Racecards
14:10 Fakenham
Fakenham Racecourse Caravan Camping Site Is Open Selling Handicap Hurdle (Class 5)
- 4 Runners
- Distance: 2m 3y
- Going: Good (Good to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £6,436 added
- Winner: £2,723
- 2nd: £1,254
- 3rd: £627
- 4th: £350
- Form 335522-
- Age 8
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 119
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey J E Moore
jumped left, chased leaders, went 2nd before 6th, challenged after 3 out, led 2 out, clear when mistake last, ridden out
- Form 21244F-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-11
- Official Rating 118
chased leader until before 6th, outpaced when slow 3 out, went 2nd after 2 out, no impression on winner, plugged on, mistake last
- Form 40/1063-
- Age 6
- Weight 10-1
- Official Rating 94
- Trainer G Hanmer
- Jockey Alexander Thorne
last and behind until fell 3rd
- Form 0/5FPU0-
- Age 6
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 85
- Trainer L Horsfall
- Jockey Tabitha Worsley
led, not fluent 4th, headed 2 out, soon weakened
In depth
Verdict
It looks as though Gary Moore has given up trying to turn AR MEST into a chaser. He last ran in a hurdle off a mark of 127 and runs off 119 in this so looks the one to beat. Ferrobin won a seller at Market Rasen at the end of last year but just appears to have gone off the boil a little. Malina Ocarina is only a pound higher than when scoring at Huntingdon in February but Staithes looks up against it from out of the handicap.
Formwatch
Ar Mest (FR) 3-1 (11-0) Tracked leader in 2nd throughout, jumping not fluent at many fences, mistake 5 out, not fluent when ridden to chase leader 2 out, again not fluent last and never able to trouble easy winner, 2nd of 4, 11l behind Fidelio Vallis (11-0) at Fontwell 2m 2f (4) gf in Mar.
Ferrobin (IRE) 9-4fav (11-5) In touch, headway when hit and fell 3 out, at Fakenham 2m (4) gs in Mar.
Malina Ocarina 11-5 (10-11) Held up, mistake 4 out, headway to chase leader 3 out, ridden after 2 out, no extra, 3rd of 4, 19 3/4l behind Fs Lola (10-5) at Stratford 2m hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Staithes (IRE) 100-1 (11-4) Raced keenly, led, headed before mistake 2 out, weakened quickly, 10th of 13, dist behind Dan Gun (11-4) at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 4f hcp (5) gd in Apr.