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13:10 Fakenham
Your Favourite totepool Bets At totepool.com Selling Handicap Hurdle (Class 5)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
- Surface: Turf
- £3,000 added
- Winner: £2,053
- 2nd: £598
- 3rd: £299
- Form 636438
- Age 8
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 92
- Trainer A Hobbs
- Jockey Donal Fahy
held up, headway halfway, chased leader 6th, joined leader next, led 2 out, ridden and headed flat, kept on one pace
- Form 4-F5338
- Age 5
- Weight 11-9
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer J R Jenkins
- Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies
always in rear, weakened 3 out
- Form P4063F
- Age 8
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer C T Pogson
- Jockey A Pogson
keen mid-division, ridden and weakened 3 out
- Form 07/0-532
- Age 8
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 85
- Trainer Mrs A L M King
- Jockey T Messenger
held up, headway halfway, chased leaders, chased leader approaching last, ridden to lead flat
- Form 233P55
- Age 7
- Weight 11-3
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer P Gundry
- Jockey T J O'Brien
prominent, ridden 6th, weakened between 3 out and 2 out
- Form 5-50540
- Age 8
- Weight 11-1
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer A Blackmore
- Jockey Miss E Crossman
tracked leaders until ridden 4th, soon in rear, behind from 6th
- Form 4FP56P
- Age 8
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer M Gates
- Jockey Adam Wedge
in rear, headway to chase leaders 3 out, mistake next, kept on one pace
- Form 096-P0P
- Age 5
- Weight 10-8
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer Mrs C A Dunnett
- Jockey C Bolger
blundered first, with leader until 5th, tracked leader, weakened after next
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Nothing leaps off the page in this very modest opener but King's Road, only 3lb higher than when second at Market Rasen on Boxing Day, must have a decent chance. Hopeand drops into a seller for the first time but hasn't shown much since the summer, though was well ahead of Thank You Joy at Worcester in August. UNWANTED GIFT is hardly a confident selection as most of his recent form has been over fences but he seems suited by 2m on a sharp track and this won't take much winning. Monroe Park has won here in the past but that was over 3m and on a fast surface.
Formwatch
Unwanted Gift (IRE) 66-1 (11-0) Held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 13, 6l behind City Press (11-0) at Lingfield 2m n h flat (4) std in Jan.
Thank You Joy 16-1 (11-4) Always behind, 8th of 11, 31l behind On The Feather (10-10) at Plumpton 2m nov hcp hdl 0-100 (5) sft in Oct.
Hopeand 7-1 (11-9) Prominent, ridden 3out, well held in 3rd when fell last, in a race won by No Way Hozay (10-11) at Catterick 2m hcp chs 0-95 (5) hvy in Jan, 4 ran.
King's Road 9-1 (10-13) Keen held up, headway to chase leaders 5th, left in lead 2 out, ridden and headed towards finish, 2nd of 12, 1l behind The Society Man (11-3) at Market Rasen 2m 1f sll hcp hdl 0-95 (5) sft in Dec.
Aim 20-1 (12-0) Prom til wknd rap 14; to & pu 3 out, in a race won by Plettenburg (12-0) at Chaddesley Corbett 3m ptp gf in Apr '11, 12 ran.
Dalrymple (IRE) 6-1 (10-9) Prominent, mistakes 6th and 3 out, one pace before last, 5th of 13, 12l behind I Know The Code (11-12) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-95 (5) hvy.
Monroe Park (IRE) 100-1 (10-11) Tracked leaders in 3rd, quickly weakened over 3f out, tailed off, last of 12, 42l behind Keep Kicking (11-4) at Kempton 2m n h flat (5) std in Jan.
Mezarat (ITY) 10-1 (10-11) Raced wide, chased leaders, weakened 2 out, behind and pulled up before last, in a race won by Fitandproperjob (10-10) at Folkestone 2m 1f 4yo Am hcp 0-100 (5) sft in Dec, 9 ran.
Onwards'n'upwards 100-1 (10-10) Towards rear, ridden and struggling after 5th, tailed off and pulled up soon after, in a race won by Farbreaga (11-7) at Lingfield 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-95 (5) hvy in Jan, 15 ran.