GBFontwell Races

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Fontwell
18:15
Martin Dutt - Graves Jenkins Legend Novices' Handicap Chase
Fontwell Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 Distance: 2m5½f Type: Chase Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £21.10 Place: £6.30 £2.90 Exacta: £136.10 Trifecta: £692.60
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m 2m4f 3m2f 2m4f 3m
1st
Travelled strongly - prominent - not fluent 4th - not fluent 10th - led narrowly 3 out - shaken up and went clear approaching last - went further clear run-in - eased towards finish (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding had come on from his last run after a 385 day break)(tchd 16/1 and tchd 20/1)
9 G AVG
Polly Gundry 142 lbs 18/1 Won
2m3½f 2m3½f 2m4f 2m5f 2m5½f
2m7f
2nd
Disputed lead - mistake 8th - bad mistake 10th - led clearly before 11th - headed 3 out - not fluent 2f out - soon lost ground - weakened run-in(op 13/2 tchd 6/1 and tchd 8/1)
11 M Poor
Ella Pickard 142 lbs 7/1 9.5
3m2f 3m2f 3m 2m7½f 3m2f
1m7½f 2m5½f 2m2½f
3rd
Prominent - lost ground after 4th - in touch with leaders when hampered 11th - went third after 3 out - kept on but not pace to challenge (jockey said gelding was hampered by horse unseating at the first fence in the back straight on the final circuit)(op 7/4 tchd 13/8)
7 G Poor
Evan Williams 164 lbs 3/1 4
2m5f 3m2f 3m1f 3m 2m5½f
2m5½f 2m4f 2m5½f 3m1½f
4th
Disputed lead - not fluent 1st - lost position but prominent before 11th - lost ground before 3 out - weakened from 2 out(op 9/2 tchd 16/5)
N/A Poor
Anthony Honeyball 168 lbs 100/30 21
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2m3f 2m2½f 2m 2m1f 2m4f
5th
Raced lazily - raced in last but in touch with leaders - mistake 1st - detached after 5th - struggling from 3 out - no impression(op 13/2 tchd 15/2)
5 G AVG
Bill Turner 150 lbs 7/1 26
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2m4½f 2m½f 2m5½f 2m2½f 2m4f
99th
In touch with leaders - prominent from 8th - unseated 11th(op 3/1 tchd 85/40 and tchd 16/5)
8 G Poor
David Bridgwater 142 lbs 9/4F -
3m1½f 2m4½f 3m½f 2m4½f 2m7½f