17:40 Fakenham

Saturday 7 April 2018

All14:1514:5015:2516:0016:3517:1017:40

Little Snoring Standard Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 17:40 | Winning time: 3m 56.72s

1^st

Before Midnight

511-7

8/13f

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Led and disputed until led before halfway, ridden inside final furlong, held on, all out op 10/11

2^nd

nse

Smackwater Jack

410-8

12/1

T: O MurphyJ: David England

Chased leaders, went 2nd 7f out, ridden 2f out, strong challenge when faltered slightly near finish, just failed op 10/1

3^rd

3 ½

Earlofthecotswolds

410-8

5/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: R T Dunne

Pulled hard early, held up, headway chasing leaders 4f out, ridden and one pace in 3rd final furlong op 7/2

4^th

Risk And Co

410-8

5/1

T: Jamie SnowdenJ: G Sheehan

Held up, headway chasing leaders 5f out, ridden and weakened 2f out op 9/2 tchd 11/2

5^th

Espalion

410-8

25/1

T: Tim VaughanJ: Alan Johns

Raced wide, chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 3f out

6^th

Eclair De Guye

410-8

8/1

T: L WadhamJ: Maxime Tissier (5)

In touch, weakened 4f out tchd 6/1

7^th

Tankerton Boy

511-0

25/1

T: N B KingJ: T E Whelan

Led and disputed until before halfway, lost 2nd 7f out, soon behind op 33/1

Also Ran

Midnight Monsoon

510-7

50/1

T: B I CaseJ: Kielan Woods

Raced keenly, chased leaders, pushed along 7f out, soon behind, tailed off and pulled up entering back straight op 33/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.50Pl:£1.10, £2.30, £1.70EX:£7.90Trifecta:£34.90SF:£11.23Swingers:£2.70, £1.70, £2.50

Forecasts

Before Midnight (8/13), Earlofthecotswolds (5/1), Risk And Co (5/1), Eclair De Guye (8/1), Smackwater Jack (12/1), Espalion (25/1), Tankerton Boy (25/1), Midnight Monsoon (50/1)

BEFORE MIDNIGHT probably isn't one of Nicky Henderson's brightest prospects but the master trainer's strike-rate of 3 from 4 with his Fakenham bumper runners in the last five years is hard to get away from. Having landed a soft contest at Bangor, the five-year-old finished a close-up third under a penalty in a much deeper race at Doncaster and any repetition of that form could be more than good enough here. Earlofthecotswolds looks the most interesting of the newcomers with French recruit Eclair De Guye also offering some intrigue.