Racecards
15:50 Fakenham
Totepool Hurdle (Handicap) (Class D)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Good
- Form 30056F
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer C R Dore
- Jockey N D Fehily
prominent, chased leader 4 out, ridden and led after 2 out, headed last, one pace
Cool Roxy
28- Form 615531
- Age 7
- Weight 11-10
- Trainer A Blackmore
- Jockey C Honour
prominent, ridden and mistake 2 out, led and hit flat, ran on
- Form 422411
- Age 7
- Weight 11-3
- Trainer Mrs S Lamyman
- Jockey D O'Meara
led, ridden and headed after 2 out, weakened approaching last
- Form 23-3040
- Age 11
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer Mrs P Sly
- Jockey Stephen Craine
prominent, ridden and weakened 4 out
- Form 102622
- Age 5
- Weight 11-1
- Trainer B Ellison
- Jockey Andrew Tinkler
towards rear, ridden and weakened 3 out
Iberus (GER)
13- Form 3F6-0
- Age 6
- Weight 11-1
- Trainer S Gollings
- Jockey D Elsworth
always in rear, slipped on landing 4 out, behind and pulled up before 2 out
- Form 131103
- Age 7
- Weight 10-10
- Trainer D Thompson
- Jockey D McGann
mid-division, ridden and weakened 4 out,
- Form 0505
- Age 6
- Weight 10-5
towards rear, headway 4 out, soon ridden and no further impression
In depth
Verdict
Cool Roxy can beat fellow course and distance scorer All Bleevable, with Untidy Daughter and Sovereign State others worth a mention. Course form is always worth bearing in mind round the tight Norfolk circuit and so Cool Roxy will have plenty of support here. The seven-year-old has gained all four career wins here, most recently on 20 February when scoring over nearly three miles. That proved his versatility and so there is no worry about him dropping back in trip. Alan Blackmore's charge has no more to do here and gets the vote over All Bleevable. The latter won a weak selling contest here but followed up off an 11lb higher mark at Doncaster, so is adaptable as regards the track and is a very good jumper of obstacles, so much so that connections are thinking of putting him over fences. Untidy Daughter has never raced here before so it remains to be seen how she will cope with the sharp bends, and Sovereign State is creeping up the handicap so he too cannot be fancied too much. All in all, it should be a case of horses for courses, and that horse should be Cool Roxy.