14:30 Fontwell

Wednesday 20 October 2021

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whichbookie.co.uk Bookmaker Reviews Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 5m 0.0s

Seddon³²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Adrian Heskin| T: H Whittington| OR: 132

20/1

Pretty useful hurdler/chaser for Tom George. Well beaten on first start for new yard 11 months ago and watching brief looks the percentage call back hurdling on return.

Form: 3/512P6-

West To The Bridge^h¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: Bridget Andrews| T: D Skelton| OR: 131

33/1

Useful on his day but he was a well-held last of 4 on his C&D reappearance 18 days ago. Now below last successful mark but need to see more before lending support.

Form: 42P50-4

Delire D'Estruval¹⁸¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Luca Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: B Pauling| OR: 130

28/1

Showed smart form to win a 20.5f Kempton handicap chase in March 2020 but pulled up on all 3 starts last season. Returns to hurdling with a fair bit to prove.

Form: 231/PPP-

Adicci²²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 129| C

10/3

Course winner on last season's reappearance. Posted good runner-up efforts at Wincanton and Sandown when last seen in the spring and he's much respected on this return to the fray.

Form: F0/1422-

Fortunes Melody^t¹⁸⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: D A Jacob| T: H Fry| OR: 130

20/1

Useful hurdler in France for David Cottin but ran below that level when runner-up in a pair of mares' novice hurdles for this yard in the spring. Well need to recapture best to overcome this mark.

Form: 123222-

No Risk Des Flos¹⁸¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Aidan Coleman| T: O Murphy| OR: 128| BF

7/1

€200,000 half-brother to smart hurdler Vision des Flos. Landed maiden/novice wins around 2m last term and he could easily have more to come now switching his attentions to handicapping on return.

Form: 341215-

Thibault¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Tom Cannon| T: A West| OR: 127

7/1

Thrived for new yard last term, landing 2 handicap hurdles and a jumper's bumper. Solid return to action when second over slightly shorter here 19 days ago. Likely to give his running.

Form: U1245-2

Twin Star^p,t¹¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Joe Anderson⁽⁷⁾| T: Noel Williams| OR: 124

28/1

Did well last term, including 2 wins, but he was out of sorts when last seen at the start of the summer.

Form: PD22-86

Champagne Court^p¹⁶⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Lorcan Williams⁽³⁾| T: J Scott| OR: 122

7/2

Useful chaser in recent years. Ran of 12 lb higher on latest hurdle start so he's certainly been given a chance by the handicapper in this sphere. No surprise were he to go well.

Form: 58402-3

Haddex Des Obeaux¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: J E Moore| T: G & J Moore| OR: 120

9/4

Bumper/hurdles winner in France. Shaped with promise on first run for yard when second in course novice hurdle 19 days ago and appeals as a likely improver in handicaps.

Form: 31501-2

Forecasts

Haddex Des Obeaux (9/4), Adicci (10/3), Champagne Court (7/2), Thibault (7/1), No Risk Des Flos (7/1), Fortunes Melody (20/1), Seddon (20/1), Twin Star (28/1), Delire D'Estruval (28/1), West To The Bridge (33/1)

Quite a useful contest in which ADICCI is fancied to make a winning course reappearance for the second year running. Haddex des Obeaux is very much the unexposed one, while Champagne Court has certainly been given a chance by the handicapper in this sphere (second in Silver Trophy at Chepstow off 4 lb higher on his penultimate hurdle start back in 2019) so he could also have a say.