Racecards
17:15 Fontwell Park
Unison Supporting Public Services Handicap Chase (Class 4)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 3m 2f 110y
- Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
- Surface: Turf
- £3,800 added
- Winner: £2,469
- 2nd: £725
- 3rd: £363
- 4th: £181
- Form 97P-134
- Age 12
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 104
- Trainer J S Smith
- Jockey Wayne Hutchinson
held up in touch, lost place 6th, strugggling 12th, tailed off
- Form 54476P-
- Age 11
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 102
- Trainer N & W Twiston-Davies
- Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies
tracked leaders, led last, hard driven flat, just prevailed
- Form 233-126
- Age 7
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 100
- Trainer G P Enright
- Jockey C Bolger
led until mistake 6th, outpaced 12th, soon weakened, pulled up before 2 out
- Form 551-135
- Age 9
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 98
- Trainer M Madgwick
- Jockey M Goldstein
in touch, jumped slowly 3rd and reminders, every chance 3 out, weakened before next, tailed off
- Form 1P4-4P5
- Age 8
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 98
- Trainer Mrs Caroline Keevil
- Jockey Ian Popham
prominent, led 6th, headed 9th, led 10th, headed approaching 12th, blundered 4 out, led 2 out, headed last, stayed on, just held
- Form 5PP19-6
- Age 9
- Weight 11-3
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer D A Rees
- Jockey Mr Bradley Gibbs
held up in rear, not fluent 2nd, headway before 7th, jumped slowly next, mistake 12th, not fluent 4 out, led approaching 2 out, mistake at fence and headed, weakened last
- Form 33P4-6P
- Age 10
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 92
- Trainer J W Mullins
- Jockey D A Jacob
prominent, not fluent 2nd, lost place 5th, reminders 8th, weakened approaching 12th, pulled up before 3 out
- Form P4-5234
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 92
- Trainer P Phelan
- Jockey Matthew Batchelor
held up, headway 4th, challenged 6th, led 9th, stumbled on bend soon after, headed 10th, led approaching 12th, headed before 2 out, soon weakened
- Form 16-3662
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 92
- Trainer Mrs L J Mongan
- Jockey Non Runner
Nonrunner
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Verdict
Orion Star won this last year, his second C&D victory of the summer, but has been in such poor form lately that he's difficult to fancy. Dunkelly Castle stayed on strongly to score at Ffos Las but a 7lb rise makes this more difficult and Rivermouth looks more of a threat after a fine run over 2m6f here last time when Peyekashe was behind. NUDGE AND NURDLE hasn't won a race for almost three years and isn't in the best of form but he's slipped to such an inviting mark that a chance is taken on him returning to something like his old form. Midnight Gold is 11lb higher than when scoring at Worcester in June but still looks capable of a big run in a moderate event.
Formwatch
Midnight Gold 3-1fav (11-2) Tracked leaders, left 2nd 11th until after 3 out, stayed on same pace, 4th of 7, 6l behind Papradon (10-11) at Worcester 2m 7f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Aug.
Nudge And Nurdle (IRE) 8-1 (11-11) Last trio, reminders and struggling 10th, mistake 11th, tailed off when pulled up after 13th, in a race won by River D'or (11-5) at Fontwell 3m 2f hcp ch 0-110 (4) gd in Apr, 7 ran.
Doctor Ric (IRE) 9-2 (11-5) Led, not fluent and headed 5th, stayed handy, lost place from 4 out, no impression after, 6th of 11, 17l behind Ray Diamond (11-6) at Fontwell 2m 2f nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Jun.
Peyekashe (FR) 7-1 (11-9) Tracked leaders, not fluent 4th, lost place after 6th, no impression on leaders from 2 out, 5th of 12, 12l behind Zhukov (11-1) at Fontwell 2m 6f hcp 0-100 (5) gd in Aug.
Persian Run (IRE) 12-1 (10-11) Held up in touch, outpaced 4 out, no impression after, 5th of 7, 7l behind Papradon (10-11) at Worcester 2m 7f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Aug.
Changing Lanes 10-1 (11-12) Held up in rear, ridden after 3 out, never on terms with leaders, 6th of 12, 19l behind Zhukov (11-1) at Fontwell 2m 6f hcp 0-100 (5) gd in Aug.
Orion Star (IRE) 5-1 (10-9) Mid-division, lost place 2nd, not fluent next, ridden 5th, mistake 9th, pulled up after 11th, in a race won by Double Chocolate (11-10) at Fontwell 3m 2f hcp ch 0-110 (4) gd in Jun, 7 ran.
Burnt Again (IRE) 20-1 (10-8) Led or disputed led to 5th, tracked leader to 7th, outpaced when not fluent 3 out, soon behind, 4th of 6, 29l behind Patsy Cline (11-2) at Fontwell 2m 6f nov hcp 0-115 (4) gd in Aug.
Dunkelly Castle (IRE) 6-1 (11-2) Chased leaders, jumped slolwy 1st, not fluent 4th and ridden along, rallied 6th, led before 10th, edged right approaching 2 out, driven out, won at Ffos Las 3m hcp 0-100 (5) gs in Aug beating Tin Pot Man (11-7) by 1l, 6 ran.
Rivermouth 25-1 (11-1) Tracked leaders, went 2nd before 7th, led 4 out, headed 2 out, held towards finish, 2nd of 12, 1 3/4l behind Zhukov (11-1) at Fontwell 2m 6f hcp 0-100 (5) gd in Aug.