13:15 Fontwell

Wednesday 26 December 2018

All12:1512:4513:1513:5014:2515:0015:35

David Hazelden 70th Birthday Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 13:15 | Winning time: 4m 37.83s

1^st

On The Slopes

410-12

5/1

T: C GordonJ: Tom Cannon

Mid-division, headway 3 out, led last, kept on well op 9/1

2^nd

3 ¼

Coole Well

511-5

7/2

T: Jamie SnowdenJ: Max Kendrick (5)

Tracked leaders, led before 4 out, ridden and headed last, kept on tchd 5/1

3^rd

3 ¾

West To The Bridge

511-5

4/1

T: D SkeltonJ: David England

In rear, headway before 3 out, kept on and same pace in 3rd place op 11/2

4^th

Manning Estate

410-12

3/1f

T: O SherwoodJ: Thomas Garner

Mid-division, headway 3 out, ridden before 2 out, weakened last op 9/4

5^th

Tommys Geal

610-5

66/1

T: M MadgwickJ: M Goldstein

Towards rear, headway before 4 out, weakening when mistake last

6^th

Cracker Jak

410-12

25/1

T: Miss S SmithJ: Matt Griffiths

Held up towards rear, pushed along before 4 out, soon weakened op 33/1 tchd 20/1

7^th

Mere Ironmonger

610-12

11/1

T: B G PowellJ: Brendan Powell

Mid-division, ridden before 2 out, soon weakened tchd 10/1

8^th

3 ¼

Hook Lane Roobee

510-12

20/1

T: Miss S SmithJ: J E Moore

Towards rear, ridden after 3 out, soon weakened

9^th

Tel'art

410-12

6/1

T: B PaulingJ: R P McLernon

Held up in touch, pushed along before 4 out, soon weakened tchd 11/2 and tchd 7/1

Also Ran

Hillary John

711-5

14/1

T: W GreatrexJ: Harry Teal (7)

Led, headed before 4 out, soon ridden and weakened, soon pulled up op 12/1

Little Vern

410-12

16/1

T: C L TizzardJ: Angus Cheleda (10)

Towards rear, pushed along halfway, tailed off and pulled up

Southern States

510-12

100/1

T: Mrs L RichardsJ: Ned Curtis (3)

With leader, weakened from 5th, pulled up before next

Elska

610-5

50/1

T: R BandeyJ: Rex Dingle (7)

Mid-division, blundered 4th, son weakened, pulled up before 4 out tchd 40/1

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Non-Runners

Cadmar

Weight: 10-12| Age: 4

T: C Gordon J: Matthew Batchelor

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.10Pl:£1.80, £1.70, £1.80EX:£32.50Trifecta:£204.40SF:£25.23Swingers:£6.40, £6.40, £2.60

Forecasts

Manning Estate (3/1), Coole Well (7/2), West To The Bridge (4/1), On The Slopes (5/1), Tel'art (6/1), Mere Ironmonger (11/1), Hillary John (14/1), Little Vern (16/1), Hook Lane Roobee (20/1), Cracker Jak (25/1), Cadmar (33/1), Elska (50/1), Tommys Geal (66/1), Southern States (100/1)

This is an above-average novice hurdle for the venue with some nice types lining up and some good form lines in evidence. It is hard to take the form of West To The Bridge's Aintree success seriously and he looks vulnerable under a penalty. Coole Well and Manning Estate clashed at Plumpton with the former overcoming a late mistake to score with enough in and to suggest he may confirm the form. On The Slopes and Little Vern chased home a useful sort in a bumper on the same card, but preference is for another hurdling debutant, TEL'ART, who looked a useful prospect when scoring at Bangor and is related to some smart types.

Tel'art
Coole Well
Manning Estate

Previous Winners

2017

Highway One O One

Weight: 11-5 |Age: 5

J: James Bowen | T: C Gordon

8/11

Prize Money

1st: £4,094.002nd: £1,202.003rd: £601.004th: £301.00