13:40 Fontwell

Saturday 6 October 2018

All13:4014:1514:5015:2015:5516:3017:05

Royal British Legion Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:47 | Winning time: 6m 52.5s

1^st

Beautiful People

711-8

5/1

T: R T PhillipsJ: R Johnson

Held up towards rear, steady headway on outside 3 out, led approaching last, in command when edged right flat, ridden out tchd 6/1

2^nd

Apachee Prince

911-2

7/1

T: O MurphyJ: David England

Raced keenly in mid-division, behind from 10th op 8/1

3^rd

2 ¾

Hollow Park

611-0

20/1

T: Katy PriceJ: Benjamin Poste

Led to 3rd, with leader, led approaching 2 out, ridden and headed approaching last, no extra flat tchd 22/1

4^th

Midnight Queen

810-9

8/1

T: Tim VaughanJ: Alan Johns

Held up in touch, outpaced 10th, soon pushed along, rallied 2 out, stayed on flat op 6/1

5^th

Keep To The Beat

711-3

7/1

T: P PhelanJ: Sean Houlihan (5)

With leader, led 3rd until approaching 2 out, soon ridden, weakened flat op 12/1

6^th

3 ¼

Premier Rose

911-9

6/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up in rear, pushed along and stayed on from 3 out, ridden approaching last, never troubled leaders op 7/1

7^th

Mr Mulliner

910-3

7/1

T: P HendersonJ: P J Brennan

Held up in touch, weakened 3 out op 6/1 tchd 11/2

8^th

1 ¾

Mount Vesuvius

1010-11

33/1

T: P HendersonJ: T J O'Brien

Held up in mid-division, behind from 10th op 28/1 tchd 25/1 and tchd 40/1

9^th

Love The Leader

1011-8

16/1

T: J FarrellyJ: Tom Cannon

Behind from 4th op 12/1

10^th

Fraser Canyon

611-12

12/1

T: Tim VaughanJ: David Noonan

Held up in touch, ridden and weakened approaching 2 out op 9/1

Also Ran

Backoftherock

910-6

9/2f

T: D A ReesJ: S Bowen

Always in rear, tailed off 7th, pulled up before 3 out op 6/1 tchd 4/1

Flugzeug

1010-1

33/1

T: J W MullinsJ: J E Moore

Prominent, hit 10th and 3 out, soon weakened, behind when pulled up before last

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Non-Runners

The Last Melon³⁴

Weight: 11-2| Age: 6

T: J Bennett J: David Bass

Mauna Kea¹²⁴

Weight: 11-9| Age: 6

T: P Gundry J: Nick Scholfield

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.20Pl:£1.80, £2.70, £8.80EX:£35.60Trifecta:£1,105.10Tricast:£652.61SF:£40.70Swingers:£6.00, £22.40, £41.60

Forecasts

Backoftherock (9/2), Beautiful People (5/1), Mauna Kea (5/1), Premier Rose (6/1), Apachee Prince (7/1), Keep To The Beat (7/1), Mr Mulliner (7/1), Midnight Queen (8/1), Fraser Canyon (12/1), Love The Leader (16/1), Hollow Park (20/1), Mount Vesuvius (33/1), The Last Melon (33/1), Flugzeug (33/1)

Tim Vaughan is 4-10 in the last two weeks and holds a good hand here with Fraser Canyon and MIDNIGHT QUEEN. The topweight has strong claims on last season's form but Alan Johns opts for the selection and the hint looks worth taking. The mare landed a minor race over fences and was going well until stumbling at Sedgefield last time. She looks more progressive than her rivals and her stamina is proven. Beautiful People has a tough task off her new mark, whilst Apachee Prince and Keep To The Beat are difficult to win with. Mauna Kea and Backoftherock cannot be dismissed and should offer each-way value in a weak contest.