The speedy Ertijaal promises to be suited by the drop back to six furlongs and could take a fair bit of stopping in Chester's listed Queensferry Stakes at 15:05. Ertijaal has shown plenty of ability right from the outset, only going down narrowly to Toormore on debut, and he was in good form on the all-weather earlier this year, winning a seven-furlong listed race at Lingfield before winning a valuable contest over the same C&D on All-Weather Championships Finals Day. He made little impression in the 2000 Guineas, and was then lit up by the blinkers in the Bunbury Cup, but he is well drawn to attack this afternoon and can make his class tell.
Random Success was progressive on the all-weather over the winter, impressing with her strong-travelling style, and she can secure a first win on turf in the extended five-furlong handicap at Newbury (16:25). Random Success shaped extremely well on her return to action when finishing runner-up at Doncaster, catching the eye with the ease in which she travelled through the race, looking like the best horse for much of the way, and it is worth forgiving her a slightly underwhelming display at Nottingham last time as she was left poorly placed and was running from out of the weights. Roger Charlton's filly has the scope for better and is worth supporting to get back on the right track.
English Summer looked unlucky not to score at Haydock last time and he can gain compensation by claiming Chester's extended mile-and-a-half handicap at 16:45. English Summer is going through a good spell at the moment - he won over C&D in June and followed it up with a good placed effort back here last month - and he did well to finish runner-up at Haydock last time bearing in mind the amount of trouble he met in running. The Marwan Koukash-owned gelding was short of room two furlongs out, stumbled a furlong from home and then didn't get a clear run until the final 100 yards. He deserved to win at Haydock and can make amends if continuing in the same vein of form.
Timeform UK SmartPlays:
Back Ertijaal @ 3.6553/20 in the 15:05 at Chester
Back Random Success @ 5.59/2 in the 16:25 at Newbury
Back English Summer @ 2.89/5 in the 16:45 at Chester
