16:30 Fontwell

Friday 21 April 2023

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

Les Gilbert, An Absolute Legend Handicap Chase

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 5  |   2m 3f 104y  |   Good  |   6 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:30  |   Winning time: 4m 52.3s
1st
Horse silk
6
11/4j
T: C GordonJ: Freddie Gordon (7)
Chased leader, led 4 out, 1 length ahead when mistake last, strongly pressed run-in, battled on gamely op 15/8 tchd 3/1
2nd
Horse silk
nk
2
10/3
T: O SignyJ: Cillin Leonard (5)
Off the pace in 3rd, closer at 9th, went 2nd 3 out, ridden and strong challenge run-in, just held op 7/2 tchd 4/1
3rd
Horse silk
6 ½
1
7/1
T: A KingJ: Tom Cannon
Never going well off the pace in last pair, mistake and went left 5th, stayed on run-in, went 3rd towards finis, no chance with leading duo op 11/2 tchd 5/1
4th
Horse silk
1 ¼
3
611-4
17/2
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: Sean Houlihan
Off the pace in 4th, closer at 9th, outpaced 4 out, went modest 3rd 2 out, dropped to 4th towards finish op 8/1 tchd 15/2
5th
Horse silk
11
4
11/4j
T: C E LongsdonJ: Lily Pinchin (3)
Led and set decent pace, headed 4 out, pushed along and lost 2nd next, weakened 2 out op 7/2
6th
Horse silk
9 ½
7
7/1
T: A IrvineJ: Ben Ffrench-Davis (7)
Off the pace in rear, bumped 5th, mistake 7th, never a factor, tailed off op 9/1

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Non-Runners

8
Horse silk
Doctor Foley44
Weight: 10-6|  Age: 6
T: A J Honeyball  J: S Bowen
NR
5
Horse silk
Go Fox44
Weight: 10-13|  Age: 8
T: N B King  J: Bryony Frost
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.75Pl:£1.90, £1.90EX:£11.20Trifecta:£42.60Tricast:£54.92SF:£12.50Swingers:£2.20, £3.20, £3.30

Forecasts

Who Is That (11/4), George Bancroft (11/4), Doctor Foley (3/1), Jigginstown King (10/3), Go Fox (13/2), Heart Of A Lion (7/1), Oscar Asche (7/1), Alberic (17/2)

Verdict

Several of these arrive with something to prove but JIGGINSTOWN KING shaped better than the distance beaten suggested at Hereford 4 weeks ago so, having been dropped 5 lb on the back of that effort, Oliver Signy's charge gets the tentative nod. Doctor Foley was placed in an Irish point so he may emerge as the main danger on chasing debut, ahead of Who Is That.

  1. JIGGINSTOWN KING (IRE)
  2. DOCTOR FOLEY (IRE)
  3. WHO IS THAT (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022
Richidish
Weight: 10-13  |Age: 7
11/1

Prize Money

1st: £3,406.002nd: £1,567.003rd: £784.004th: £392.005th: £195.00

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