Fontwell Races
Fontwell
16:25
Rapunzel Me Curls For The Girls Novices' Handicap Chase
Fontwell
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024
Distance: 2m5½f
Type: Chase
Going: Good
Class: Class 5
Surface: Turf
Win: £2.75
Place: £1.20 £2.70 £2.20
Exacta: £23
Tricast: £77.04
Trifecta: £112.80
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Belgarum (IRE) | 7 G | AVG |
Freddie Gingell
(3)lbs
|
Joe Tizzard | 165 lbs | 7/4F | Won | Jumped well - led narrowly or disputed lead - led clearly after 3 out - jockey dropped whip but went further clear run-in - comfortably(op 9/4) | |
| 2nd | 2 | Smurfette (GB) | 6 M | AVG |
Jack Andrews
(3)lbs
|
T Ellis | 164 lbs | 11/1 | 9.5 | Held up in rear - headway into midfield after 10th - disputing third 3 out - went second last - kept on but no match for winner(op 10/1) | |
| 3rd | 7 | Invictus De Brion (FR) | 6 G | Poor | Chris Gordon | 159 lbs | 9/2 | 7.5 | Midfield - went fourth after 7th - disputing third 3 out - kept on but not pace to challenge(op 6/1) | ||
| 4th | 9 | Buck Of Maine (FR) | 5 G | Poor | Peter & Michael Bowen | 154 lbs | 14/1 | 1.25 | Midfield - towards rear 5th - steady headway after 4 out - went fourth run-in(op 12/1 tchd 16/1) | ||
| 5th | 4 | Prime Pretender (GB) | 9 G | Poor |
Osian Radford
(7)lbs
|
Evan Williams | 158 lbs | 18/1 | 1.25 | Led narrowly or disputed lead - headed after 2 out - lost second when mistake last - soon no extra(op 12/1 tchd 16/1) | |
| 6th | 3 | Barrakhov (IRE) | 8 G | Poor | David Killahena & Graeme McPherson | 167 lbs | 6/1 | 6 | Prominent - jockey lost iron briefly when mistake 5th - outpaced after 4 out(op 5/1 tchd 9/2) | ||
| 7th | 5 | Camino Rocio (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Henrietta C Knight | 161 lbs | 11/2 | 6.5 | Jumped right on occasions - pressed leaders - not fluent 6th - lost third before 3 out - soon weakened(op 13/2) | ||
| 8th | 10 | Double Or Quits (GB) | N/A | Poor | Alexandra Dunn | 142 lbs | 25/1 | 29 | Never going well - prominent - mistake 1st - soon dropped to last - weakened before 3 out - tailed off(op 33/1) | ||
| 99th | 6 | Groom De Cotte (FR) | 9 G | Poor | Gary Brown | 159 lbs | 16/1 | - | Raced in last - soon detached - pulled up before 2nd (jockey said he felt something was amiss with gelding after jumping first fence and he subsequently pulled up; vet had nothing to report)(op 13/2) | ||
| 99th | 8 | J'Ventile (FR) | 6 M | Poor | Oliver Signy | 156 lbs | 40/1 | - | Always behind - lost touch 10th - soon pulled up (vet said mare bled from the nose)(op 25/1 tchd 20/1) |