17:10 Fontwell

Sunday 9 September 2018

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NetBet Boosts Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 17:10 | Winning time: 4m 21.3s

Dorette³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Fergus Gregory⁽⁵⁾| T: O Murphy

5/2

Half-sister to useful bumper performer Aurillac, and got off the mark at first attempt when winning at Newton Abbot, but set for second when leader unseated late on. More to do under a penalty, but should progress, and longer trip a plus.

Form: 1

Cardigan Bay^h,t⁹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: J J Burke| T: C E Longsdon

9/1

Related to jumps winners in France, and improved from debut when 5L fifth of nine to Fortunes Hiding at Worcester last time. Chances if that form taken at face value, for all she was sent off 33/1.

Form: 65

Miss Antipova^h1

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Harry Stock⁽⁵⁾| T: M Keighley

10/3

By Pasternak out of a half-sister very smart staying chaser Go Ballistic. Yard has a modest strike-rate in bumpers, and fitting of a hood for debut is a slight concern.

Form:

Our Girl Acorn

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Jack Sherwood⁽³⁾| T: Mrs L C Jewell

25/1

Bushranger filly out of a French maiden. Yard just 1-21 in bumpers in last five seasons, so probably best watched.

Form:

Parelli Gold

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Tom Cannon| T: N J Hawke

7/1

Schiaparelli filly out of a 1¼m winner in Germany. Yard has a modest 8% strike-rate in similar races in recent years, but makes a degree of appeal on pedigree, so worth a precautionary look in the betting.

Form:

Spendable¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Miss K Lyons⁽⁷⁾| T: P York

100/1

Tailed off on sole start between the flags and similar story in a bumper here last month. Likely to need time and distance.

Form: 45

Winter Holiday²³²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Page Fuller⁽⁵⁾| T: Jamie Snowden

15/8

By Dubai Destination out of a point-to-point winner, and fifth in a point-to-point flat race in January. That will aid her development, and she's one to bear in mind.

Form: 5-

Non-Runners

Liz's Dream¹⁷

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: R Brisland J: Aidan Coleman

Forecasts

Winter Holiday (15/8), Dorette (5/2), Miss Antipova (10/3), Liz's Dream (7/2), Parelli Gold (7/1), Cardigan Bay (9/1), Our Girl Acorn (25/1), Spendable (100/1)

Those with form don't set an exacting standard, with Cardigan Bay's fifth at Worcester on a rough par with what winners Dorette and Liz'z Dream have achieved when their penalties are taken into account. Any of that trio could win, but a chance is taken on WINTER HOLIDAY, who was fifth in a point-to-point bumper in January, and will have derived considerable benefit from that experience.