17:05 Chester
Saturday 13 September 2025
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John Smith's Jump Jockeys Challenge Handicap (Professional Jump Jockeys) (GBBPlus Race) (Div 1)
- 4YO plus | Class 4 | 1m 4f 63y | Good to Soft | 10 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 17:07 | Winning time: 2m 39.33s
T: S EnglandJ: Jonathan England
Handy early, settled mid-division, pushed along and went 3rd 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led over 110 yards out, ran on op 2/1 tchd 85/40
T: James OwenJ: J J Burke
Wore red hood to post, soon led, headed after 5 furlongs, chased leaders, pushed along into 2nd well over 2f out, ridden home turn, stayed on, always held by winner op 9/1
T: J CandlishJ: Sean Quinlan
Rear mid-division, headway 4f out, ridden 2f out, disputing 3rd when not much room over 110 yards out, ran on op 6/1 tchd 11/2
T: J CandlishJ: R T Dunne
Mid-division, pushed along and closed 2f out, ridden in 5th 1f out, kept on closing stages op 7/1 tchd 11/2 and tchd 8/1
T: D M LoughnaneJ: Danny Gilligan
Mid-division, pushed along 2f out, stayed on, not pace to challenge op 7/1 tchd 11/2
T: Faye BramleyJ: Brendan Powell
Chased leaders, led after 5 furlongs, pushed along 2f out, ridden 1f out, headed over 110 yards out, faded op 5/1 tchd 9/2
T: B J LlewellynJ: Benjamin Poste
In rear, pushed along over 2f out, plugged on, never a danger op 25/1
T: B EllisonJ: Craig Nichol
Switched left start, in rear, never involved op 33/1
T: Ian WilliamsJ: C J Todd
Tracked leader, pushed along well over 3f out, dropped away 2f out tchd 9/1
T: D McCain JnrJ: Theo Gillard
Mid-division, closed up on outer halfway, ridden well over 2f out, soon beaten op 40/1
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Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:£2.88Pl:£1.60, £1.90, £1.80EX:£15.40Trifecta:£102.60Tricast:£83.40SF:£17.93Swingers:£4.60, £3.60, £5.30
Forecasts
Saligo Bay (15/8), Cotswold Cottage (11/2), Heathen (6/1), Spartan Times (13/2), Percy Jones (13/2), Nibras Gold (8/1), Green Team (10/1), Polling Day (33/1), Cormier (50/1), Westernesse (66/1)
SPARTAN TIMES is enjoying a very good season and fancied to bag win number four of the term on the back of a very good Haydock fourth. James Owen's Nibras Gold heads the list of dangers, although the likes of Polling Day, Heathen and Cotswold Cottage all need factoring in too.
- SPARTAN TIMES
- NIBRAS GOLD (IRE)
- POLLING DAY (IRE)
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £11,339.002nd: £5,317.003rd: £2,660.004th: £1,329.005th: £664.006th: £332.00
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