16:55 Fontwell

Saturday 1 October 2022

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Off time: 16:55 | Winning time: 4m 20.51s

El Muchacho^h1,t¹⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Bradley Harris⁽⁷⁾| T: M F Harris| BF

11/4

Off the mark in Irish points at second attempt and, fitted with a tongue strap, made a promising start under Rules when runner-up in 5-runner event at Plumpton (17.8f) in May. Hood now added and sets a good standard.

Form: P1-2

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Tapley²³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Charlie Hammond| T: Miss S Smith

11/1

£40,000 5-y-o, Geordieland gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler/smart chaser Remastered. Maiden Irish pointer, runner-up last time (Feb 6). Market should point the way.

Form: 55462-

Bentley's Return

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: J E Moore| T: C Gordon

11/2

Mahler gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner/fair hurdler Karlie. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3m) Locksmith. Proper Twelve appears stable first string on jockey bookings.

Form:

Honore²⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: N F Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: P Phelan

100/1

Hooded when last of 11 in polytrack event at Lingfield on debut in March.

Form: 0-

Proper Twelve¹⁹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon

7/2

Presenting gelding who was bought for £70,000 after making second start in Irish points a winning one (Mar 20). Stable has plenty of success in this sphere and he needs taking seriously.

Form: 42-

Fortuna Ligna^t³³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: Aidan Coleman| T: A J Honeyball

13/8

Tongue tied and badly in need of the experience when fifth in 16-runner event at Warwick on debut 11 months ago. Off since but may do better.

Form: 5-

Lady Linchpin¹⁰³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: M Goldstein| T: M MadgwickWS

200/1

Well beaten at Southwell on debut in June. Has left Michael Chapman and had a breathing operation.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

Zulu Hours¹¹

Weight: 10-6| Age: 4

T: J Parr J: J M Quinlan

Forecasts

Fortuna Ligna (13/8), El Muchacho (11/4), Proper Twelve (7/2), Bentley's Return (11/2), Tapley (11/1), Zulu Hours (33/1), Honore (100/1), Lady Linchpin (200/1)

EL MUCHACHO ran to a fairly useful level despite failing to meet expectations at Plumpton on his debut in May and a reproduction of that form should make him hard to beat with a hood now added. Rules newcomer Proper Twelve represents a stable that does well in this sphere, so has to be respected, while Fortuna Ligna could prove a different proposition after 11 months off.