Win Without Backing a Winner!

The Tote Placepot is often described at the UK’s most enjoyable racing pool bet, the first bet of the day and a renowned raceday ritual; you simply pick a horse to place in each of the first 6 races of a meeting.

With an average placepot pay out of £300 to a £1 stake at the Chester May Festival in the last five years the Placepot is the ultimate bet for small stakes, big possibilities.

How to play the Placepot like a pro

Try perming your placepot

“Perming” your placepot simply means choosing more than one horse in each race. Whilst this increases your stake it also increases your chance of winning.

You only need one of them to make the places in each race to win the placepot, but you can also win multiple times in the same bet if you manage to get more than one placed in any of the races.

Banker Legs

The attraction of the Placepot to most bettors is the “small stake, big win” possibility and they therefore want to keep the number of selections per race and total stake to a reasonable amount.

Picking just one horse in a race (leg) allows you to keep your total lines down and potentially use more selections in another more competitive leg. Look to find a race where there is a horse you simply can’t see finishing outside the places.

Target Vulnerable Favourites

On the other hand, leaving out vulnerable favourites is the key to unlocking the big dividends the Placepot has to offer. The more favourites fail to place, the bigger the dividend is going to be. This is because the biggest share of the money in each race will be riding on the favourite.

Where to play?

The best option is to play the Placepot with Tote, the home of the Placepot. Tote.co.uk are giving ALL CHESTER CUSTOMERS A FREE PLACEPOT EVERY DAY OF THE MAY FESTIVAL.

PLUS when playing directly at Tote.co.uk or via the Placepot app you will receive a 10% boost on your winnings thanks to Tote+.

21/10/1954 - 29/04/2023

Richard was an accomplished horseman and actively involved with the racing and breeding industry from an early age. In partnership with his wife Sally, he developed the leading UK based dual purpose thoroughbred breeding stud and sales consignment operation and in doing so created an iconic brand name within the industry.

We have been fortunate to have benefitted from the dedication, passion and leadership that Richard provided to Bangor-on-Dee and Chester Race Company over the years. Richard contributed greatly to Chester Race Company, serving on the Bangor-on-Dee Committee since 2007 and as its Chair from 2016. Richard oversaw the introduction of the new multi-award winning Owners & Trainers facility and championed the increase in prize money to over £1 million.

As a Non-Executive Director of Chester Race Company for 9 years Richard provided valuable knowledge and guidance that aided the significant growth and expansion of the Company.

The loss of his presence and personality in our Parade Rings will be felt by us and so many in the racing community but especially by those who had the privilege to work closely with him.

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FIRST RACE 1.30

THE CAA STELLAR EARL GROSVENOR HANDICAP STAKES (CLASS 2)

for four yrs old and upwards

Total prize fund £40000

7f 127y

Owners Prize Money. 1st £16064, 2nd £8032, 3rd £4016, 4th £2008, 5th £1004, 6th £500, 7th £252, 8th £124. (Penalty Value £20384)

Race Descripton

This is a seven furlongs about 127 yards handicap race for four-year-olds and upwards which have been rated from 86 to 105. In a handicap the weight that each of the runners carries is determined by their official handicap rating which is based on their level of form shown so far. The aim is to ensure competitive racing by asking the higher rated horses to carry more weight than a lower rated rival. As a guide, horses rated 40 tend to be at the lower end of the scale whilst the very best performers would be rated as high as 130.

colours no horse age st-lb Draw Jockey

1 WITCH HUNTER (FR) (13) 1-02020 4 9-9 (7)

Br B g Siyouni (FR) - Sorciere (IRE) Richard Hannon, Marlborough T

O Mr William Stobart

B Petra Bloodstock Agency Ltd

TIMEFORM VIEW Produced a career best when second in a valuable minor event at Newcastle over 6f last month. Assessor reacted and he underperfomed returned to turf/7f at Haydock a fortnight ago.

TFRHHIII BHA103 Dane O’Neill

2 PERCY’S LAD (GB) (217) 205104- CD 5 9-4 (13)

Br Ch g Sir Percy - Victory Garden Daniel & Claire Kubler, Lambourn T

O Mr Alan Kerr

B Genesis Green Stud Ltd

TIMEFORM VIEW Landed a pair of 1m handicaps at Yarmouth/Nottingham this time last year and back to form with a bang when making all over 7.6f here in August. Sound fourth at York final start.

TFRHHIII BHA98 Richard Kingscote

3 BOARDMAN (GB) (13) 240-005 CD 7 9-3 (4)

Br B g Kingman - Nimble Thimble (USA) Tim Easterby, Malton T

O Mr Ball, Mr Hodkinson, Mr Malley & Ptr

B Juddmonte Farms Ltd

Easthorpe Hall Stud S

TIMEFORM VIEW Shaped well on return at Wolverhampton and didn’t enjoy the rub of the green at all when mid-field in the Lincoln. Excellent fifth trying to win a Haydock handicap for the second time a fortnight ago.

4 CROUPIER (IRE) (41) 2/3151-0 D

TFRHHHHH BHA97 Sean Kirrane (3)

4 9-2 (3)

Br B g Invincible Spirit (IRE) - Aaraamm (USA) Simon & Ed Crisford, Newmarket T

O Mr Edward J. Ware

B Mabaki Investments Tattersalls S

TIMEFORM VIEW Met trouble when fifth to Helm Rock at Haydock next and straight back on the up when seeing off 13 rivals at Chelmsford on final start. Not judged too harshly on his defeat in heavy-ground Lincoln.

5 GWEEDORE (GB) (13) 2153-12 D

Br B g Epaulette (AUS) - Ares Choix

O Lamont Racing

TFRHHHHI BHA96 Ryan Moore

6 9-2 (8)

Katie Scott, Galashiels T

B D. R. Tucker Lamont Racing S

TIMEFORM VIEW Won 3 times in 2022 and reappeared with a career best to land handicap at Musselburgh (7.2f) last month. Backed that up when second at Haydock so clearly in great nick.

TFRHHHII BHA96 Paul Mulrennan

6 AL RUFAA (FR) (24) 00420-0 6 8-13 (2)

Br B g Kingman - Clarmina (IRE) Charlie Fellowes, Newmarket T

O Mr Paul Wildes

B J. P. J. Dubois Wildes Hotel Limited S

TIMEFORM VIEW Lightly raced and attitude seemed to get the better of him when trained by John Gosden. Changed hands for £50,000 but hood left off and he was never involved at Newmarket.

TFRHHHII BHA93 Rossa Ryan

7 HEAT OF THE MOMENT (GB) (24) 1/600-5 4 8-13 (9)

Br Ch f Bobby’s Kitten (USA) - Heat of The Night Jane Chapple-Hyam, Newmarket T

O Miss K. Rausing

B Miss K. Rausing

TIMEFORM VIEW

Promising start to her career when landing a 6f Yarmouth novice on sole 2-y-o start. Pitched into pattern company for her 3 starts last season and reappearance run suggests her mark is slightly too high.

TFRHHHII BHA93 Ben Curtis

8 RED MIRAGE (IRE) (233) 113244- CD 5 8-12 (10)

Br Ch g Showcasing - Duchess Dora (IRE) John Quinn, Malton T

O RaceShare - Red Mirage

B Kingsley Park Ltd

Raceshare, JJ Quinn Racing Ltd S

TIMEFORM VIEW Hit the ground running for Andrew Balding, supplementing his AW win in this race a year ago. Solid efforts in defeat since and joined another good yard. Very capable fresh.

TFRHHHII BHA92 Jason Hart

9 REVICH (IRE) (20) 0030-03 CD 7 8-12 (6)

Br B g Requinto (IRE) - Kathleen Rafferty (IRE) Richard Spencer, Newmarket T

O Middleham Park LXVII & Phil Cunningham

B Mr T. Jones Rebel Racing Ltd, Direct Commercial Ltd S

TIMEFORM VIEW Several excellent efforts despite failing to win in 2022. Probably needed the run when ninth in Lincoln at Doncaster on reappearance and duly stepped up on that when third at Newbury 3 weeks ago.

TFRHHHII BHA92 Jim Crowley

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STREET KID (IRE) (37) 224-624

224-624

5 8-12 (11)

Br Ch g Street Boss (USA) - Brushed Gold (USA) Kevin Philippart de Foy, Newmarket T

O Run Away Racing Galtee More Syndicate

B Tinnakill Bloodstock KPF Racing Ltd S TIMEFORM VIEW

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