Be daring and reap rewards as raid made on the Chester Cup

Racing: Alan King expected to succeed on his mission

WHO DARES WINS can make a successful raid on the 188Bet Chester Cup.

It can be mission accomplished for Alan King’s dual-purpose performer after vital reconnaissance in this race 12 months ago.

The Jeremy gelding, owned by the enthusiastic Henry Ponsonby, could be said to be unlucky in the 2017 renewal.

Who Dares Wins was coming with a good-looking run in the final quarter-mile when he was stopped in his tracks.

Although he got going again, it cost him a winning chance and he had to settle for fourth place, just a length and a half behind the winner, Montaly.

There is no doubt he acts on the track as he was successful over the extended mile and a half in a handicap in July 2016.

He is 8lb higher in the ratings this time round, but he has improved under both codes.

Winner of the Cesarewitch Trial at Newmarket in September, Who Dares Wins ran with great credit at the Cheltenham and Aintree Festivals.

King can also take the consolation race, the 188Bet Chester Plate Handicap, for horses who missed the cut for the feature.

He runs COEUR DE LION, who failed by only a neck to peg back Medburn Cutler over a similar distance at Newbury three weeks ago.

EMINENT can make his class count on his seasonal reappearance in the Homeserve Huxley Stakes.

Martyn Meade’s four-year-old won first time out in the Craven Stakes last season and can repeat the trick this term.

REBECCA ROCKS shrugged off an 11-month absence when scoring at Windsor three weeks ago and looks a good bet to follow up in the Bill Campbell Memorial Handicap at Lingfield.

SOCIETY POWER has only gone up 2lb after scraping home by a neck in a three-horse affair at Chelmsford, but William Haggas’ three-year-old looks to only do enough and is a worth a chance in the AGV Handicap at Ascot.

SELECTIONS: ASCOT: 5.25 Imphal, 6.00 Shades Of Blue, 6.35 Corgi, 7.05 Society Power, 7.40 Danielsflyer, 8.10 Al Jellaby.

CHESTER: 1.50 Goring, 2.25 Eminent, 3.00 Dark Red, 3.35 WHO DARES WINS (NAP), 4.05 Kachy, 4.40 Jabbaar, 5.15 Coeur de Lion.

LINGFIELD: 1.40 Stoney Broke, 2.15 Cosmic Love, 2.50 Glory Fighter, 3.25 Rebecca Rocks, 3.55 Han Solo Berger, 4.30 Ledham, 5.05 Hedging.

DOUBLE: Who Dares Wins and Rebecca Rocks.