Racecards
13:10 Leicester
David Swift Memorial Novices' Chase (Class D)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Soft (Heavy patches in the dip)
Fiori
28- Form 610-12D
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer P Haslam
- Jockey B Hitchcott
held up towards rear, mistake, not fluent 4th, behind from next
- Form 01-52F1
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer O Sherwood
- Jockey Jimmy McCarthy
held up in touch, headway apr 7th, chased winner 9th until approaching 2 out, soon ridden and one-paced
- Form 123P4-2
- Age 7
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer H D Daly
- Jockey R Forristal
held up, not fluent early, ridden 9th, soon struggling
- Form 5150-P5
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
prominent until ridden approaching 2 out, soon weakened
Got One Too (FR)
263- Form 115140-
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey M Foley
made all, jumped well , clear 5th, easily
- Form 24410/
- Age 8
- Weight 10-12
held up in touch, mistake 4th, stayed on approaching last, never near leaders
- Form 3P43-2P
- Age 7
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer Miss H Knight
- Jockey R Biddlecombe
tracked winner to 7th, ridden approaching 3 out, went 2nd again before next, no impression when mistake last
Rainforest (IRE)
980- Form 43/
- Age 7
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer P R Webber
- Jockey M Batchelor
prominent, ridden 7th, weakened next
Rhythm King
17- Form 00/600-U
- Age 7
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer J Old
- Jockey L P Aspell
held up towards rear, headway approaching 5th, weakened 9th, behind when not fluent 3 out
- Form 00/P-5P
- Age 8
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer Mrs S Johnson
- Jockey V Slattery
soon behind, not jumped well, tailed off and pulled up before 4 out
In depth
Verdict
The chase course is always a lot quicker than the hurdles track. An open event with Fiori, who has won under all codes, heading the field. Pat Haslam's gelding was disqualified after causing intentional interference at Perth last time and is on a retrieval mission here. While he is still open to improvement over fences, he looks up against it in this. Monkerhostin, the equal of Fiori over hurdles, has yet to convince over fences and has nothing in hand of Bonus Bridge on their running at Warwick. The latter, who was making his chasing debut that day, was returning from was from a lay off and is taken to come out the best of that pair. However, the TEAMtalk vote goes to Midland Flame, who has been something of an under-achiever to date. A failure on soft ground last time, he will be more at home on this faster surface and is taken to win what looks a decent novice chase for the track.