Blue Is The Colour At Chester

After a shocking run from the last selection at Chester I was wary about putting another one up from the same track today. However, after the flurry of non runners in the first race due to the testing going, there is one remaining that I feel has to be worth an interest at the prices.
This horse is the Irish trained Colour Blue, who takes the trip across the Irish Sea after quite an impressive win last time out at Tipperary, where she accounted for a Weld 4/11 hotpot in gutsy fashion. In that race she was headed in the final furlong, but battled back gamely in the last 75 yards and was going away at the finish. Two of her three wins have come at Tipperary and Kilbeggan, both on soft ground, but what stands out most about her form, in relation to today's race, is that both these tracks are sharp, tight left handed tracks, which is exactly the sort of track that Chester is.
She is a filly that has to be ridden aggressively too, and her jockey, the excellent young Connor King. not only knows her well but also takes off a handy 3lb. Her draw in three should permit her to make a bold bid from the front, and the currently available 6/1 looks to be a very generous price. With doubts about the suitability of soft ground for a few of her seven remaining rivals, she looks to be a solid each way bet for Willie McCreery, who has a 21% strike rate with British raiders in the last five years.

Selection: Colour Blue 6/1.