Result 15:00 · Chester

Boodles Diamond Handicap

Class 2Handicap5fGood4yo+ · 9 ran

Result

Official · time 59.17s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	El Astronaute (IRE)	Jason Hart	John Quinn	—	3.00	3.25
2	Taexali (IRE)	S De Sousa	John Patrick Shanahan	nk	5.00	5.20
3	Confessional (GB)	D Allan	T D Easterby	1L	11.0	13.0
4	Spring Loaded (IRE)	Joey Haynes	Paul D'Arcy	1½L	5.50	6.00
5	Bossipop	Cam Hardie	T D Easterby	4½L	51.0	135.7
6	Seamster (GB)	Hollie Doyle	David Loughnane	4¾L	17.0	23.0
7	Ballesteros (GB)	Paul Hanagan	Richard Fahey	9¾L	34.0	68.9
8	Blithe Spirit	Neil Farley	Eric Alston	10L	13.0	16.0
9	Majestic Hero (IRE)	J P Spencer	Ronald Harris	20L	6.50	7.36

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4 (5)

Spring Loaded (IRE)

5yo · 8-13 · OR 95

060213 J Joey Haynes T Paul D'Arcy —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
11 Jan 17	Kempton Park	6f	Standard To Slow	C2	3/5	3L	2.25
26 Dec 16	Wolverhampton	6f	Standard	C2	1/6	—	2.38
23 Nov 16	Kempton Park	6f	Standard To Slow	C2	2/12	1¼L	8.00

7 wins from 19 · placed 11

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5 (2)

Taexali (IRE) b

4yo · 8-11 · OR 93

054546 J S De Sousa T John Patrick Shanahan —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
24 Apr 17	Navan	5f	Good	—	6/9	4¾L	67.0
15 Apr 17	Musselburgh	5f	Good To Firm	C2	4/7	5¼L	11.0
11 Oct 16	Musselburgh	5f	Good	C3	5/6	2L	19.0

1 win from 14 · placed 2

Won 1 of 10 at around this trip

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6 (7)

Majestic Hero (IRE)

5yo · 8-10 · OR 92

200021 J J P Spencer T Ronald Harris —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Apr 17	Epsom Downs	5f	Good	C3	1/10	—	5.50
18 Apr 17	Newmarket	5f	Good To Firm	C3	2/11	shd	10.0
07 Oct 16	York	5f	Good	C3	13/19	4¾L	34.0

3 wins from 23 · placed 13

Won 3 of 21 at around this trip

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7 (6)

Confessional (GB) e,p

10yo · 8-10 · OR 92

520725 J D Allan T T D Easterby —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
22 Oct 16	Doncaster	5f	Good	C2	5/21	1L	17.0
15 Oct 16	Catterick	5f	Soft	C2	2/13	nk	26.0
24 Sep 16	Haydock Park	5f	Good	C2	7/16	3¼L	21.0

2 wins from 30 · placed 10

Won 2 of 26 at around this trip

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8 (1)

El Astronaute (IRE)

4yo · 8-8 · OR 90

004101 J Jason Hart T John Quinn —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
18 Apr 17	Newmarket	5f	Good To Firm	C3	1/11	—	6.00
03 Sep 16	Haydock Park	5f	Soft	C2	11/12	14¼L	6.00
29 Aug 16	Epsom Downs	5f	Good	C2	1/10	—	3.75

5 wins from 19 · placed 10

Course winner: 1 win from 3 here

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9 (8)

Blithe Spirit

6yo · 8-8 · OR 90

106000 J Neil Farley T Eric Alston —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
21 Apr 17	Bath	5f	Firm	C1	12/13	17¾L	26.0
07 Oct 16	York	5f	Good	C3	11/19	3¾L	26.0
24 Sep 16	Haydock Park	5f	Good	C2	12/16	5¾L	21.0

2 wins from 20 · placed 5

Course winner: 2 wins from 7 here

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11 (13)

Bossipop b

4yo · 8-3 · OR 85

920100 J Cam Hardie T T D Easterby —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
17 Apr 17	Redcar	6f	Good	C3	11/14	12¼L	34.0
08 Nov 16	Newcastle	6f	Standard	C3	14/14	13L	9.00
24 Sep 16	Chester	6f	Good To Soft	C4	1/10	—	9.00

2 wins from 17 · placed 9

Course winner: 1 win from 2 here

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12 (10)

Ballesteros (GB)

8yo · 8-3 · OR 85

963060 J Paul Hanagan T Richard Fahey —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
11 Apr 17	Lingfield Park	6f	Standard	C4	11/11	8L	17.0
25 Mar 17	Wolverhampton	5f	Standard	C4	6/11	2¼L	15.0
01 Mar 17	Newcastle	6f	Standard	C5	12/13	18½L	19.0

3 wins from 31 · placed 9

Course winner: 1 win from 8 here

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13 (9)

Seamster (GB) t

10yo · 7-13 · OR 84

334284 J Hollie Doyle T David Loughnane —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
06 May 17	Thirsk	5f	Good To Firm	C4	4/9	3½L	9.00
28 Apr 17	Doncaster	5f	Good To Firm	C4	8/12	3¼L	11.0
14 Apr 17	Bath	5f	Firm	C4	2/9	hd	13.0

6 wins from 33 · placed 19

Won 5 of 22 at around this trip

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