Chester Cup favourite Anak Pekan raring to go

ANTE-POST favourite Anak Pekan is in fine form ahead of tomorrow’s totesport Chester Cup, according to trainer Michael Jarvis.

A maximum 18 runners were declared for the £120,000 handicap over an extended two and a quarter miles at yesterday's final 48-hour stage. "He's fine. He's a pretty fit sort of horse, so he's been ticking over he's fit and well," Jarvis said.

Anak Pekan, an impressive winner of the Queen's Prize at Kempton over Easter, is the 7-2 market leader with William Hill. However, the ground has dried out to good to firm and Jarvis said: "I'd like to see some more rain. He's effective on softish ground. He has run good races on fast ground, but he's more effective with cut."