15:40 Fontwell

Wednesday 12 April 2017

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

Star Sports The Gentleman's Bookmaker Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 6m 42.50s

1^st

Knight Ofthe Realm

811-7

10/1

T: P GundryJ: James Best

Bumped 1st, mid-division, in touch after 7th, 3rd next, challenged 2 out, led after last, stayed on well op 9/1

2^nd

2 ½

Itoldyou

1111-12

11/2

T: Mrs L C JewellJ: L P Aspell

Tracked leaders, led after 4th, headed 4 out, led 2 out, headed after not fluent last, held towards finish op 6/1

3^rd

Finish The Story

1111-8

9/2

T: J FarrellyJ: Brendan Powell

Ridden away from start, always prominent, led 4 out, edged left and headed 2 out, 3rd and beaten after last, stayed on close home op 6/1

4^th

Thepartysover

1210-3

7/2

T: P HendersonJ: T J O'Brien

Held up towards rear, headway after 15th, trying to squeeze up inside on bend before 3 out when hampered and clipped heels, eased briefly, no chance after, went modest 4th last

5^th

King Charlie

710-8

15/2

T: Miss S SmithJ: Jack Sherwood (3)

Led, jumped right at times, headed after 4th, mistake 12th, no extra 2 out

6^th

1 ½

Bandon Bridge

711-10

3/1f

T: Katy PriceJ: G Sheehan

Tracked leaders, blundered and lost place 9th, never really back om terms, mistake 13th, well beaten 4 out op 7/2

Also Ran

Leg Iron

1212-3

25/1

T: Miss S WestJ: Joshua Moore

Not much room and mistake 1st, soon behind, pulled up before 8th

Venetian Lad

1211-12

12/1

T: Mrs L RichardsJ: M Goldstein

Mid-division, blundered 2nd, in touch after 7th, hampered 13th, soon ridden, lost place before 15th, well behind when pulled up before 3 out op 9/1

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Non-Runners

How's My Friend¹⁷

Weight: 10-12| Age: 12

T: J G Cann J: Nick Scholfield

Burgess Dream³⁷

Weight: 10-0| Age: 8

T: Miss A M Newton-Smith J: Charlie Deutsch

Goring One²⁵

Weight: 11-1| Age: 12

T: Miss A M Newton-Smith J: P J Brennan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£11.40Pl:£2.50, £1.80, £1.50EX:£66.30Trifecta:£448.40Tricast:£283.17SF:£62.50Swingers:£40.90, £40.50, £2.70

Forecasts

Bandon Bridge (3/1), Thepartysover (7/2), Finish The Story (9/2), Itoldyou (11/2), Goring One (7/1), King Charlie (15/2), How's My Friend (8/1), Knight Ofthe Realm (10/1), Burgess Dream (12/1), Venetian Lad (12/1), Leg Iron (25/1)

A fairly low grade affair but competitive enough for the level although it remains to be seen if Thepartysover can maintain his level of form off what still looks a lowly mark. Venetian Lad ran a sound enough race last time out as did Itoldyou but the progressive form looks to come from Hows My Friend and BANDON BRIDGE. The latter in particular looks as though he can improve on his wining chasing debut at Warwick and may just be better than his rivals here.