Race cards · Sat 16 Jun
Saturday 16 June · Chester, England
14:40 City Of London Handicap
- Distance
- 1m 4f 63y
- Going
- Good to Firm
- Class
- 2
- Prize
- GBP 30160
- Runners
- 7
Race preview
ISTANBUL SULTAN has improved with each start this season and shaped on his latest appearance at Wetherby as though the step up to 1m4f would be right up his street. Austrian School needed every yard of the trip to win over C&D two starts ago but will find things tougher off 8lb higher so the main dangers could prove to be Shuhood, who wears a first-time hood after a good effort at Epsom, and Berkshire Royal.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berkshire Royal | 55-1124 | F Norton | A M Balding | 8 6 | 9-2 | |
| 2 | Heart Of Soul | 27-57 | Nathan Evans | Ian Williams | 8 4 | 25-1 | |
| 3 | Morning Wonder | 21-7 | A Mullen | K A Ryan | 8 12 | 16-1 | |
| 4 | Austrian School | 531-114 | P J McDonald | C & M Johnston | 9 7 | 15-8 | |
| 5 | Istanbul Sultan | 521-32 | M Harley | W J Haggas | 8 13 | 5-2 | |
| 6 | Neverbeen To Paris | 723-134 | Hayley Turner | M L W Bell | 8 6 | 10-1 | |
| 7 | Shuhood | 336013 | P Mathers | Ian Williams | 8 11 | 6-1 |