16:30 Fontwell

Sunday 28 January 2024

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Off time: 16:30 | Winning time: 4m 50.59s

Bond Broker⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| BF

5/2

Successful on sole start in points and made a mildly encouraging start under Rules when third at Exeter a couple of months ago. Could improve plenty, so makes the most appeal.

Form: 1-3

Fiftyfifty⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Alex Edwards| T: L Horsfall

80/1

Third both starts in Irish points but well beaten in a Musselburgh bumper on last month's Rules debut.

Form: 33-7

John Balliol

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Rex Dingle| T: George Baker

20/1

Sixties Icon gelding. Dam 1½m winner who stayed 2m. Should have the pace for this sort of test, so not ruled out.

Form:

Lumi Plugin

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: N F Houlihan| T: G & J Moore

13/2

Kayf Tara gelding. Sister to 2m hurdle winner Robin's Dream and hurdler Jerrash. Interesting newcomer.

Form:

Silver Thorn

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: Miss E C Lavelle

11/4

Martaline gelding. Brother to hurdler Marmalaid, and half-brother to bumper winner Lady d'Arbanville. Of obvious interest on debut.

Form:

Tom Doniphon¹¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: M G Nolan| T: P Hobbs & J White

7/2

£55,000 4-y-o, Great Pretender gelding. Half-brother to 4 winners, including useful hurdler/smart chaser Grand Sancy, stayed 2¾m. Runner-up on second of 2 starts in Irish points (Oct 2023). Starts out for in-form yard.

Form: 4-2

Bella Cavalla

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Miss Thomosina Eyston⁽⁷⁾| T: N P Mulholland

40/1

Milan mare. Sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser Miss Xian and bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Monkey Milan. Worth a market check.

Form:

Ellie's Warrior⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Elizabeth Gale⁽⁷⁾| T: Ben Clarke

12/1

Related to a bumper but only hinted at ability when mid-field at Plumpton first time out. Needs to take a big step forward.

Form: 6

Grenadier Jed⁴⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Harry Kimber⁽³⁾| T: R Walford

12/1

Half-brother to bumper winner Montenay but didn't offer enough at Wincanton first time out to make him of serious interest in this.

Form: 5

Staff Sergeant Len²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Bradley Harris⁽³⁾| T: Anthony Charlton

40/1

Nutan gelding. Brother to fair hurdler Sergeant. Pulled up at Cheltenham first time up, so hard to envisage him getting involved.

Form: P

Chocolate Hobbnob

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Brendan Powell| T: Mrs A J Perrett

18/1

Jack Hobbs filly. Dam (h108), 2½m/2¾m hurdle winner (stayed 3m), half-sister to useful hurdler/very smart chaser (stayed 29f) Deep Purple and useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 23f) Conquisto. Interesting on paper.

Form:

Surrey Nemesis³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Ben Ffrench-Davis⁽⁵⁾| T: A West

250/1

Down the field at Newbury first time out and hard to make any sort of case for.

Form: 0

Forecasts

Bond Broker (5/2), Silver Thorn (11/4), Tom Doniphon (7/2), Lumi Plugin (13/2), Grenadier Jed (12/1), Ellie's Warrior (12/1), Chocolate Hobbnob (18/1), John Balliol (20/1), Staff Sergeant Len (40/1), Bella Cavalla (40/1), Fiftyfifty (80/1), Surrey Nemesis (250/1)

Having won his only start between the flags, BOND BROKER made a solid start under Rules at Exeter two months ago, so he's the obvious answer to what could be an above-average bumper. Lumi Plugin and Silver Thorn are two of several notable newcomers.