Racecards
15:10 Fakenham
Happy Christmas Maiden Hurdle (Class 4)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f 1y
- Going: Soft
- Surface: Turf
- £7,400 added
- Winner: £4,809
- 2nd: £1,412
- 3rd: £706
- 4th: £353
- Form 33-B
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 109
- Trainer T Gallagher
- Jockey Adrian Heskin
towards rear, pushed along 4 out, headway next, ridden and weakened soon after 2 out
- Form UP31-P7
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Joanne Thomason-Murphy
- Jockey Charlie Deutsch
tracked leaders, pushed along 3 out, weakened next
Moorsholme
569- Form 1-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer C Fryer
- Jockey James Best
keen close up, ridden and lost place 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off
Strong Glance
290- Form 15/1055-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 121
raced wide towards rear, headway 3 out, edged left and approaching last, ridden and stayed on
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs F Kehoe
- Jockey T J O'Brien
keen close up, hit 3 out and soon outpaced, rallied approaching last
Xcitations
26- Form 565F
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs P Sly
- Jockey Kielan Woods
keen tracked winner, ridden 2 out, short of room approaching last, kept on one pace
- Form 2-8
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer S Edmunds
- Jockey C Gethings
made all, hit 2 out, ridden approaching next, ran on gamely
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Though already beaten three times over hurdles, this is a big drop in class for Olly Murphy’s recent acquisition STRONG GLANCE and the dual bumper winner will likely be sent off at restrictive odds. Xcitations was beaten when falling at Market Rasen last month but may well have been placed and is probably improving. Young Offender is bred for jumping and didn’t fare badly at Chepstow in what was probably a decent contest but Moorsholme was last seen winning a maiden point in May of last year while Tension Time finished tailed off when third at Southwell.
Formwatch
Ah Well (IRE) 40-1 (11-6) Held up, brought down 3rd, at Doncaster 2m 3f hcp (4) gs in Dec.
Dandy Times (IRE) 66-1 (10-12) Mid-division, pushed along after 3 out, never near leaders, weakened next, 7th of 10, 29 1/4l behind Winningseverything (11-4) at Market Rasen 2m 5f (4) sft in Dec.
Moorsholme 5-2 (12-0) Led 7-10; lft in ld 13; hdd 3 out; led last; drvn out, won at Sedgefield P-t-p Course 3m mdn gd in May beating Emory (12-0) by 2 1/4l, 4 ran.
Strong Glance 33-1 (11-1) Held up in last pair, jumped right, headway on outside when went badly right 3 out, soon beaten, 5th of 6, 17 1/4l behind Rouge Vif (11-1) at Kelso 2m 2f (1) gs in Mar.
Table Mountain (FR) Mountain Town gelding out of Kandariya.
Tension Time (IRE) 14-1 (11-0) Held up last, steady headway on inside at 8th, weakened 3 out, soon behind, went remote 3rd at the last, 3rd of 8, dist behind Terrierman (11-0) at Southwell 3m mdn (4) sft in Nov.
Xcitations 14-1 (10-12) Held up in rear, tracked leaders 6th, went 2nd after 3 out, 6 lengths down when fell next, at Market Rasen 2m 3f (4) sft in Nov.
Young Offender (IRE) 66-1 (11-0) Chased leaders, ridden and weakened after 4 out, 8th of 16, 20 1/2l behind Sevarano (11-0) at Chepstow 2m 3f mdn (4) gs in Oct.