Chester wide draw layers bitten...by the Cobra!

won of the best rides ewe will witness..how int he been signed by gosden or appleby or coolmore?

toyah is singing.

even though she can't sing ...

bit lispy.

give the woman credit, she's a brilliant self publicist

She was in an episode of Minder the other day.

here if you can manage 20 secs i'll buy you a pint

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFjTT8d8VGY

They can of course win from a wide draw George, but still few and far between, having said that I got stung by one out of the same stall at Chesters last meeting.
Fair play it was a cracking ride by Egan.

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Runner Jacket
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Myal  11/2
David Egan
Steph Hollinshead
4
92
95
49
105
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Prominent, led after 2f, edged right but ran on final furlong, just held on (op 13/2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k9T7PsMUBE

double down

Myal is a grand Horse. He can win listed races on soft IMO

... Entered at Ascot next Thursday, worth a look if the ground comes up Sft imo.

Yes I'll definitely take a look if he turns up, GC. He ran didn't run well at Ascot 2 runs back but I'll put that run down to the very quick going rather than any disliking for the course.

GC, was the rail out that day, because it does seem to give the wider drawn horses more of a chance, particularly when the ground is soft.

Apparently the rail is at its innermost configuration today and the times are close to standard.

george , it was 8yds out, over 7f it was +37yds

brilliant ride . thanks billy boy

Cheers elise. They seem to have the rail dolled out at most meetings nowadays.

if u need to check back, go onto the bha results section of their site, at the top they give track info

Thanks Elise, I was only watching on TV, why would the rail be moved 8 yards on Good ground.?  I assumed any rail movements were looking for better ground.

normally they set the rail to allow for them to move for fresh ground when they have a few meetings, allows them to protect a strip

A while back, the barstewards podacast produced some stats showing that the lower drawn horses weren't faring as well as they used to over longer trips.

I won't say what they suggested the reason might be, but imo it is to do with the rail being out.

So for example, if they have an extra 37 yards to hang on over 7f having used gas up early to hold an inside position, then it stands to reason that they are more vulnerable to being closed down.

stalls to first bend always critical for posn, i'd watch the races back and see with the rail info, over some trips it would be as much about getting out of the gate, tighter turns will obv favour those who have the rail