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12:25 Fakenham

Better Betting With Sky Bet Fillies' Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) (Class 4)

  • 4 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 3y
  • Going: Good to Soft (Good in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £8,500 added
  • Winner: £4,629
  • 2nd: £2,133
  • 3rd: £1,066
  • 4th: £534
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 20.90s
  • Off Time: 12:25:10
  • 4 Ran
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Silk -

Royal Athena

3/1

    1
    Silk - Yellow, Dark Green stars, Dark Green sleeves, Yellow stars, Yellow cap

    Grain Of Hope

    33 D
    4/7
    • Form 221
    • Age 3
    • Weight 11-5
    • Official Rating 97

    jumped left, not fluent and headed 1st, soon headed, led 2nd, headed 4th, led 6th, headed 3 out, ridden after 2 out, not fluent last, soon edged left, held flat, kept on

    2
    Silk - Purple, emerald green triple diamond, diabolo on sleeves and diamond on cap

    Limelight (GER)

    33 t
    6/1
    • Form 334
    • Age 3
    • Weight 10-12
    • Official Rating 86

    chased leaders, not fluent 4th, pushed along 6th, struggling 3 out, weakened before 2 out

    3
    Silk - Dark blue, red seams, white sleeves, red cap

    Royal Athena

    8 h
    3/1
    • Form 5
    • Age 3
    • Weight 10-12

    raced keenly, chased leaders, went 2nd after 2nd, led 4th, headed 6th, led 3 out, stayed on, ridden out

    4
    Silk - white, orange stripe, orange cap

    Zooks (FR)

    149
    20/1
    • Age 3
    • Weight 10-12

    led, wandered into 1st and headed, soon led again, slow and headed 2nd, outpaced after 3 out, weakened after next

    In depth

    Verdict

    GRAIN OF HOPE twice finished second at Fontwell before defying a couple of awkward jumps to score at Ludlow for which she's penalised. Limelight was a long way behind her at Fontwell and was beaten 10 lengths at Ludlow so looks held along with Royal Athena, who was a couple of lengths further behind in the latter event. Zooks only showed moderate form on the Flat in France and would be better suited by testing conditions.

    Formwatch

    Grain Of Hope 5-1 (11-0) Led until 2nd, chased leader, led before 3 out, not fluent 2 out or last, clear flat, stayed on, won at Ludlow 2m mdn fll (4) gd in Oct beating Kundaline (11-0) by 3 1/4l, 11 ran.

    Limelight (GER) 22-1 (11-0) Held up in rear, hampered 1st, headway when hit 2 out, went 4th flat, never nearer, 4th of 11, 10 1/2l behind Grain Of Hope (11-0) at Ludlow 2m mdn fll (4) gd in Oct.

    Royal Athena 6-4 (9-4) In touch in share of third, keen when went second before halfway, dropped to last but in touch 7f out, rallied when making headway 3f out, went second again 1f out, stayed on but not pace of winner inside final 110 yards, 2nd of 4, 2l behind A Poet's Secret (9-9) at Lingfield 2m hcp (6) pol in Nov.

    Zooks (FR) 17-2 (8-12) 10th of 14, 10 1/4l behind Manko (8-8) at Lyon-Parilly 1m 4f hcp gd in Jun.