15:10 Fontwell

Friday 31 March 2017

All14:1014:4015:1015:4016:1016:4017:10

bet365.com Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 4m 20.40s

1^st

Bletchley Castle

811-12

11/4

T: S DurackJ: C O'Farrell

Always going well, made all, edged right briefly run-in, kept on strongly, ridden out tchd 9/4

2^nd

2 ¾

Flanagans Field

910-12

7/4f

T: B J LlewellynJ: Robert Williams (3)

Chased leading pair, hit 4th, chased winner and bumped 6th, ridden and one pace between last 2 op 15/8 tchd 2/1

3^rd

4 ½

Intifadah

511-7

10/1

T: T SymondsJ: James Davies

Mid-division, headway chasing leaders approaching 6th, went 3rd 3 out, ridden and one pace between last 2 op 17/2 tchd 8/1

4^th

Monte Wildhorn

911-5

14/1

T: D G BridgwaterJ: Mitchell Bastyan (7)

Mid-division, headway chasing leaders 5th, pushed along after 3 out, plugged on and no impression from next

5^th

Fidelity

510-0

16/1

T: J A GeakeJ: Ian Popham

Last pair, some late headway run-in, never a factor op 18/1

6^th

Cosmic Statesman

511-4

20/1

T: N B KingJ: T E Whelan

Towards rear, plugged on past beaten horses, never on terms

7^th

3 ½

Tiradia

1011-7

14/1

T: J R JenkinsJ: Brendan Powell

Held up in last trio, steady headway after 3 out, switched right chasing leaders before next, edged left and weakened run-in op 11/1

8^th

Bohernagore

811-9

14/1

T: Miss Z C DavisonJ: Frankie Penford (10)

Chased winner until went left and mistake 6th, weakened after next (3 out) op 16/1

9^th

Miss Attymon

511-5

50/1

T: D J S Ffrench DavisJ: M D Grant

Not fluent 1st, took keen hold, held up towards rear, pushed along and struggling in rear after 5th, tailed off

10^th

1 ¼

Dainty Diva

911-2

100/1

T: D SteeleJ: Thomas Greatrex (7)

Raced wide, held up towards rear, mistake 5th, headway chasing leaders 6th, pushed along after 3 out, ridden before next, weakened soon after op 80/1

11^th

Silver Ticket

611-4

12/1

T: Mrs L J MonganJ: J E Moore

Took keen hold early, chased leaders, pushed along and lost place 6th, ridden and weakened before 3 out op 16/1

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Non-Runners

Persaverance²⁸

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: G & J Moore J: Joshua Moore

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.00Pl:£1.10, £1.30, £3.30EX:£8.40Trifecta:£57.50Tricast:£38.54SF:£7.70Swingers:£3.00, £8.00, £6.70

Forecasts

Flanagans Field (7/4), Bletchley Castle (11/4), Persaverance (8/1), Intifadah (10/1), Silver Ticket (12/1), Monte Wildhorn (14/1), Tiradia (14/1), Bohernagore (14/1), Fidelity (16/1), Cosmic Statesman (20/1), Miss Attymon (50/1), Dainty Diva (100/1)

FLANAGANS FIELD bolted up on his return to action at Ffos Las. He comes here in better form than most in this lineup and, despite a 14lb rise in the weights, remains on a competitive handicap mark. He has run well off considerably higher in the past and a follow up is on the cards. Intifadah may be seen to better effect on this ground off a plunging mark and with his stable going well. Bletchley Castle ran well on his reappearance and can be expected to improve for the run. A 5lb rise in the weights leaves him conceding a stone to the selection and that may prove beyond him.