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14:40 Fontwell Park

Bavaria Opal Conditional Jockeys' Selling Handicap Hurdle (Class G)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 2f 110y
  • Going: Good to Soft
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 48.40s
  • 9 Ran
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1
Silk -

Princess Aimee

7/4

    2
    Silk -

    Afeef (USA)

    16/1

      3
      Silk -

      The Hearty Joker (IRE)

      6/1

        1
        Silk - WHITE, BLACK diamond, DARK BLUE and WHITE hooped sleeves, BLACK cap

        Beauly (IRE)

        6
        9/4
        • Form 5-540B1
        • Age 9
        • Weight 12-4

        chased leaders, ridden after 3rd, blundered next, soon behind, pulled after 5th

        2
        Silk - DARK BLUE and LIGHT BLUE diabolo, LIGHT BLUE cap

        Afeef (USA)

        9
        16/1
        • Form 050P-P0
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-12

        in touch, headway to press winner approaching 6th, ridden after 3 out, kept on same pace

        3
        Silk - Red, Black disc, hooped sleeves

        The Hearty Joker (IRE)

        6
        6/1
        • Form PPP264
        • Age 9
        • Weight 11-11

        pulled hard behind leaders, third and ridden approaching 2 out, weakened approaching last

        4
        Silk - Light Blue, Dark Blue hoops, Light Blue sleeves, Dark Blue armlets, Light Blue cap

        Wally Wonder (IRE)

        14
        6/1
        • Form PP-4400
        • Age 6
        • Weight 11-6

        chased leaders until 6th, soon ridden, weakened 3 out

        5
        Silk - Emerald Green, Pink disc, halved sleeves, quartered cap

        Princess Aimee

        59
        7/4
        • Form P-P0314
        • Age 4
        • Weight 11-2

        always prominent, led 3rd, ridden approaching 2 out, veered badly right run in, driven out

        6
        Silk - Black and yellow check, halved sleeves

        Geography (IRE)

        156
        33/1
        • Form 4660-0
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-13

        always towards rear

        7
        Silk - Orange, emerald green star, striped sleeves, orange cap, emerald green star

        Princess Stephanie

        23
        33/1
        • Form 00030-F
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-11

        held up rear, headway 5th, chased leaders approaching 3 out, soon weakened

        8
        Silk - Red, black epaulets, diabolo on sleeves, black cap

        West Aside (IRE)

        100 b
        16/1
        • Form P0P4-20
        • Age 10
        • Weight 10-11

        soon led, headed 3rd, chased leaders until weakened after 5th, tailed off

        9
        Silk - Black and Light Blue stripes, halved sleeves, Black cap

        Prince Ivor

        23
        50/1
        • Form P-00P
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-8

        prominent, hit fifth, soon weakened, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out

        In depth

        Verdict

        Beauly can defy a seven-pound penalty at the expense of The Hearty Joker and Princess Aimee in a race that should not take too much winning. Martin Pipe was obviously impressed by Beauly's easy success at Exeter last time as the nine-year-old, trained then by John O'Shea, had Pipe's runner Delaware back in fourth place. Claimed afterwards, he lines up under a penalty now but has little to beat and can follow up with conditions in his favour. The main danger could be The Hearty Joker if back to his best, but he has been disappointing since put back over hurdles and is no reliable conveyance at present. Princess Aimee picked up a similar race to this at Market Rasen the time before last and will appreciate being back at this level after her run in better grade at Bangor. The rest make no appeal, and Beauly should really make his first outing for the Pipe yard a winning one.