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14:35 Fontwell Park

Geoff Smith 65th Birthday Handicap Chase (Class 4)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 3m 1f 210y
  • Going: Soft (Heavy in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £8,511 added
  • Winner: £4,614
  • 2nd: £1,355
  • 3rd: £677
  • 4th: £350
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 7m 11.90s
  • Off Time: 14:35:14
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Wizards Bridge

3/1

    2
    Silk -

    Leo Luna

    7/2

      1
      Silk - Dark blue and pink diamonds, pink sleeves, dark blue armlets

      Leo Luna

      49 vt CDCD
      7/2
      • Form 02-341U
      • Age 9
      • Weight 12-7
      • Official Rating 122

      close 2nd until after 4th, niggled along 8th, not fluent and outpaced 14th, rallied after 4 out, challenged from next, led last, headed flat, stayed on, just held

      2
      Silk - Red, Black chevron, Black and Red striped sleeves

      Wizards Bridge

      16 b CCD
      3/1
      • Form 6-143P1
      • Age 9
      • Weight 12-6
      • Official Rating 121

      led until 12th, led after next, headed 15th, led again 3 out, headed last, led flat, held on

      3
      Silk - Dark Blue, White star, Red sleeves, White stars, Red cap, White star

      Crank Em Up (IRE)

      29 b
      5/1
      • Form 53P124
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-12
      • Official Rating 113

      in rear, never going and jumping was very ponderous, pulled up after 9th

      4
      Silk - Dark Blue and White (quartered), hooped sleeves, Dark Blue cap

      Bears Rails

      15 b C
      4/1
      • Form P22956
      • Age 8
      • Weight 11-11
      • Official Rating 112

      tracked leaders, 2nd after 4th until after 7th, slow 13th, soon ridden, behind from next

      5
      Silk - BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES

      Morney Wing (IRE)

      21 bt
      3/1
      • Form 73R2P1
      • Age 9
      • Weight 11-8
      • Official Rating 109

      in touch, awkward and bumped 5th, went 2nd after 7th, not fluent 9th, led 12th, headed after next, led 15th until 3 out, no extra from next

      In depth

      Verdict

      Leo Luna is a dual course winner who has won off a higher mark but he’s very hard work and will test Jamie Moore’s stamina. WIZARDS BRIDGE (NAP) has won three times around here and did well to beat a subsequent easy winner over an inadequate trip at Chepstow last month. He’s 5lb higher now but Harry Cobden prefers him to stablemate Bears Rails and a quick double looks on the cards. Morney Wing was a very fortunate winner at Fakenham as he was tailed off when the duelling leaders both fell at the last. He’s effectively 3lb lower here, however. Crank Em Up has been beaten twice off this mark since winning at Wincanton in January.

      Formwatch

      Leo Luna 4-1 (12-0) Chasing leaders when mistake and lost place 2nd, towards rear and struggling after, mistake 15th, tailed off in 7th when blundered and unseated rider 3 out, at Sandown 3m (3) sft in Feb.

      Wizards Bridge 7-2 (11-12) Prominent, baulked slightly 1st, led 3 out (normal 5 out), pressed flat, pulled out more towards finish, won at Chepstow 2m 3f hcp (4) sft in Mar beating The Bay Birch (10-10) by 1l, 6 ran.

      Crank Em Up (IRE) 9-2 (11-0) Tracked leaders, pushed along 15th and outpaced, in 5th before 3 out, no impression, 4th of 9, 17l behind Two Smokin Barrels (11-11) at Wincanton 3m 1f hcp (3) sft in Mar.

      Bears Rails 7-1 (11-12) Tracked leaders, ridden 3 out (normal 5 out), weakened before last, 6th of 11, 18 1/4l behind Looks Like Power (11-6) at Chepstow 3m hcp (4) sft in Mar.

      Morney Wing (IRE) 9-1 (10-10) Chased leaders, lost place 5th, soon pushed along, under pressure in rear 5 out, rallied into remote 3rd after 2 out, left in lead last, all out, won at Fakenham 3m hcp (3) sft in Mar beating What Happens Now (11-10) by 3 1/4l, 6 ran.