Racecards
16:50 Fontwell Park
Etc Magazine Handicap Hurdle (Class 4)
- 11 Runners
- Distance: 2m 2f 110y
- Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
- Surface: Turf
- £3,800 added
- Form 22113/4-
- Age 10
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 105
- Trainer C L Tizzard
- Jockey J Tizzard
mid-division, ridden and headway to chase leaders 2 out, went 2nd approaching last, stayed on
- Form 0225/1-0
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 105
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey J E Moore
in touch, ridden 6th, weakened 3 out
- Form 65451/6
- Age 6
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 101
- Trainer B G Powell
- Jockey S P Jones
prominent, ridden 3 out, weakened approaching 2 out
- Form 5/07121-
- Age 8
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 101
- Trainer W K Goldsworthy
- Jockey Timmy Murphy
mid-division, headway 3 out, chased leaders approaching 2 out, soon ridden, kept on same pace from last
- Form 64/P80-2
- Age 5
- Weight 11-7
- Official Rating 100
- Trainer L Wells
- Jockey Matthew Batchelor
towards rear, ridden after 3 out, no impression
- Form 1/853-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 98
- Trainer Miss H C Knight
- Jockey S Thomas
mid-division, headway 6th, led approaching 3 out, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, one pace
Beechwood
17- Form 1/145-49
- Age 10
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer P R Rodford
- Jockey K Burke
mid-division, headway 6th, chased leader after 3 out, led approaching 2 out, ridden out flat
- Form 0/433-
- Age 6
- Weight 10-13
- Official Rating 92
chased leader, ridden 6th, one pace from 2 out
- Form 4P32-33
- Age 6
- Weight 10-7
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer Miss Z C Davison
- Jockey Gemma Gracey-Davison
held up, ridden 6th, stayed on one pace from 2 out
- Form 1-F
- Age 4
- Weight 10-5
- Official Rating 88
- Trainer Miss S West
- Jockey J Goldstein
in touch, jumped right 5th, weakened 3 out
- Form P7851-5
- Age 4
- Weight 10-1
- Official Rating 84
led, not fluent 6th, headed 3 out, one pace after
- Form 06/P0-41
- Age 6
- Weight 10-5
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer M Sheppard
- Jockey Charlie Huxley
Nonrunner
In depth
Verdict
Ocean Pride is the selection ahead of Masjoor and Palace Walk. The selection is admittedly modest but he ran above himself at Plumpton when second in a seller behind L'Oudon. A reproduction of that effort can see him go close. Masjoor was well backed ahead of a Wincanton success last year. If he is straight on his first time reappearance, he has obvious claims. Palace Walk is lesser rated over hurdles than chase fences. The market is watched to see if there is any interest. Hippodrome was listed class a couple of seasons ago - he could be anything these days. Beechwood looks a live player. Proven on rattling fast ground, he has travelled well in two races before bottoming out. He can have no fitness queries now. Eljay's Boy has made only fleeting acquaintances with the racecourses of late. Val Du Ciron makes a first foray into handicaps. A low grade event in which Ocean Pride makes obvious appeal if able to translating plating form into something meaningful outside of that grade.