season. Of last nine winners only one had finished better than 3rd LTO. Most last raced between 7-28 days earlier. M Channon is leading trainer with 2 wins.

Friday

1 Mile Handicap for 4yo+ (30%) – D Nicholls is leading trainer with three wins. 4yo have the best record with five wins. A 5th place or better seen on last outing for all but two winners since 1999.

1M 2F Dee Stakes for 3yo (30%) – M Stoute & Aiden O'Brien are leading trainers having won twice each since 1999. All but one finished 1st on at least one of last 3 outings. Three of last four winners were making their seasonal debuts. Top draw with three wins is stall 2. No stall 1 winner seen for over 22 years in this event!

1M 5F Ormonde Stakes (65%) – M Stoute (2 wins) is now the leading trainer following G Wragg's retirement. Nine of last ten winners aged 4 or 5 years. Top draw is stalls 1 & 5 with three wins each. All winners had SP's of 7/2 or shorter.

5 Furl H’cap for 3yo (20%) – Past winners generally in good form having finished 5th or better on last run with five winners having won LTO. Last run of winner likely to be between 7-29 days earlier.

7 Furl Maiden for 3yo fillies (70%) – B Hills has four wins in the race. All past winners finished 6th or better LTO with no unraced horse winning in the last 22 years. Highest winning draw seen is stall 10 in 2008.

1M 4F H’cap for 4yo+ (0%) – B Ellison & J Bethell have each won this race twice. 7/10 winners had finished either 1st/2nd on one of last two outings. Top draw is stall 1 on three wins.




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