Racecards
16:15 Fakenham
William Bulwer Long Memorial 'Grassroots' Hunters' Chase (Class 5)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 3m 38y
- Going: Soft (Heavy in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £4,600 added
- Winner: £2,989
- 2nd: £878
- 3rd: £439
- 4th: £219
- Form 234F-3P
- Age 9
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 127
- Trainer Francesca Nimmo
- Jockey Lewis Stones
towards rear, reminders 8th, ridden and mistake 5 out, pulled up 3 out
- Form 1234P-P
- Age 13
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 118
- Trainer C Fryer
- Jockey Fergus Gregory
in touch, ridden and weakened 5 out, pulled up next
- Form 141P3/P-
- Age 14
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 127
- Trainer Miss S Rippon
- Jockey W T Kennedy
tracked leader, led 3rd, headed 5th, tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 5 out, pulled up 3 out
- Form P4321/1-
- Age 10
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 112
- Trainer J R Barlow
- Jockey C Brace
keen held up, headway 4th, tracked leaders 7th, weakened 5 out, pulled up next
- Form 1/P4U34-
- Age 9
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 98
- Trainer J Whyte
- Jockey Max Kendrick
raced wide close up, ridden and weakened 4 out
- Form 33/F111-
- Age 8
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer T Ellis
- Jockey Bridget Andrews
in rear, headway 13th when bumped and nearly unseated rider, left in lead 4 out, clear 2 out, readily
- Form P/1312-1
- Age 7
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer A Hill
- Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies
tracked leaders, not fluent 13th, chased winner when hampered 4 out, blundered next, kept on same pace
- Form 835RP/P-
- Age 9
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 113
- Trainer L Humphrey
- Jockey Paul O'Brien
in rear, headway 5 out, outpaced from 4 out
- Form 4FP9/21-
- Age 12
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 130
- Trainer D Peters
- Jockey Kielan Woods
led, jumped right 9/10, jumped badly right 4 out and fell
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Argot was last seen in May 2019 but Rocklander won a point at High Easter last March and has been successful four times under Rules. Alan Hill boast a pretty good strike-rate in hunter chases and GETTING CLOSER (NAP) has won three times between the flags, most recently at Wadesbridge in December. He gets the nod ahead of Dubai Quest, who rattled up a hat-trick in points in the early part of last year but may just need this.
Formwatch
Beau Sancy (FR) (11-7) (tt) chsd ldrs til wknd 3 out; t.o & pu last, at Maisemore Park 3m gs in Oct.
Mercers Court (IRE) 100-1 (11-10) Midfield, lost ground 8th, tailed off when pulled up before 9th, at Southwell 3m hcp (4) gs in Nov.
Pass The Hat 8-1 (12-8) Tracked leaders, quickly pulled up before 8th, at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 4f (6) sft in Feb.
Argot 13-8 (11-0) (v) (xnb) 2nd til led 9; rdn 4 out; r.o wl (rdr's 100th p-t-p wnr), won at Sedgefield P-t-p Course 3m gf in May beating Wizadora (10-6) by 3/4l, 3 ran.
Chapelier (IRE) 40-1 (11-12) Led and soon well clear, reduced lead 10th, headed before 2 out, chased leader until ridden before last, no extra run-in, 4th of 5, 3 1/4l behind Full Irish (11-12) at Fakenham 3m (5) gd in Mar.
Dubai Quest (IRE) 1-3fav (12-0) Hdwy to ld 10; drew clr app last; easy, won at Dalton Park 2m 6f sft in Mar beating Supreme Steel (12-0) by 11l, 4 ran.
Getting Closer (IRE) 6-4fav (12-0) (tt) hdwy 5; jnd ldrs 12; led final 50yds; just held on, won at Wadebridge 3m gs in Dec beating Waterloo Warrior (12-10) by hd, 11 ran.
Popelys Gull (IRE) 33-1 (11-9) (5a) a bhnd; t.o & pu 13, at Cottenham 3m gd in Feb.
Rocklander (IRE) 11-10fav (12-0) A.p; led 13; drew clr 2 out; comf, won at High Easter 3m gd in Mar beating Thetalkinghorse (12-5) by 5l, 12 ran.