17:10 Fontwell

Sunday 28 February 2021

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Life, Worth Celebrating With Champagne PIAFF Maiden Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:15 | Winning time: 4m 26.46s

Brave Kingdom³⁷⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: G Sheehan| T: H Whittington

6/1

Brave Mansonnien gelding. Half-brother to 5f winner Just A Dancer. Dam 5f winner. Third sole start in Irish points (Feb 2020). Newcomers from this yard often fancied.

Form: 3-

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Gentleman Valley¹⁰⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: David Bass| T: B Pauling

11/2

Expensive Kapgarde gelding who, on the back of falling pre-race and getting loose, still showed plenty when a rallying third on debut in a Catterick bumper (15.7f) in November. Worth a look.

Form: 3

Lavorante¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J E Moore| T: G & J Moore

11/4

€32,000 3-y-o Milan gelding. Bred to stay well and he showed ability when a running on third on Rules/bumper debut at Kempton (2m) earlier this month. No reason why he won't step forward from that.

Form: 23

Le Chiffre D'or

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Harry Cobden| T: P F Nicholls

10/3

No Risk At All gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Accomplice and French hurdler Tazmo. Dam maiden jumper. Of obvious interest on debut.

Form:

Not Now Indian

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Joshua Moore| T: C Gordon

25/1

Indian Danehill gelding. Half-brother to 7.5f/9.5f winner abroad Not Now Dick. Dam lightly raced on Flat.

Form:

Storm Dennis⁹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon

10/3

Has just an ordinary pedigree but showed clear potential when sixth of 13 in a bumper at Ascot 99 days ago. More to come, so could play a part.

Form: 6

Long Symphony

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: L Horsfall

80/1

Mahler gelding. Half-brother to a point winner. Dam unraced half-sister to smart chaser (stayed 4m) Always Right.

Form:

Roman Knows¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: T J O'Brien| T: A M Balding| BF

16/1

Flat-bred gelding who has hinted at ability in a couple of outings to date but has plenty of improvement to find if he's to make a significant impact in this.

Form: 33

Forecasts

Lavorante (11/4), Storm Dennis (10/3), Le Chiffre D'or (10/3), Gentleman Valley (11/2), Brave Kingdom (6/1), Roman Knows (16/1), Not Now Indian (25/1), Long Symphony (80/1)

An interesting finale with the vote in favour of LAVORANTE. Second on his sole start in points, he produced a promising first effort under Rules when a staying-on third in a Kempton bumper earlier this month and it's feasible to think there is more to come. Newcomer Le Chiffre d'Or is also worth a look, as are Storm Dennis and Gentleman Valley who both showed promise on their respective debuts.