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15:20 Fakenham

Fakenham Racecourse As A Business Venue Novices' Chase (Class D)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 3m 110y
  • Going: Soft
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 59.00s
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Joly Bey (FR)

4/7

    2
    Silk -

    Regal Holly

    7/2

      1
      Silk - EMERALD GREEN and RED diabolo, WHITE sleeves, EMERALD GREEN diamonds, WHITE cap, RED diamond

      Joly Bey (FR)

      35
      4/7
      • Form 152123
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-10

      i.t, led af 4 out, clr 2 out, cmfy

      2
      Silk - Orange, Beige Cross of Lorraine, Beige and Orange halved sleeves, Beige cap

      Regal Holly

      27 b D
      7/2
      • Form 8F5-212
      • Age 8
      • Weight 10-13

      led, j.r thrght, rdn and hdd af 4 out, sn one paced

      3
      Silk - EMERALD GREEN, WHITE stars, EMERALD GREEN cap, WHITE star

      Full Minty

      641
      7/1
      • Form 38F1P1/
      • Age 8
      • Weight 10-12

      hld up, bh wh p.u bf 2 out

      4
      Silk - Barclay tartan, black cap

      Granite Steps

      39
      11/1
      • Form 2231-FU
      • Age 7
      • Weight 10-12

      hld up, nvr dang

      5
      Silk - Canary, Green hooped sleeves, Canary cap

      Mad Jack

      7
      100/1
      • Form 0/P2-3PP
      • Age 8
      • Weight 10-12

      i.t, msk 7th, j.s 9th, wknd 11th, j.s 13th, sn p.u

      In depth

      Verdict

      It is very difficult to see anything being good enough to beat Joly Bey here. The Paul Nicholls-trained gelding has to give weight away all around, but is proven on soft ground and over the track and has some good form to his name in four starts this season. A good jumper, he will be very hard to pass and the only slight nagging doubt is whether he genuinely sees out the trip. Despite that, he is the selection here. Regal Holly would get a fair bit more weight if this were a handicap and she also has a tendency to make the odd blunder. Having said that, she is proven over the trip, having won over 3m 1f on soft ground at Folkestone on her penultimate start and she will be thereabouts to expose any chink in the stamina of the selection. She should be good enough to follow him home for the forecast. Full Minty comes here for his fencing debut after being off the track since winning a hurdle at Kempton in April 2001. Clearly one with ability, he will surely be ring rusty, but Nigel Twiston-Davies is well capable of getting them ready to win after a long absence and as he is sure to have been well schooled he could put in a big run. Lack of experience might just count against him. The other two runners, Granite Steps and Mad Jack do not look betting propositions on recent form.