Racecards
14:40 Fakenham
Racing Welfare Handicap Chase (Class 5)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 2m 59y
- Going: Good to Soft
- Surface: Turf
- £9,000 added
- Winner: £4,938
- 2nd: £1,450
- 3rd: £725
- 4th: £363
- Form 6-83224
- Age 4
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 99
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey J M Quinlan
led, pressed 7th, ridden and headed last, gifted race final strides
- Form 5-92521
- Age 7
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer F O'Brien
- Jockey P J Brennan
tracked leaders, ridden 4 out, outpaced 2 out
- Form 2233-3P
- Age 11
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer T R Gretton
- Jockey R T Dunne
held up, ridden and weakened 3 out
- Form PP111/6
- Age 9
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 87
close up, not fluent 6th, pressed leaders 8th, ridden 2 out, weakened approaching last
- Form 35-P622
- Age 5
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer B I Case
- Jockey Kielan Woods
tracked winner, ridden 2 out, stayed on one pace
- Form 232FFP
- Age 9
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer Mark Gillard
- Jockey Edward Austin
always in rear
- Form 3647-52
- Age 11
- Weight 10-3
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer T R Gretton
- Jockey Adrian Heskin
in touch, headway to chase winner 2 out, led last, looked sure to win until tried to pull himself up, and through race away
In depth
Verdict
SHOW’S OVER made hard work of landing the odds at Sedgefield last week and runner-up Yourholidayisover will be 8lb better off, though the latter rarely finds much at the business end. We’ll stick with Fergal O’Brien’s charge even though the five-year-old Wisecracker has found only one too good the last twice. By Rail has had a short break since disappointing when favourite at Bangor in October but Little Jimmy hasn’t raced since June and has become hard to win with.
Formwatch
By Rail 7-2jfav (11-2) Chased leader, led briefly 3 out, pushed along and weakened between last 2, left poor 4th last, 4th of 8, 15 1/2l behind Ortenzia (11-6) at Bangor 2m 1f hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Show's Over (IRE) 10-11fav (10-9) Mostly tracked leader until before 3 out where hampered, not much room 2 out, not clear run and switched right before last, led at the last, stayed on, clear towards finish, won at Sedgefield 2m hcp (5) gs in Nov beating Yourholidayisover (10-0) by 3 1/4l, 7 ran.
Little Jimmy 8-1 (10-6) Held up towards rear, headway 4 out, weakened before 2 out, pulled up before last, at Bangor 3m hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Anti Cool (IRE) 6-1 (11-1) Held up in rear, headway normal 4 out, weakened next, tailed off, 6th of 7, dist behind Saffron Prince (11-10) at Stratford 2m 1f hcp (5) gd in Oct.
Wisecracker 9-2 (10-11) Jumped left at times, chased leaders, definite 2nd 3 out, not fluent 2 out, mistake and no impression last, 2nd of 7, 7l behind Deise Vu (11-12) at Hereford 2m hcp (5) gf in Nov.
No No Cardinal (IRE) 25-1 (10-0) Mid-division, ridden and weakened after 5th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out, at Exeter 2m 3f hcp (5) gd in Nov.
Yourholidayisover (IRE) 9-1 (10-0) Mid-division, headway after 4 out, hampered 3 out, led before last, soon headed, shaken up and found nil, 2nd of 7, 3 1/4l behind Show's Over (10-9) at Sedgefield 2m hcp (5) gs in Nov.