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13:30 Fontwell Park

Butlins Bognor Regis Mares' Novices' Hurdle (Class 4)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 4f
  • Going: Soft, Heavy in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £3,900 added
  • Winner: £2,534
  • 2nd: £744
  • 3rd: £372
  • 4th: £186
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 19.20s
  • Off Time: 13:30:23
  • 7 Ran
1
Silk - Red, white star, red and black check sleeves, red cap, white star
  • Form 066431
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-3
  • Official Rating 115

prominent, effort 3 out, weakening when mistake next, moderate 3rd

2
Silk - White, Pink chevron, White sleeves, Emerald Green seams, Pink cap
5/2
  • Form 11/323-3
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-10
  • Official Rating 117

led, raced keenly and mistake 1st, headed and short of room 2 out, soon weakened

3
Silk - Dark blue, dark blue and yellow striped cap
16/1
  • Form 4-3
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-10

held up in touch, under pressure 4th, soon behind, pulled up before 4 out

4
Silk - WHITE, large BLACK spots, BLACK cap
9/1
  • Form 65
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-10

tracked leaders, not fluent 3rd, weakened before 3 out, moderate 4th

5
Silk - Red and white (quartered), black and white check sleeves and cap
11/10
  • Form 622-222
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-10
  • Official Rating 115

keen hold tracking leaders, led and jumped right 2 out, clear last, stayed on well

6
Silk - White, Royal Blue Cross of Lorraine, Red cap
  • Form P-45
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-10

behind, pushed along halfway, mistake 6th, pulled up next

7
Silk - Pink, light blue diamond and sleeves
6/1
  • Form P002
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-10
  • Official Rating 117

held up in rear, headway 4th, chased leaders next, mistake 4 out, soon weakened, moderate 5th

In depth

Verdict

A Little Swifter has changed yard's since winning a maiden hurdle at Clonmel in October. The form hasn't worked out but she should still be thereabouts in this. TWEEDLEDRUM left her previous form behind when finishing second at Exeter on her latest outing with Dun See See a couple of lengths behind and she's taken to go one better now the penny's dropped. Miss Milborne's form appears to have flattened out with a string of seconds to her name but Honeycreeper did better on her recent reappearance and there should be more to come from her.

Formwatch

A Little Swifter (IRE) 7-1 (10-8) Led, slight mistake and joined 6th, slight mistake 3 out, led again approaching straight, pressed when jumped left 2 out and left clear, stayed on well, won at Clonmel 2m 4f mdn hdl sft in Oct beating Taraval (10-13) by 2 3/4l, 17 ran.

Dun See Dee (IRE) 5-2 (10-10) With winner, not fluent 4th, kept on same pace from 3 out, 3rd of 14, 11l behind Kaffie (10-10) at Exeter 2m 3f mrs nov hdl (4) hvy.

Honeycreeper 25-1 (10-10) Took keen hold, prominent, every chance 2 out, stayed on same pace last, 3rd of 9, 7l behind Cross The Flags (10-10) at Towcester 2m 5f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Nov.

Kindly Note 40-1 (10-0) Raced wide tracking leadrs, disputing close 2nd when bumped 3 out, weakened soon after, poor 5th when blundered last, 5th of 10, 41l behind Kentford Grey Lady (10-10) at Newbury 2m 5f mares NH nov hdl (3) gs in Nov.

Miss Milborne 9-4fav (10-5) Held up mid-division on inner, headway after 5 out, ridden to chase winner last, kept on, 2nd of 13, 3l behind Tarbeck (10-12) at Hereford 2m 6f nh nov hdl (4) sft.

Shantou Breeze (IRE) 22-1 (10-9) In touch in mid-division, pushed along 4f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 8, 12l behind Brave Alliance (10-9) at Warwick 2m mares n h flat (6) gf in Nov.

Tweedledrum 100-1 (10-10) Held up towards rear, headway after 4 out, chased winner before 2 out, kept on and no impression, 2nd of 14, 8l behind Kaffie (10-10) at Exeter 2m 3f mrs nov hdl (4) hvy.