Dollar to pay dividends

CHASE THE DOLLAR can reward his Chester investors in the Share Shop Nursery Handicap.

Mark Johnston’s juvenile made his experience count last time at Ayr when just getting the better of debutant Pythagoras - a subsequent Beverley winner this week.

Chase The Dollar prevailed by a neck at his second attempt, having previously failed to justify his oddson status as a well-beaten runner-up at Musselburgh.

The winner has not run since, but third home Broxi twice returned to the same track last month to defy long odds by scoring both times while the fourth, Innse Gall, has since won at Ripon.

On that basis, off an opening mark of 78, Chase The Dollar has obvious prospects - with the extra half-furlong likely to suit him fine.

An hour later, Kindly may go off at a generous price in a competitive division one of the Chester Rugby Club Handicap.

Mick Easterby’s consistent mare is up another 2lb for her head defeat at Pontefract at the end of last month.

She is in fine form, though, and worth a shot at this drop back to the minimum distance - having shown plenty of speed to get to the front last time before just failing to hold on.

Highwaygrey is another who arrives here on the back of winning Pontefract form.

It is not an obvious manoeuvre to head from the stiff West Yorkshire course to this speedier test, and Highwaygrey is up more than a stone for three Ponte successes in his four starts so far this season.

Nonetheless, he has raced freely in his victories and had matters settled a fair way out - so the marginal step up in trip here in the School Of Hard Knocks Handicap could work out.

Ancient Times appears to have plenty going for him in the opening British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes at Pontefract.

Kevin Ryan’s juvenile ran with plenty of promise to be a length-anda-half third on his York debut over this minimum trip last month.