Who won the 20:12 Chester on 10 July 2026?
Alfa Whiteburd (IRE) won the 20:12 Chester at SP 3.25. Ridden by Jason Hart. Trained by Ivan Furtado.
20:12 Chester
Fired Up Tess Handicap Stakes (Div I)
7f · Flat · Class 5 · Good · 10 runners · £7,731 · Friday, 10 July 2026
Result
AI top pick finished 4thRace report
- 1stAlfa Whiteburd (IRE)Jason Hart·Ivan Furtado9/4F·3.25SP
- 2ndBerkshire Boom (IRE)P J McDonald·Andrew Balding·beaten 8 lengths5/2·3.50SP
- 3rdTrust Sergei (GB)Jonny Peate·Gary Hanmer·beaten 1 length15/2·8.50SP
Race time
1m 24.06s
Race time recorded.
In-running (Alfa Whiteburd (IRE))
“set the pace from the start - opened up a big advantage over 1f out - came home unchallenged”
AI top-rated Imelda (score 54.4) finished 4th.
Settled · 1pt level stake = 9.00 pt return on the winnerTipping P&L →
Furlong's verdict
Reading the form…
AI-written, grounded in our data on this race. May be wrong. Verify before staking. Opinion, not advice.
Other selections
Head-to-head dashboard →Each-way54.4/100 rating
Imelda
4.90Betfair Exchange
Top-half AI rating in the EW price sweet spot. Each-way splits stake: half on the win, half on the place portion.
Pundit corner
Racing Post · third-partyPundit pick: Law Of Design
Law Of Design heads this Class 5 sprint over Chester's seven furlongs on our figures, and is selected as the most likely type to give a bold showing based on that clear rating edge. Alfa Whiteburd, Berkshire Boom and How Impressive are the principal dangers, each rated close enough behind to feature in the finish. It's a wide-open field of eleven though, and confidence in taking the form pick is only low, but Law Of Design's advantage on the figures is still the strongest single reason to side with him. Law Of Design is the selection.
Editorial from Racing Post analysts via the Racing API — not generated by Racing Alpha. Formbook forecast prices are estimates, not market prices.
Why the model rates this top
Imelda
Rossa Ryan · David Loughnane · 3yo
Top-rated of 11
score 54.4 · +0.5 clear of next best (53.9)
Scores compare runners within this race only
The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.
- Freshness10% weight85very strong41d since last run (fresh)
- Form20% weight63averageLast 6: 2-3-3
- Trainer20% weight50averagetrainer 14-day form unknown
- Ratings50% weight47below averageOR 70 — highest combined rating in the field
MarketBest price 4.90 (Betfair Exchange) · market favourite.
v1.3 rating — a field-relative score, not a win probability; for market-derived value see the Fair column in the runners table. Weights and method on /about. Tips are opinions, not advice.
Draw bias — Chester 7f
full course data →Moderate: low (inside) favoured (IV 1.11).
Low (1–4)
IV 1.11
Mid (5–8)
IV 0.75
High (9–11)
IV 1.11
Today: Berkshire Boom (draw 3) and Alfa Whiteburd (draw 4) get the bias; How Impressive (draw 5) is in the least-favoured band.
IV = impact value: 1.00 is neutral, above it a stall band wins more often than its share of runners predicts. 84 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.
Runners · sorted by finishing position
| Pos | No. | Horse | Form | OR | AI | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | J: Jason Hart · T: Ivan Furtado · draw 4 5yo · G · b | 97682 | 68 | 49.7 | 9/4F·3.25 SP |
| 2 | 6 | J: P J McDonald · T: Andrew Balding · draw 3 3yo · G · b | 81763 | 69 | 51.5 | 5/2·3.50 SP |
| 3 | 7 | J: Jonny Peate · T: Gary Hanmer · draw 1 4yo · G · ch | 74621 | 54 | 48.0 | 15/2·8.50 SP |
| 4 | 4 | J: Rossa Ryan · T: David Loughnane · draw 10 3yo · F · b | 233 | 70 | 54.4 | 9/1·10.00 SP |
| 5 | 1 | J: Harry Davies · T: Ian Williams · draw 7 4yo · G · ch | 90859 | 70 | 42.3 | 10/1·11.00 SP |
| 6 | 8 | J: Shane Gray · T: Richard & Peter Fahey · draw 9 3yo · G · bp | 87413 | 64 | 53.0 | 18/1·19.00 SP |
| 7 | 10 | J: Aiden Brookes · T: Philip Kirby · draw 8 7yo · G · b | 067084 | 52 | 39.7 | 20/1·21.00 SP |
| 8 | 9 | J: Pat Cosgrave · T: Ian Williams · draw 6 4yo · G · b | 88900 | 55 | 33.5 | 14/1·15.00 SP |
| 9 | 11 | J: Faye McManoman · T: Michael Mullineaux · draw 2 4yo · G · ch/bes | 290923 | 48 | 41.2 | 40/1·41.00 SP |
| 10 | 5 | J: David Probert · T: Hugo Palmer · draw 5 7yo · G · chtv | 7P4290 | 62 | 43.9 | 10/1·11.00 SP |
| — | — | J: Rowan Scott · T: Michael & David Easterby · draw 11 8yo · G · b | 20261 | 66 | 53.9 | — |
OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest
Frequently asked questions
Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 20:12 Chester?
No — the AI top pick (Imelda) finished 4.
What were the placings in the 20:12 Chester?
Top finishers: 1. Alfa Whiteburd (IRE) (3.25), 2. Berkshire Boom (IRE) (3.50), 3. Trust Sergei (GB) (8.50).
What was the winning time for the 20:12 Chester?
The winning time was 1m 24.06s.
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