Fakenham Annual Membership Is Great Value Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase

Off time: 12:45 | Winning time: 8m 25.56s

Summit Like Herbie³⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Zac Baker| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 102

3/1

Hard ride but bounced back to form to take advantage of a drop in the weights in 9-runner handicap chase (15/2) at Doncaster (26f) 35 days ago, kept up to work. Not sure to be in same form.

Form: 54-P371

Goodnight Charlie²²⁷

Age: 12| Weight: 11-7| J: Alex Chadwick⁽⁷⁾| T: C Fryer| OR: 97| D

8/1

Returned to form just 4 days on from a poor run when third in 26f Cheltenham handicap chase in April. Ran poorly at Warwick the following month but could bounce back on this return to action.

Form: 822P3-P

Primal Focus^p,t¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr Daniel Ellis⁽⁷⁾| T: Christian Williams| OR: 96

5/1

Form: 9/7U-7P1

Clondaw Bisto^b¹⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-5| J: Tristan Durrell⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss S Smith| OR: 95| CD

18/1

Temperamental sort who won this corresponding event in 2020 but has been pulled up both starts this season.

Form: 1P3P/PP

Sackett^b1⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr Charlie Case⁽⁷⁾| T: N B King| OR: 94| C

7/1

Fairly useful chaser at best who regained winning thread here (3m) in March. However, enthusiasm for the game has completely disappeared judged on this season's efforts. Blinkers on for 1st time.

Form: PP6PP7

Powerful Position^p1,t¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Ben Bromley⁽⁵⁾| T: Christian Williams| OR: 87| BF

13/8

Point winner who left previous Rules form well behind when landing a 23.8f handicap chase at Ffos Las in November. Unseated at the seventh there next time so retains potential. Cheekpieces on.

Form: 70-061U

Shimba Hills^p,t⁵⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: Mrs Izzie Hill⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs L Hill| OR: 71

16/1

Maiden chaser who offered little on the back of a breathing operation/9 months off in a handicap hurdle at Worcester in November. Easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: 81/097-7

Forecasts

Powerful Position (13/8), Summit Like Herbie (3/1), Primal Focus (5/1), Sackett (7/1), Goodnight Charlie (8/1), Shimba Hills (16/1), Clondaw Bisto (18/1)

A weakly-contested staying handicap chase in which POWERFUL POSITION is worth another chance to add to his Ffos Las win having unseated his rider at the seventh there last time. His stablemate Primal Focus can give him most to think about if backing up his recent success at Wincanton.