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CAA Stellar Great Cheshire Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

Chester · Friday, 8 May · 11:30 · 1m 2f 70y · Class 2 · TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
12:30
Off time
11
Runners
Good (Good to Soft in places)
Going

🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3

🏆 Top pick
RESPOND (IRE
🥈 Second
EL BURHAN (IRE
🥉 Third
WHIP CRACKER (IRE

Betting forecast

14 runners
01 · 🏆
1.91
10/11
02 · 🥈
4.33
10/3
03 · 🥉
9
8/1
9
8/1
13
12/1
13
12/1
15
14/1
08
15
14/1
15
14/1
21
20/1
34
33/1
12
51
50/1
67
66/1
14
81
80/1

Runners

Pos No. Dr Horse Form Jockey / Trainer Age Wgt Best decimal odds
1 11
Norwalk Havoc (G)
TP
NON RUNNER.
10-7830 Non Runner
Mrs J Harrington
5 62.6kg 15
14/1
9th 2 6
Great David (C)
Landed a 1¼m Nottingham handicap on his first start of 2025. Useful form in defeat at listed/Group 3 level after (including third in Dee over C&D) but returns to handicap company on reappearance from…
3555-90 James Doyle
J Tate
4 62.1kg 13
12/1
4th 3 7
El Burhan (G)
T
Successful over the extended 7f at this meeting last year. Firmly back on the up with a 1¼m win at Ayr (good to soft) last autumn and reappeared with a respectable fifth (Respond third) of 13 in the …
1091-54 Billy Loughnane
G Boughey
4 61.2kg 4.33
10/3
8th 4 14
Auld Toon Loon (G)
T
C&D winner who was a close second in this race on last year's reappearance. Ended 2025 with a career-best performance to win at Windsor (1¼m, firm) in August. Evidently capable fresh and C&D record a…
01-8378 Pierre-Louis Jamin
Tom Dascombe
7 59.9kg 13
12/1
5 4
Savvy Victory (G)
Smart at his peak but drew a blank in 2025 and hasn't shown enough in his 2 outings this year to think his losing run is likely to end now.
6054-47 Non Runner
S Woods
7 59.4kg 21
20/1
1st 6 2
Respond (G) FAV
H
Has continued his progress this year, settling better switched to front-running tactics when landing the odds at Chelmsford (1¼m) in March. Good third of 13 to Gamrai in Rosebery at Kempton (11f) 16 …
5-21312 Oisin Murphy
A M Balding
4 59.4kg 1.91
10/11
2nd 7 12
Whip Cracker (G)
P
Runner-up on 3 occasions in handicaps last term, including at Glorious Goodwood. Checked out rather tamely in the Irish Lincolnshire on reappearance but bounced back with a good third of 24 in the Sp…
220-032 R L Moore
R Hughes
5 59kg 9
8/1
3rd 8 13
Janey Mackers (F)
Useful effort to win a 1¼m Newbury handicap (good to soft) last September. Ran poorly in Doncaster listed race with a tongue tie added (quickly discarded) on final 3-y-o start. Reappears off 7 lb abo…
60150-3 H Crouch
D Menuisier
4 57.6kg 34
33/1
7th 9 1
Bragbor (G)
Consistent sort who has raced only on all-weather to date. Sound reappearance effort when seventh of 14 in a competitive 1¼m Newcastle handicap on Good Friday. Ought to be competitive if as effective…
224-770 Warren Fentiman
R A Fahey
5 56.7kg 15
14/1
11th 10 8
Bravais (G)
Useful for Ger Lyons in Ireland last year but hasn't offered much in 4 starts for current yard, returning with a leg wound at Wolverhampton a couple of months ago.
27-5000 David Probert
Ian Williams
6 55.8kg 51
50/1
11 9
Clouds Hill (C)
All-weather winner last year who improved to make a successful reappearance in 5-runner handicap at Yarmouth (1¼m, good to firm) 8 days ago, pushed out to score by 2 lengths. Has a 5 lb penalty in a …
7-13908 Jason Hart
C Johnston
4 55.3kg 9
8/1
6th 12 10
Callianassa (M)
All 4 wins on all-weather, the latest on 1m Newcastle reappearance. Respectable efforts in defeat since, including 4 lengths seventh of 11 back on turf at Musselburgh (1m) 26 days ago. First attempt …
557670 S D Bowen
B Ellison
5 53.1kg 67
66/1
5th 13 3
Triple Double A (G)
TP
Completed a hat-trick around 1m in first half of 2025. Resumed winning ways when stepped up to 1¼m on Newcastle reappearance in February but has been found out off his revised mark since, including b…
177578 L Morris
H Palmer
4 52.6kg 15
14/1
10th 14 5
Echalar (G)
H
Successful over 7f at Wolverhampton in January for Jane Chapple-Hyam but sixth is the best he's managed in 4 all-weather starts for Ian Williams. Reported to have bled from the nose when seventh of 9…
667034 D Fentiman
Ian Williams
4 51.7kg 81
80/1

Betting forecast: Respond (10/11), El Burhan (10/3), Whip Cracker (8/1), Clouds Hill (8/1), Auld Toon Loon (12/1), Great David (12/1), Triple Double A (14/1), Bragbor (14/1), Norwalk Havoc (14/1), Savvy Victory (20/1), Janey Mackers (33/1), Bravais (50/1), Callianassa (66/1), Echalar (80/1)

Prize money

PositionPrize
P123193.0 GBP
P210876.0 GBP
P35440.0 GBP
P42718.0 GBP
P51359.0 GBP
P6680.0 GBP