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14:45 Fontwell

Friday 6 October 2017

All14:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:05

Performance Foundations Novices' Chase

Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 5m 28.2s

1^st

Adrien Du Pont

511-5

4/7f

T: P F NichollsJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Held up in rear, went 3rd 4 out, 2nd going well 3 out, led before last, shaken up to assert flat, comfortably tchd 8/15 and 8/13

2^nd

Pickamix

611-5

6/1

T: C J MannJ: Harry Bannister

Chased leaders, 2nd 8th until hampered 3 out, went 2nd again and stayed on flat, no impression on winner op 7/1

3^rd

2 ½

Mister Whitaker

511-5

40/1

T: M R ChannonJ: Adrian Heskin

Chased leaders, jumped left 5th, lost place 10th, closed after 4 out, 4th before next, stayed on flat, went 3rd close home, no impression tchd 33/1

4^th

Toviere

611-5

12/1

T: O SherwoodJ: L P Aspell

Chased leader until, led approaching 5th, ridden and headed before last, weakened into 4th close home op 16/1

5^th

Fortunate George

711-5

9/2

T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Aidan Coleman

Held up in rear, awkward 4th, never on terms, well beaten 3 out op 7/2

6^th

2 ½

Leith Hill Lad

711-5

28/1

T: C E LongsdonJ: J J Burke

Led until before 5th, lost place 4 out, well beaten when mistakes 3 out and 2 out op 33/1 tchd 25/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.40Pl:£1.10, £2.20EX:£4.50Trifecta:£29.60SF:£4.51Swingers:£2.60, £5.60, £5.70

Forecasts

Adrien Du Pont (4/7), Fortunate George (9/2), Pickamix (6/1), Toviere (12/1), Leith Hill Lad (28/1), Mister Whitaker (40/1)

With all of these making their chase debuts the best guide is how they performed over hurdles and the best of them was ADRIEN DU PONT by a decent margin and Paul Nicholls his trainer has won this with some decent hurdling types in the past including last year. Fortunate George should be able to make a race of it with the projected market leader but has work to do at the weights based on hurdles ratings. The other quartet have work to do at these weights but it would be no surprise to see both Pickamix and Toviere pick up chases in the future although both would have more chance handicaps over fences and face a relatively stiff task here.