The May Festival at Chester Racecourse is under way for 2017. There are seven races due to be run at the historic course this afternoon with all eyes on the 3.35pm race - the 188BET Chester Cup - the feature race of the day. We will be providing updates from what is happening in and around the course throughout the afternoon.
Signing off
And with that, we are bringing our live coverage of day one of the Chester Races May Festival to a close. We hope you have enjoyed following the tweets, updates, photos and videos from a glorious day at the Roodee. Don’t forget you can check out our galleries and reports on the Chester Chronicle website.
Final race
The last race of the first day of the 2017 May Festival in Chester is the Adaris Global Foreign Exchange Handicap (for 4yo+ rated 71-85 over 7f) due to get under way at 5.05pm
And the winner is...
The 4.35pm at Chester was won by Never Surrender with Bristol Missile second and Meccabah third.
Next race
The penultimate race of the day is the Deepbridge Capital Maiden Stakes (for 3yo maidens over 1m 2f), due to get under way at 4.35pm
Coming soon
The fifth race of the day is the Sporting Index Handicap Stakes (for 3yos rated 71-90 over 1m 4f) which is due to get under way at 4.05pm