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13:50 Fontwell Park

Crown Racing First For Service Beginners' Chase (Class 4)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 2f
  • Going: Soft, Heavy in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £9,200 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 41.70s
  • Off Time: 13:50:39
  • 6 Ran
1
Silk - WHITE, large BLACK spots, BLACK cap
7/4
  • Form 5/U3620-
  • Age 10
  • Weight 11-4

prominent, ridden after 4 out, outpaced approaching 3 out, rallied 2 out, ran on to go 2nd flat

2
Silk - Pink, White striped sleeves, White cap
7/2
  • Form 14004-0
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-4

led to 5th, ridden and chased leader 4 out, led approaching 2 out, headed last, no extra

3
Silk - EMERALD GREEN and YELLOW (quartered), WHITE sleeves and cap
3/1
  • Form 331176-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-4

held up towards rear, headway approaching 3 out, soon ridden, led last, pushed clear flat

4
Silk - Purple and Yellow diamonds, Purple sleeves, Yellow armlets, Purple cap
100/1
  • Form PP3-PF3
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-4
  • Official Rating 107

held up in touch, lost place 8th, soon ridden and weakened

5
Silk - Emerald green, yellow diamond, armlets and diamond on cap

Carly Bay

18 p
40/1
  • Form 4264-32
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-11

held up last, blundered badly 3rd, soon well behind

6
Silk - Yellow, Dark Blue stars, Yellow and Dark Blue striped sleeves, Yellow cap

Caribou (FR)

47 BFD
7/2
  • Form 141-322
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-10
  • Official Rating 125

chased leader, led 5th, jumped right after, headed approaching 2 out, weakened last

In depth

Verdict

An intriguing beginners chase can go to Desert Air, with Caribou and Dancing Bay looking like obvious dangers. The ground could be the key factor here, and the selection is one who should appreciate the testing conditions. His stable is in fine form at present, and the selection should have benefited from his run in the Ladbroke Hurdle last month. Two of his three wins came on soft ground so he looks the solid option today. Dancing Bay represents another stable in good form so must be feared, however he may be a bit long in the tooth to be going chasing at the age of ten so is passed over. Caribou has been placed behind decent sorts in all three of his chase runs, however the competition looks just as stiff today so a place may be the best he can hope for again. Glasker Mill is interesting having won around here before, and he makes his chase debut today. Timmy Murphy gets on well with this horse, however a break of 293 days means that fitness must be taken on trust and he may just benefit from this outing. Carly Bay will need to step up significantly on her chasing debut at Plumpton to feature today, whilst Monzon looks out of his depth. Ultimately we will side with David Pipe's Desert Air to make his chasing debut a winning one.