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13:40 Fontwell

Saturday 17 March 2018

All13:4014:1514:5015:2516:0016:3517:10

E.B.F. Mares' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 6m 2.96s

1^st

Belle Empress

711-0

8/1

T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Nick Scholfield

Held up towards rear, headway to take 3rd 2 out, led last, clear run-in op 6/1 tchd 7/2

2^nd

Illtellmema

611-0

9/2

T: Miss S SmithJ: Jack Sherwood (3)

Led, jumped right, ridden before 2 out, headed last, kept on and no chance with winner op 9/1

3^rd

2 ¾

Big Robin

611-7

13/8f

T: N J HendersonJ: J McGrath

Tracked leaders, went 3rd before 2 out, kept on same pace op Evens

4^th

1 ¼

Chloe's Court

511-0

20/1

T: R WalfordJ: Matt Griffiths

Rear division, plugged on from 2 out, went 4th towards finish

5^th

Strawberry Spirit

511-0

25/1

T: Miss A MurphyJ: J M Quinlan

Tracked leaders, went 2nd after 4th, ridden before 2 out, weakened run-in, lost 3rd place towards finish tchd 22/1

6^th

Oscars Little Rose

511-0

16/1

T: S ThomasJ: James Davies

Chased leaders, reminders before 4 out, weakened after 3 out op 16/1

7^th

Boola River

811-0

50/1

T: J W MullinsJ: Kevin Jones (5)

Always towards rear

Also Ran

Jolly Jet

611-0

100/1

T: Mrs L C JewellJ: Thomas Garner (3)

Always behind, pulled up op 200/1

Potters Sapphire

511-0

2/1

T: L WadhamJ: G Sheehan

Held up mid-division, pushed along before 7th, weakened before and pulled up before 2 out op 5/2

Welcome Polly

611-0

50/1

T: C J MannJ: Harry Bannister

Tracked leaders, weakened before 2 out, pulled up op 28/1 tchd 33/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.40Pl:£1.40, £1.90, £1.10EX:£28.50Trifecta:£50.20SF:£24.81Swingers:£2.60, £2.00, £2.10

Forecasts

Big Robin (13/8), Potters Sapphire (2/1), Illtellmema (9/2), Belle Empress (8/1), Oscars Little Rose (16/1), Chloe's Court (20/1), Strawberry Spirit (25/1), Boola River (50/1), Welcome Polly (50/1), Jolly Jet (100/1)

Potters Sapphire has plenty of racecourse experience, and she produced her strongest effort yet at Market Rasen latest, and on that evidence she should be suited by stepping back up in trip. For those seeking slightly more value, Illtellmema rates as a potentially interesting rules debutante for Suzi Smith, with her pedigree strongly implying that she'll have no issues with either trip or ground conditions. However, the more obvious play is the Nicky Henderson trained BIG ROBIN. She is clearly a work in progress, and has a 7lb penalty to carry for her Taunton success, but on balance she's found a relatively weak contest in which to attempt to do so.