14:05 Chester

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7½f · Flat · Class 2 · Good To Soft · 13 runners · £30,924 · Saturday, 22 August 2026

Result

Race report

AI top pick placed 3rd

1st
Whip Cracker (IRE)
Hector Crouch·Richard Hughes
7/1·8.00
SP
2nd
Collecting Coin (GB)
Darragh Keenan·Jennie Candlish·beaten .5 lengths
9/1·10.00
SP
3rd
Asuka (GB)AI top pick · 71.3
Billy Loughnane·George Boughey·beaten 1.25 lengths
13/8F·2.62
SP

Race time

1m 33.83s

Race time recorded.

In-running (Whip Cracker (IRE))

“Tardy away - pushed through the pack from the off - produced a run to hit the front inside the final furlong - challenged but pulled clear towards the line”

Settled · 1pt level stake = 1.62 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.

Pundit corner

Racing Post · third-party

Pundit pick: Five Ways

Five Ways heads a competitive fourteen-runner Class 2 over Chester's testing eight furlongs on good-to-soft ground, rated narrowly ahead of Two Tempting and eight and nine pounds clear of Henlein and Aqpan, who represent the chief dangers along with Two Tempting as the field's next best-rated challengers. The tight nature of Chester's circuit and the ease in the ground will be a leveller, and Two Tempting in particular will not be far away, so a clean run through the race matters at a track where traffic can be a problem. On balance, Five Ways holds the strongest credentials in the field and, with that rating edge to call on, is fancied to go close here. The selection is Five Ways.

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

Asuka

Billy Loughnane · George Boughey · 4yo

Top-rated of 13

score 71.3 · +5.1 clear of next best (66.2)

Scores compare runners within this race only

The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.

Freshness10% weight
100very strong
21d since last run (race-fit window)
Form20% weight
96very strong
Last 6: 1-2-1-1
Ratings50% weight
61average
OR 92
Trainer20% weight
58average
George Boughey: 7/31 winners last 14d (23%)

MarketNo market price available yet.

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 7½f

full course data →

Moderate: low (inside) favoured (IV 1.11).

Low (1–5)

IV 1.11

Mid (6–10)

IV 0.75

High (11–14)

IV 1.11

Today: Aqpan (draw 2) and Blue Prince (draw 5) get the bias; Yanifer (draw 7) 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	Wt	OR	RPR	TS	AI	SP
1	4	Whip Cracker J: Hector Crouch · T: Richard Hughes · draw 4 5yo · G · bp	20032	9-06	95	—	—	53.1	7/1·8.00 SP
2	11	Collecting Coin J: Darragh Keenan · T: Jennie Candlish · draw 13 4yo · G · b	543061	8-11	86	—	—	66.2	9/1·10.00 SP
3	6	Asuka J: Billy Loughnane · T: George Boughey · draw 12 4yo · G · b	1211	9-03	92	—	—	71.3	13/8F·2.62 SP
4	1	Two Tempting J: Rob Hornby · T: Jonathan Portman · draw 10 7yo · G · ch	32330	9-10	99	—	—	56.0	22/1·23.00 SP
5	14	Vixey J: Aiden Brookes · T: Simon West · draw 6 6yo · M · b	58203	8-04	79	—	—	44.1	18/1·19.00 SP
6	8	Goldmoyne J: Callum Shepherd · T: James Owen · draw 3 6yo · G · bp	542238	9-00	89	—	—	57.9	10/1·11.00 SP
7	12	Blue Prince J: J F Egan · T: David Evans · draw 5 5yo · G · b	331331	8-10	85	—	—	60.3	22/1·23.00 SP
8	3	Henlein J: Tom Eaves · T: Kevin Ryan · draw 8 5yo · G · bpFT P	90700	9-07	96	—	—	44.2	40/1·41.00 SP
9	13	U Sure Do J: Jack Nicholls(3) · T: Tim Easterby · draw 11 4yo · G · bt	12416	8-09	84	—	—	49.4	40/1·41.00 SP
10	9	Yanifer J: Marco Ghiani · T: Harriet Bethell · draw 7 8yo · G · b	19004	8-13	88	—	—	56.3	17/2·9.50 SP
11	2	Five Ways J: Jason Watson · T: Andrew Balding · draw 14 3yo · C · b	75046	9-09	104	—	—	57.9	16/1·17.00 SP
12	7	Aqpan J: Jack Mitchell · T: Roger Varian · draw 2 3yo · G · br	16879	9-02	97	—	—	63.3	16/1·17.00 SP
13	10	Rhoscolyn J: Sean Kirrane · T: David O'Meara · draw 1 8yo · G · bt	50050	8-12	87	—	—	47.0	6/1·7.00 SP
—	—	The Fingal Raven J: William Carver · T: Jamie Osborne · draw 9 4yo · G · bt	155093	9-04	93	—	—	51.1	—

OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 14:05 Chester on 22 August 2026?

Whip Cracker (IRE) won the 14:05 Chester at SP 8.00. Ridden by Hector Crouch. Trained by Richard Hughes.

Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 14:05 Chester?

No — the AI top pick (Asuka) finished 3.

What were the placings in the 14:05 Chester?

Top finishers: 1. Whip Cracker (IRE) (8.00), 2. Collecting Coin (GB) (10.00), 3. Asuka (GB) (2.62).

What was the winning time for the 14:05 Chester?

The winning time was 1m 33.83s.

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