Racecards
17:20 Fakenham
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (For The Prince Of Wales Cup) Novices' Handicap Chase (Class 4)
- 4 Runners
- Distance: 3m 38y
- Going: Good to Firm (Good in Places)
- Surface: Turf
- £10,249 added
- Winner: £5,458
- 2nd: £1,603
- 3rd: £801
- 4th: £450
- Form P36/246-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 105
- Trainer D Pipe
- Jockey T Scudamore
held up, headway 7th, led 4 out, clear approaching last, pushed out
- Form 24P1-42
- Age 7
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer W Coltherd
- Jockey Sam Coltherd
chased leader, led 13th, headed and stumbled 4 out, mistake 2 out, ridden and beaten approaching last, lost 2nd near finish
- Form 04233-4
- Age 8
- Weight 10-6
- Official Rating 85
- Trainer S Drinkwater
- Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies
led to 13th, ridden and outpaced approaching 4 out, pecked last
- Form 04768-1
- Age 10
- Weight 10-5
- Official Rating 84
held up in touch, pecked 7th, outpaced approaching 3 out, stayed on to take 2nd near finish, no chance with winner
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Max Do Brazil is a gelding of potential who has been with the Pipe team well over two years now but remains difficult to get a handle on. He may have too much class for his rivals but is hard to be fully confident about. The consistent Pray For A Rainbow could be well suited by this sharper track after mixing hurdling and chasing this year and should be competitive down to a mark of 85 - a career-low figure over fences. Hartside and MRS VONN were only separated by half a length when finishing one-two the last day at Hexham but the latter can turn the tables here with revised weights in her favour. She's also the more likely of the pair to handle the step up to 3m.
Formwatch
Max Do Brazil (FR) 10-1 (11-7) Prominent on outside, not fluent 4th or 5th, led approaching 2 out, soon headed, no extra before last, 6th of 12, 22 1/2l behind Espoir De Loire (11-6) at Warwick 2m 5f hcp (4) sft in Mar.
Mrs Vonn (IRE) 4-1 (11-10) Pressed leader, led after last (usual 2 out), ridden when joined bypassing omitted last, soon headed, kept on, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Hartside (10-11) at Hexham 2m 4f hcp (5) gd in May.
Pray For A Rainbow 11-4 (10-13) Tracked leader, led approaching 5th, disputed lead from 7th until after 3 out, soon weakened, 4th of 8, 13 1/4l behind Out For Justice (11-0) at Bangor-on-Dee 3m hcp (5) gd in May.
Hartside (GER) 20-1 (10-11) Mid-division, headway after 3 out (usual 4 out), ridden into 2nd turning in, challenged bypassing omitted last, soon led, held on under pressure near finish (all fences on stands side straight omitted, low sun), won at Hexham 2m 4f hcp (5) gd in May beating Mrs Vonn (11-10) by 1/2l, 9 ran.