Racecards
16:00 Fontwell Park
Battle Of Malta By Pokerlistings Handicap Chase (Class 4)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 3m 1f 106y
- Going: Soft (Good to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £6,000 added
- Winner: £3,899
- 2nd: £1,145
- 3rd: £572
- 4th: £286
- Form 733421
- Age 7
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 120
- Trainer A J Honeyball
- Jockey H Cobden
held up, headway chasing leaders 4th, 2nd before 5th until after 7th, 2nd again approaching 8th until 12th, chased leading pair until slight peck 4 out, weakened quickly, tailed off
- Form 197361
- Age 8
- Weight 11-9
- Official Rating 117
- Trainer C L Tizzard
- Jockey Paul O'Brien
chased leader until before 5th, chased leaders, reminder after 6th, 2nd again after next until approaching 8th, chased leaders, reminders before 10th, soon lost touch, tailed off and pulled up before next
- Form 263UP2
- Age 9
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 114
- Trainer W Greatrex
- Jockey Harry Bannister
chased leaders, went 2nd 12th, pushed along before 3 out, led 2 out, driven and stayed on run-in
- Form P12-PPP
- Age 12
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 112
- Trainer Miss S West
- Jockey M Goldstein
blundered badly 1st, headway chasing leaders 4th, ridden and and outpaced in rear 13th, blundered next, tailed off when blundered badly 2 out, soon pulled up
- Form 124-P8P
- Age 8
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 110
- Trainer O Sherwood
- Jockey L P Aspell
led, joined 3 out, ridden and headed 2 out, rallied under pressure run-in, always held
- Form 2/P-6512
- Age 12
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 90
- Trainer Miss A M Newton-Smith
- Jockey David Noonan
hit 1st, chased leaders, dropped to rear 4th, rallied after 7th, 3rd 4 out, plugged on
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Wizards Bridge took advantage of a lower mark over fences to win over a shorter trip here last month but is upped 6lb for that success. CITY SUPREME was making his chasing debut when scoring at Plumpton recently and he is just preferred with further progress on the cards over today's longer trip. Goring One failed to cope with a 5lb rise last time having won over these fences earlier while Magic Money is placed on a regular basis and, as such, gets little respite from the handicapper.
Formwatch
City Supreme (IRE) 7-4fav (11-7) Prominent, ridden before 2 out, just over 2 lengths down and looked beaten after last, switched right and rallied towards finish, led post, won at Plumpton 2m 4f hcp (4) hvy in Feb beating Mr Fitzroy (11-8) by shd, 5 ran.
Wizards Bridge 2-1fav (11-8) Tracked leaders, 2nd after 7th, not fluent 12th, not fluent and led last, stayed on, clear towards finish, won at Fontwell 2m 5f hcp (4) sft in Feb beating The Italian Yob (11-12) by 4l, 6 ran.
Magic Money 10-1 (11-12) Tracked leader, jumped left and not fluent 6th, bumped 11th, lost 2nd 4 out, no impression on winner from 2 out, 2nd again before last, one pace, 2nd of 5, 10l behind Song Saa (11-11) at Leicester 2m 7f hcp (4) hvy in Feb.
Leg Iron (IRE) 16-1 (11-11) Tracked leader until 2nd, chased leaders until lost place 4th, last pair and struggling 7th, tailed off 13th, poor 6th when pulled up before 4 out, at Plumpton 3m 2f hcp (4) sft in Jan.
Fight Commander (IRE) 7-1 (10-5) Always towards rear, pushed along after 9th, ridden and struggling after 11th, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out, at Sandown 3m hcp (3) sft in Feb.
Goring One (IRE) 10-3 (11-8) In touch, headway chasing leaders before 6th (5 out), 2nd before 3 out, held and one pace from next, 2nd of 7, 4 1/2l behind Veauce De Sivola (10-4) at Lingfield 2m 7f hcp (5) hvy in Mar.