Racecards
15:00 Towcester
Gg.com October Handicap Chase (Class 4)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 2m 6f
- Going: Good to Soft
- Surface: Turf
- £8,000 added
- Form 3P-3361
- Age 9
- Weight 12-0
- Official Rating 108
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey J W Farrelly
held up, headway 7th, ridden to chase leaders approaching 2 out, pecked, switched left approaching last, led soon after, all out
- Form PPF22U-
- Age 9
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 113
- Trainer Miss H C Knight
- Jockey P J Brennan
in touch, chased leader from 11th, jumped right 3 out and 2 out, weakening when mistake last
- Form F330/14-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 107
- Trainer Miss Tor Sturgis
- Jockey M Foley
held up, ridden 7th, closer order after 11th, weakened 3 out, pulled up before last
Spinofski
295- Form 455/PPP-
- Age 11
- Weight 10-11
- Official Rating 98
- Trainer D R Stoddart
- Jockey James Davies
in touch, ridden and lost place 7th, finished last
- Form 81426-5
- Age 10
- Weight 10-10
- Official Rating 97
- Trainer N M Babbage
- Jockey T J Phelan
in rear, lost touch 8th, mistake next, pulled up before 10th
- Form 431F/44-
- Age 9
- Weight 10-10
- Official Rating 97
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey S Thomas
led, headed 3rd, mistakes 5th and 6th, driven to lead 7th, headed 10th, ridden 12th, weakened 3 out when mistake 2 out, pulled up before last
- Form 1/8007-1
- Age 6
- Weight 10-9
- Official Rating 96
- Trainer N & W Twiston-Davies
- Jockey Tony Evans
led 3rd, headed 7th, led again 10th, ridden 3 out, all out when headed after last
- Form 25572P-
- Age 8
- Weight 10-8
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer B N Pollock
- Jockey T Messenger
prominent, ridden 7th, mistake 8th, soon weakened and well behind when pulled up before 12th
- Form P31PP6-
- Age 9
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 76
- Trainer R Mathew
- Jockey Gerard Tumelty
in touch, weakened 11th, pulled up before 3 out
In depth
Verdict
Fill The Bunker can make the most of the weight that he receives from Hawk's Landing, with Supreme Catch, Dedrunknmunky and Radcliffe best of the rest. Fill The Bunker bounced back from an eight-month break to open his account over fences at Market Rasen three weeks ago, beating Neysauteur by a length-and-a-half, and as the latter has since franked the form at Exeter, the Twiston-Davies challenger should be up to defying a 7lb rise in the weights. Hawk's Landing carries a 7lb penalty for his recent victory at Carlisle, and he once again encounters cut in the ground on a right-handed stiff track, so is the main danger, with Johnny Farrelly's 10lb claim helping to ease the burden of 12st. Nothing went right for Supreme Catch last term and he is best watched here, although he does possess ability, while Dedrunknmunky can go well fresh but has plenty to find on form. Radcliffe does not appear badly treated but will come on a lot for the run, and so we take Fill The Bunker to emulate last year's winner and stablemate Naunton Brook.