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695l59
1 Arrest 10/11
2 Adelaide River 9/4
3 Hadrianus 6/1
5 ran Distances: 6½l, 10l, 97l
Time: 2m 52.31s (slow by 16.11s)
Arrest canters up in the @Boodles Chester Vase for John & @thadygosden - @FrankieDettori's last ride at @ChesterRaces pic.twitter.com/4EVb1yrEBm https://t.co/uByIYyVsCd via @RacingBetter
— RacingBetter (@RacingBetter) May 10, 2023
Frankie Dettori marked his final ride at Chester’s May Festival with a clear-cut success on Arrest, who subsequently became the new favourite for the Betfred Derby.
Six years ago the Italian guided Frankel – although there is likely to be a ground caveat to his participation.
A promising performer at two, Arrest finished his juvenile campaign by finishing second to Dubai Mile in the Criterium de Saint-Cloud in October and was sent off the 10-11 favourite for his return in this Roodee Group Three.
The Juddmonte-owned colt travelled keenly in the early stages, with Dettori eager not to stride too far forward and eyeball race-leader Hadrianus. But the 52-year-old could not disappoint his mount any longer as the three-furlong pole approached and when letting his mount stride on, the response was immediate.
Arrest soon cut a lone figure rounding the home bend as Ryan Moore aboard second-favourite Adelaide River and Franny Norton gave chase in vain – Dettori even having time to angle his mount towards the near-side rail in search of better ground as horse and jockey sauntered home to a six-and-a-half-length success.
Dettori could now have the ideal mount to go in search of a third victory in the premier Classic on June 3 and following Arrest’s Chester success, https://quinnbet.click/o/0rZBQR?lpage=QQiJWa" target="_blank">QuinnBet cut him to 6-1 from 10s.
Boodles Chester Vase (Group 3)
£120,000 guaranteed, 3yo only, 1m 4f 63y, Class 1
5 ran
Going: Soft
POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (3) Arrest 3 9-2 John & Thady Gosden Frankie Dettori 10/11
2 (2) 6½ Adelaide River 3 9-2 A P O'Brien Ryan Moore 9/4
3 (5) 10 Hadrianus 3 9-2 Charlie Johnston Franny Norton 6/1
3 (4) 97 Duke Of Oxford 3 9-2 Michael Bell Hector Crouch 16/1
4 (1) 3 Galactic Jack 3 9-2 Andrew Balding Oisin Murphy 14/1
