15:05 Fakenham

Friday 18 March 2022

All13:1013:4514:2515:0515:4516:2517:00

Walter Wales Memorial Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:05 | Winning time: 4m 58.77s

Here Comes Henry⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: C Gethings| T: S Edmunds| OR: 110| CD

8/1

Off the mark in C&D handicap on New Year's Day but only sixth of 8 in handicap at Uttoxeter since, finding little. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 2-56616

Doncesar De Pretot⁷⁸²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: James Best| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 110| BF

50/1

Fair form when placed 3 times over hurdles in France in 2017. Similar form when second over C&D for Olly Murphy in December 2018. Unseated in point in early-2020 and off since. Hard to assess.

Form: 32224U/

Thirtyfourstitches³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Cillin Leonard⁽⁵⁾| T: Dr R D P Newland| OR: 107| CD

11/4

Likeable front-runner who arrives on the back of a pair of C&D wins this year. Should give another good account but bumps into a very well-treated rival in Hiway One O Three.

Form: 124011

Jumping Cats^p³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: N F Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 105| CD

33/1

Got his act together with wins at Fontwell/over C&D in October but has found life tougher since.

Form: 5-P1178

Justified³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Bryony Frost| T: N B King| OR: 102

17/2

Fair stayer on Flat. Similar form when reaching frame in a couple of maiden hurdles here and could be more to come now handicapping back up in trip.

Form: 384

Hiway One O Three^t⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-3| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon| OR: 87

4/6

Much improved with a tongue tie fitted when bolting up in 19f Carlisle conditional jockeys' handicap 8 days ago. Escapes a penalty and very hard to beat if in the same form.

Form: 495951

Non-Runners

City Derby³⁸

Weight: 11-9| Age: 6

T: F O'Brien J: B S Hughes

Sehayli¹¹⁷

Weight: 10-13| Age: 9

T: R G Hawker J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Hiway One O Three (4/6), Thirtyfourstitches (11/4), Here Comes Henry (8/1), Justified (17/2), City Derby (14/1), Sehayli (25/1), Jumping Cats (33/1), Doncesar De Pretot (50/1)

A contest which to a large extent revolves around HIWAY ONE O THREE, who goes off the same mark as when winning by 17 lengths at Carlisle last week so will be very hard to beat if in the same form. C&D hat-trick seeker Thirtyfourstitches is the obvious one to follow him home.