Racecards
21:00 Fontwell Park
Play With The Finest Bookmaker, Fitzdares Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Class 5)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 2m 3f 49y
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £6,450 added
- Winner: £3,406
- 2nd: £1,567
- 3rd: £784
- 4th: £392
- Form 55-81
- Age 5
- Weight 12-0
- Official Rating 92
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey J E Moore
waited with in 6th on inside, good headway tracking leaders on inside when hampered after 3 out, led before bad mistake 2 out, clear when went left last, driven out
- Form 3/2P46-P
- Age 7
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 90
- Trainer R A Teal
- Jockey Luke Scott
led until after 4th, chased leader until 3 out, losing place when hampered on inside after 3 out
- Form 0/89426-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer Ian Williams
- Jockey C J Todd
chased leader until after 2nd, chased leaders, weakened soon after 3 out
- Form 9006-7
- Age 6
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer N P Mulholland
- Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies
off the pace in 5th out wide, awkward at 6th, no impression when mistake 3 out, driven and weakened soon after, pulled up before next
- Form 3P7P-33
- Age 4
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer J W Mullins
- Jockey M G Nolan
held up off the pace towards rear, good headway on inside approaching 2 out, went 2nd last, driven and stayed on same pace run-in
- Form 3PPP2-P
- Age 7
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 76
- Trainer K Jewell
- Jockey Charlie Hammond
chased leaders out wide, went 2nd 3 out until pushed along turning in, soon outpaced and weakened
Testflight
16- Form 84537-5
- Age 6
- Weight 10-10
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer Mrs S Gardner
- Jockey Lucy Gardner
chased leaders, tracked leader after 2nd, led after 4th, urged along and pressed after 3 out, headed before 2 out, soon no extra in 3rd, weakened into 4th run-in
Solid Fuel
18- Form PP56-04
- Age 5
- Weight 10-8
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer Joanne Thomason-Murphy
- Jockey James Best
held up towards rear, good headway out wide went 2nd approaching 2 out where bad mistake and rider unbalanced, lost 2nd at the last, no extra in 3rd
In depth
Verdict
HE’S A LATCHICO (NAP) beat a subsequent winner over a shorter trip here last month, with Miss Fedora third, and should be capable of defying a 6lb rise in the weights against modest opposition. Bumper winner Walk In The Storm has only placed once in five starts over hurdles but wears cheekpieces for the first time and Luminaries may be better than he’s shown so far. Testflight looks held on collateral form.
Formwatch
He's A Latchico (IRE) 5-2fav (11-3) Mid-division on inside, headway on outside 2 out, soon led, hung left flat, stayed on well, won at Fontwell 2m 2f hcp (5) gd in May beating Charlie My Boy (11-10) by 1 1/4l, 12 ran.
Guguss Collonges (FR) 22-1 (11-12) Chased leaders, weakened and lost place going out o final circuit tailed off and pulled up after 9th, at Worcester 2m 4f hcp (5) gd in May.
Walk In The Storm (IRE) 9-2 (10-13) Held up towards rear, effort 4 out, no impression, well held 2 out, 6th of 11, 29 1/2l behind William Ewart (10-9) at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 7f hcp (5) gs in Mar.
Luminaries (IRE) 20-1 (11-1) Mid-division, not fluent 1st, well held 3 out, 7th of 11, 35 3/4l behind Bluebella (10-4) at Worcester 2m hcp (5) gd in May.
Miss Fedora (IRE) 5-1 (10-9) In rear, outpaced from 3 out, stayed on approaching last, went 3rd run-in, no impression, 3rd of 7, 18 3/4l behind Pak Army (12-0) at Stratford 2m hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Bolberry Down (IRE) 14-1 (10-12) Mid-division, lost position and pushed along after 7th, soon tailed off and pulled up, at Fontwell 2m 6f hcp (5) gd in May.
Testflight 3-1 (10-6) Mid-division, not much room and lost place 5th, switched outside and headway 6th, mistake when losing place 2 out, no extra, 5th of 13, 14 1/4l behind Charlie My Boy (12-0) at Newton Abbot 2m 2f hcp (5) gd in May.
Solid Fuel 40-1 (10-2) Held up in touch, struggling home turn, minor late headway in 4th, 4th of 5, 9 1/2l behind Red Force One (12-0) at Huntingdon 2m 5f hcp (5) gd in May.