Chester tips for Thursday: Time to go Above N Beyond

David Metcalf | May 5, 2016

Above N Beyond holds all the aces

Above N Beyond caught the eye on seasonal reappearance and can take advantage of a drop in class to land the 7f handicap on day two of the May Festival at Chester (15.45).

Trained locally by Tom Dascombe, the colt showed progressive form in four runs as a juvenile last season and came good at the third time of asking when making all to score easily by 3 1/4 lengths in a 12-runner maiden at Kempton.

The runner-up, fourth and fifth have all come out and won since to give the form a rock solid look, and Above N Beyond went on to round-off the campaign with an excellent second in a Listed contest at Doncaster.

Above N Beyond again attempted to make all, and after being headed approaching the final furlong stuck to the task well to be beaten 1 3/4 lengths.

It was a really solid effort against a rival rated 102, and the form of the race reads well in the context of this contest.

Ideal draw from which to attack

Above N Beyond also comes into the contest having shaped well when a 3 3/4 length sixth of 11 to Haalick in a Listed affair at Lingfield, showing plenty of pace to track the leader until weakening late.

That should put the three-year-old spot on for this, and a mark of 95 looks exploitable now that he has his sights lowered and tackles handicap company for the first time.