14:17 Fontwell

Wednesday 19 October 2022

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Findon Valley Homeguard Old Comrades Club Handicap Hurdle

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 3  |   2m 3f 49y  |   Good  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:17  |   Winning time: 4m 47.39s
1st
Horse silk
1
6/1
T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton
Mid-division, slow jump 5th, tracked leaders home turn, headway to lead narrowly 2 out, soon faced strong challenge, ridden and headed narrowly after last, rallied and regained lead closing stages, gamely op 5/1
2nd
Horse silk
½
7
7/4f
T: H FryJ: J J Burke
Rear mid-division, headway into 4th home turn, pushed along and strongly pressed leader 2 out where not fluent, ridden and led narrowly after last, kept on, headed closing stages, no extra tchd 15/8
3rd
Horse silk
13
2
14/1
T: W GreatrexJ: Henry Brooke
Tracked leaders, lost position before 2 out, kept on run-in and took remote 3rd op 22/1
4th
Horse silk
1
6
4/1
T: P HendersonJ: H Cobden
Led, pushed along and headed 2 out, ridden and well held run-in op 9/2 tchd 7/2
5th
Horse silk
1
8
9/1
T: D ShawJ: James Best
Held up in rear, ridden before 2 out, never involved op 10/1
6th
Horse silk
6 ½
5
8/1
T: N J HendersonJ: James Bowen
Handy, reminders after 6th, pushed along after 3 out, weakened after 2 out op 13/2

Also Ran

F
Horse silk
3
13/2
T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore
Towards rear, fell 3rd op 8/1 tchd 7/1
PU
Horse silk
4
14/1
T: N P MulhollandJ: Adam Wedge
Mid-division, not jump fluently, dropped away quickly after 3 out and pulled up op 11/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.20Pl:£2.30, £1.10, £3.70EX:£22.10Trifecta:£203.50Tricast:£145.26SF:£18.18Swingers:£2.30, £13.90, £5.70

Forecasts

Winterwatch (7/4), Small Bad Bob (4/1), Flash The Steel (6/1), In The Air (13/2), Fugitives Drift (8/1), Seaborough (9/1), Abuffalosoldier (14/1), Carolines Charm (14/1)

Verdict

FLASH THE STEEL goes very well fresh and hails from a yard among the winners so is fancied to capitalise on a handy-looking mark on his return. Handicap-debutants Winterwatch and In The Air remain with potential and appeal as the duo to give Dan Skelton's veteran most to do in that order.

  1. FLASH THE STEEL (IRE)
  2. WINTERWATCH (GER)
  3. IN THE AIR (FR)

Previous Winners

2021
Haddex Des Obeaux
Weight: 10-12  |Age: 4
9/4

Prize Money

1st: £9,189.002nd: £4,228.003rd: £2,114.004th: £1,058.005th: £527.006th: £350.00

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