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17:10 Chester
Friday 13 June 2025
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Going Is Good Handicap
- 3YO only | Class 4 | 7f 127y | Good | 14 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 17:11 | Winning time: 1m 32.21s
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Built on initial promise when winning 9-runner maiden at Wolverhampton (7.2f) in March. Went on to chase home a subsequent listed winner in a Catterick novice next time, but she now needs to get back on track following a rather subdued handicap debut at Newmarket (1m, good to firm) last month.
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Ended 2-y-o campaign on the up, winning a soft-ground 7f maiden here and Goodwood nursery (7f, heavy), either side of a solid second at Haydock (also on heavy). Wasn't entirely disgraced on recent reappearance, but some of these make more appeal for win purposes all the same.
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Made the frame all 4 starts at 2 yrs and positive start to this season when runner-up in first-time cheekpieces on handicap bow at Haydock (1m, good to firm). No show over same C&D next time, but yard has won last 2 runnings of this and he could have a part to play if able to get back on track.
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Won 8.6f Wolverhampton maiden in November and bettered that form when third in novice there on return in April. Safely held in a first-time tongue strap (retained) on subsequent handicap/turf debut at Sandown (1m, good to soft), though, and it's probably best to look elsewhere.
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Improver switched to handicaps over the winter, winning twice at up to 8.5f. Probably best not to read too much into his below-par display at Newcastle when returning from a break last month (suffered interference on a couple of occasions), but he looks vulnerable back on turf in any case.
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Gelded following trio of fairly encouraging runs as a 2-y-o and has acquitted himself with credit in handicaps at Musselburgh and Haydock since returning to action in April. This keen-going type may benefit from the switch to this sharp track and he's certainly not without each-way hope.
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Didn't really go on from promising debut at 2 yrs, but gelded during the winter and now appears to be on an upward trajectory, bagging handicaps at Beverley (7.4f, good to soft) and Hamilton (8.3f, good). Probably still on a good mark and should make a bold to complete the hat-trick.
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Signed off 2-y-o campaign in the perfect fashion when landing a 10-runner nursery here (7f, soft). He hasn't made much of an impact in 2 starts so far this season, though, and the percentage call is to take him on.
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Gradual steps forward at 2 yrs and resumed with a good second in a 7f Southwell novice in April. However, it would be hard to describe his subsequent handicap debut seventh at Doncaster as a step in the right direction.
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Landed a 5f Pontefract novice on 2-y-o debut and went close in back-to-back AW nurseries on final 2 starts of that campaign. However, she has failed to perform to a similar level in a couple of runs since returning form a break in March.
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Built on encouraging reappearance effort when opening his in a Windsor handicap (1m, good) last month. 4 lb rise for that narrow success looks about right, but he has more on his plate in this tougher race from a tricky draw.
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Rattled off an all-weather hat-trick at Southwell in January and, following a series of good efforts in defeat, she opened her turf in pretty decisive fashion at Goodwood (7f, good) last week. Escapes a penalty for that and major chance of going in again here from stall three.
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Thrived on a busy 2-y-o campaign, winning twice prior to g off with a good second in nursery at Redcar (1m, soft) in November. However, he has resumed with a couple of low-key efforts and will probably come up short here, too.
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Failed to trouble the judge in 3 starts as a 2-y-o, but it's worth bearing in mind that his first 2 runs were in valuable sales races. Gelded during the winter and one to note in the betting now making the switch to handicap company, for all that Boston Run appears to be the stable first-string.
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Non-Runners
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Weight: 9-5| Age: 3
T: A M Balding J: Non Runner
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Forecasts
Whizz By (5/2), Impartiality (4/1), Arbitration (5/1), Magna Grecia Star (7/1), General ission (8/1), Barry's Boy (10/1), Boston Run (11/1), It'sneverjustone (12/1), Tactical Plan (14/1), Popeye Doyle (14/1), Stapleford Park (28/1), Penfolds Grange (33/1), Law Degree (50/1), Hot To Dot (50/1), Studious (66/1)
Owing to his come-from-behind style IMPARTIALITY will always be a hostage to fortune, particularly in big-field handicaps at courses like this where traffic problems are commonplace. However, he has won his two handiaps this season with seemingly more in hand than the margins of victory would suggest and will take some stopping, provided he gets the breaks. The consistent Whizz By is 5 lb 'well-in' following her recent Goodwood success and she is feared most ahead of Arbitration and Boston Run.
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Impartiality4/1
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Whizz By5/2
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Arbitration5/1
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £7,731.002nd: £3,626.003rd: £1,814.004th: £906.005th: £453.006th: £226.00
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