Racecards
15:10 Leicester
Manny Bernstein Bookmakers Early Price Service Handicap Hurdle (Class E)
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f 110y
- Going: Soft, Heavy in places
- Form 33-03
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer R Phillips
- Jockey W Marston
towards rear, headway 6th, ridden after 4 out, no impression from 2 out
- Form U24135/
- Age 9
- Weight 11-9
prominent, went 2nd after 4 out, ridden next, stayed on, no chance with winner
- Form 41-004P
- Age 7
- Weight 11-8
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey S Thomas
chased leaders, behind from 5 out, pulled up before 2 out
Mill Emerald
71- Form 34-414P
- Age 7
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer Mrs G Harvey
- Jockey C Llewellyn
always behind
Fundamental
135- Form 214-024
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey L Cooper
made all, clear from 2 out, ridden and hit last, ridden out
- Form P05/P02
- Age 11
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer Miss S West
- Jockey J Goldstein
mid-division, weakened from 4 out
- Form P512P4
- Age 8
- Weight 11-1
- Trainer J R Jenkins
- Jockey M A Fitzgerald
towards rear, ridden approaching 4 out, weakened next
Doctor John
31- Form 050-0PP
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Andrew Turnell
- Jockey James Davies
always towards rear
- Form 042-056
- Age 8
- Weight 10-11
- Trainer C J Mann
- Jockey Dave Crosse
chased winner, ridden after 4 out, weakened next
Maximus (IRE)
326- Form 000230-
- Age 9
- Weight 10-11
pushed along towards rear, weakened 4 out, pulled up before 2 out
- Form 0016-22
- Age 6
- Weight 10-8
- Trainer J Mackie
- Jockey Paul Moloney
prominent, blundered 4th, weakened 6th, pulled up before last, tailed off
- Form 6345B5
- Age 8
- Weight 10-3
in rear, ridden 6th, weakened next
- Form 3/000P-5
- Age 11
- Weight 10-2
- Trainer A Whitehead
- Jockey O McPhail
in touch, ridden and weakened 4 out
- Form P/044P1-
- Age 10
- Weight 10-1
in touch, weakened 6th, pulled up before 3 out
In depth
Verdict
Greenfield may defy topweight here at the expense of Fundamental and Mamboesque, with Who Cares Wins and Bobsbest others to consider. This is a fairly wide-open handicap in which only a tentative vote goes to Greenfield, who shaped well enough on his latest start at Hereford despite racing wide in search of better ground. Third and running on at the end, the six-year-old should go close to breaking his duck over timber after a relatively light campaign on the Flat that included a third in the 2002 November Handicap. Fundamental made all at Ayr in February and has not been out since finishing fourth on fast ground at Worcester in September. If fit enough, Jonjo O'Neill's charge can prove troublesome, along with Mamboesque, who ran well on unsuitably fast ground at Haydock in November after a break. Will of The People has been off nearly two years, but his trainer has the knack of getting them ready as we know, while Who Cares Wins, the mount of Mick Fitzgerald, and Knoctopher Abbey, from a stable in form, are both capable of getting involved in the finish. A tricky race then, from a punting point of view, with only a small stake recommended on Greenfield.