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16:20 Fakenham

Tuesday 1 April 2025

All14:1014:4015:1015:4516:2016:55

Weatherbys Hamilton Handicap Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 3  |   2m 4f 1y  |   Good  |   5 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:20  |   Winning time: 4m 49.56s
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For Pleasuret18
Age: 10|  Weight: 12-0| J: S Bowen| T: O Murphy| OR:  124| C
7/1
Four wins since joining this yard, the latest at Haydock (2m, soft) in December. Only a respectable fifth of 7 over 2m here last month and now steps up in trip.
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Watergrange Jack157
Age: 9|  Weight: 11-11| J: C O'Farrell| T: N P Mulholland| OR:  121| D
12/1
Racked up a handicap hurdle hat-trick at the end of summer 2023 and also successful over fences at Worcester last September. Off since pulling up in a chase at Kelso in October but he has gone well fresh before and his stable is in form.
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Pearly Islandv23
Age: 9|  Weight: 11-6| J: Joshua Parker(7)| T: L Wadham| OR:  116| CD
10/1
Returned to hurdles with a C&D win on New Year's Day but has posted laboured efforts at Sandown and Warwick since. A return to Fakenham needs to help spark a revival.
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Ip Up18
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-4| J: Craig Nichol| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR:  114| C
11/4
Course winner last season and produced one of her better efforts of the current campaign when third over 2m here 18 days ago, shaping as if this step back up in trip may suit.
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Busy Being Busyh18
Age: 5|  Weight: 10-13| J: Lee Edwards| T: S Edmunds| OR:  109| CD
10/11
Struck at the third time of asking for Stuart Edmunds when comfortably seeing off 5 rivals over C&D last month. A 6 lb rise may not stop a 5-y-o who is very much unexposed over this trip.
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Forecasts

Busy Being Busy (10/11), Ip Up (11/4), For Pleasure (7/1), Pearly Island (10/1), Watergrange Jack (12/1)

Verdict

BUSY BEING BUSY had a bit to spare over C&D last month and is taken to defy the handicapper, perhaps at the chief expense of Ip Up, who shaped as if this return to 2½m may suit when third over 2m here last time.

Prize Money

1st: £7,922.002nd: £3,645.003rd: £1,822.004th: £912.005th: £454.00

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