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General Elliot Croft Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

Chester · Sat 30th May 2026 · 16:38

📏 1m2f70y 🏷️ Class Class 4 🌿 GOOD (GoingStick: 6.9) (Watering) 🏟️ Turf 💰 £7,731 🐎 Flat

2nd

Crockham Heath

4/1

Oisin Murphy

1st

Folk Pageant

11/4F

Hector Crouch

3rd

Home Hero

4/1

Jason Hart

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Class

Class 4

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Distance

1m2f70y

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Going

GOOD (GoingStick: 6.9) (Watering)

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Surface

Turf

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Prize

£7,731

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Runners

🌤️

Weather

Mostly cloudy

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Type

Flat

Pos	Horse / Form	Age/Wgt	Jockey / Trainer	OR	Odds
7	Advance Twentyfive Form: 295-60	3y 135 lbs	David Nolan Richard & Peter Fahey	82	33/1
1	Hell Yeah He Did Form: 6231-	3y 135 lbs	Ralph Beckett	85	–
🥉 3rd	Home Hero Form: 644-	3y 125 lbs	Jason Hart Hugo Palmer	72	4/1
9	Carwyn Form: 969-89	3y 122 lbs	Barry McHugh Patrick Morris	69	66/1
11	Ohara Form: 5741-9	3y 127 lbs	Eve Johnson Houghton	77	–
13	Siam Ruby Form: 4-1213	3y 126 lbs	Hector Crouch Ralph Beckett	76	–
15	Eagles Attire Form: 6-06	3y 124 lbs	Oliver Cole	74	–
18	Angela's Baar Form: 264-56	3y lbs	Adrian Paul Keatley	67	–
5	Timber Twelve Form: 1-14	3y 135 lbs	Billy Loughnane Michael Bell	82	14/1
3	Gatehouse Form: 21-14	3y 134 lbs	Cieren Fallon S Woods	81	–
8	Knowledge Form: 15	3y 134 lbs	Harry Davies Simon & Ed Crisford	81	18/1
4	Mr Seagull Form: 200-44	3y 132 lbs	David Probert Hugo Palmer	82	–
4	Bemersyde Form: 436	3y 133 lbs	Silvestre De Sousa Jane Chapple-Hyam	80	9/1
🥈 2nd	Crockham Heath Form: 01-15	3y 133 lbs	Oisin Murphy Andrew Balding	80	4/1
10	Mayaada Form: 07-921	3y 131 lbs	Pierre-Louis Jamin Ollie Sangster	78	4/1
6	Blue Noon Form: 4-43	3y 130 lbs	Alec Voikhansky Richard Hannon	77	14/1
9	Asia Force Form: 222	3y 128 lbs	Pierre-Louis Jamin K R Burke	78	–
🥇 1st	Folk Pageant Form: 2-191	3y 127 lbs	Hector Crouch Charlie Johnston	74	11/4F

Our Expert Tip

You can draw a line through CROCKHAM HEATH’s last run after 93 days off the track. He didn’t look fit and didn’t seem to enjoy Newmarket. Chester should suit him much better and Andrew Balding’s strike-rate here is very good. The booking of Oisin Murphy is another major positive and I expect to see a completely different horse this time. I’d be having an each-way play here.

Today's NAP of The Day

17:00 Newton AbbotPU

Racecard ›

Westerton

J : Lewis Stones(3)

T : Jennie Candlish

17:00

Age: 6

Form: 559/82

Weight: 165 lbs

OR:

Bryan Rogers NAP of the Day

The biggest field of the day and one of the more competitive races on the card. Westerton could still be ahead of the handicapper and looks capable of defying his current mark. He is one of the stronger selections on the card and earns Free Nap status. Marhaba The Champ is respected and rates the main danger.

19:10 RiponFinished 3rd

Racecard ›

Barley

J : David Allan

T : Tim Easterby

19:10

Age: 7

Form: 7-8062

Weight: 131 lbs

OR:

ChatGPT Nap of the Day.

Barley was once rated 89 and has now tumbled down the handicap to a mark of 66. I do think Tim Easterby\'s horse is running back into form. On his penultimate start, he was travelling well before fitness appeared to catch him out late on, but he backed that up with an excellent run at Hamilton at the end of May when beaten only a shoulder by a horse that finished like a steam train.

He runs off the same mark today and returns to Ripon, a track he clearly enjoys. At the time of writing, rain is falling at Ripon and could continue throughout the day. That may play right into Barley\'s hands, as he has proven form on good to soft ground. He ran here three times last season and finished second on all three occasions, including defeats by just a length on soft ground and short-head margins on similar going.

With conditions likely to suit, course form in the book, and signs that he\'s returning to his best, Barley looks to have a great chance in a race where several rivals may not appreciate testing ground.

Today\'s FREE Nap is Barley at 11/4.