CHEPSTOW’S first Sunday meeting for many years (2nd August) saw fine warm weather with the going good, good to firm in places.

The first race was for two-year-old maidens over a mile. Fleeting Visit (9/4 fav) confirmed the promise of his debut run when taking the lead two out and drawing two lengths ahead of Mirsaalah in the final furlong. John Fahy rode the winner for Eve Johnson Houghton, ending a two month spell for her without a winner.

A course winner two weeks ago, the Richard Price-trained Zaria (2/1 fav) followed up in the mile handicap.

Ridden by Tom Marquand, she took a narrow lead with a furlong and a half to go and, although harried by Dandys Perier all the way to the line, she finished half a length to the good.

Only three ran in the one mile seller. The favourite dropped out a long way from home and, when it came to the final furlong, Gay Kelleway’s Je T’aime Encore (10/3), the outsider of the three, had more appetite for a battle than Edge, scoring by just over two lengths.

Tom Marquand’s second winner of the afternoon was his seventh from just 17 rides at Chepstow. The winner was bought for 6,500 guineas.

John O’Shea’s Peak Storm (7/2) won his seventh race at Chepstow, the fifth time with Luke Morris aboard. He was off the bridle over a quarter of a mile out but plugged on gamely to lead entering the last of the seven furlongs, holding on to the win by half a length.

Another horse with good recent form here, Midnight Rider (5/1) took the six furlong handicap in convincing fashion.

He hit the front a furlong out and quickly put daylight between himself and his rivals. Jordan Vaughan rode him for Rod Millman.

Last time out course and distance winner Hit The Lights (15/8 fav) repeated the dose in the five furlong handicap, with David Probert successful for the second time that afternoon.

Always prominent, the Patrick Chamings-trained horse made most of the running and won by a length.

Statistics pointed towards Bold Appeal (4/1) in the last run over a mile and a half – his trainer Ralph Beckett and apprentice jockey Patrick O’Donnell having good records here.

The horse set a strong gallop from the start and, after turning into the straight, few could stay anywhere near him. Distant High belatedly deprived Man Look of second place, four lengths behind the very easy winner.