15:20 Fontwell

Saturday 20 March 2021

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Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:20 | Winning time: 6m 51.00s

Lucky Lara²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Adrian Heskin| T: Nick Mitchell| OR: 109

18/1

Signs of ability in her qualifying runs, particularly the second one, and she's less exposed than a lot of these now moving into handicap company over a longer trip.

Form: 3-455

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Chloe's Court^p,t⁶⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: Kieren Buckley⁽⁷⁾| T: R Walford| OR: 108

13/2

Placed a few times last season and finally came good in 21.5f Exeter handicap in January. Raised 8 lb but the second gave the form a boost by winning next time. In the shake-up.

Form: 2732-51

Beauvallon Bay^b1²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: J M Quinlan| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 108

10/3

Fair form, performing with credit when 8 lengths third on 3m Southwell handicap debut 26 days ago. First-time blinkers now replace the cheekpieces worn the last twice.

Form: U343

Windance^t⁵^{(ex 7)}

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Rex Dingle| T: A J Honeyball| OR: 101

11/10

Much improved for the application of a tongue strap when comfortable winner on 19f Taunton handicap debut on Monday. Penalty doesn't look enough to stop him if showing up here in similar form.

Form: 4-5601

Ballywilliam⁴⁶¹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-10| J: Kieron Edgar| T: D Pipe| OR: 107

66/1

Uttoxeter handicap hurdle winner in April 2016 but pulled up on all 3 outings in 2016/17 season. Suffered a similar fate in a point at the end of 2019. Could only consider if backed.

Form: 31PPP/P-

The Tin Miner^v⁸⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-9| J: J E Moore| T: C Gordon| OR: 106| D

10/1

Fair winning hurdler/chaser who has returned in good form, building on a C&D second when shading a tight finish at Huntingdon in December. Ought to remain competitive after 3 lb rise.

Form: 2/P1P-21

Manhattan Bullet³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: J B Foley⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 103

22/1

Runner-up at Plumpton on the second of 3 starts over hurdles but the form is no better than novice. Unexposed but his opening mark does demand improvement.

Form: 9729

Good News^p⁶⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-3| J: M Goldstein| T: Mrs L Richards| OR: 100| C

12/1

Three-time winner over 2¾m here. Fair chance he'll shrug off a lesser run at Plumpton last time but has yet to prove his stamina for this sort of trip.

Form: 014F4P

Lemon Shoulder¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Max Kendrick⁽³⁾| T: Cynthia Woods| OR: 90

80/1

Placed in a couple of handicaps for Dan Skelton last summer but has failed to complete in 2 runs for this yard. Hard to assess at present.

Form: 90-32FP

Annual Flavour¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: Page Fuller| T: O Signy| OR: 88

28/1

Limited impact in bumpers/over hurdles in Ireland. Not disgraced when sixth at Taunton on stable debut but out the back at Huntingdon since.

Form: 9-54860

Non-Runners

The Big Yin⁵⁹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 7

T: Miss J S Davis J: Tabitha Worsley

Forecasts

Windance (11/10), Beauvallon Bay (10/3), Chloe's Court (13/2), The Tin Miner (10/1), Good News (12/1), Lucky Lara (18/1), Manhattan Bullet (22/1), Annual Flavour (28/1), The Big Yin (50/1), Ballywilliam (66/1), Lemon Shoulder (80/1)

It's quite a quick turnaround for WINDANCE after Taunton on Monday but he had a fair bit in hand so a penalty doesn't look enough to stop him if showing up here in similar form. Beauvallon Bay made a solid start in handicaps at Southwell last month and could be the one for the forecast spot, particularly if blinkers find him a bit extra. Chloe's Court completes the shortlist.