15:30 Huntingdon

Sunday 3 November 2019

All12:0512:3513:1013:4514:2014:5515:3016:05

Fairfax Saddles Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 6m 20.00s

1^st

Mr Love

710-12

2/1f

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Disputed lead until led 5 out, drew clear after 3 out, comfortably op 11/8

2^nd

Silent Encore

711-2

4/1

T: B I CaseJ: J J Burke

Held up in rear, headway 4 out, chased leaders next, stayed on into 2nd after last, no chance with winner op 5/1

3^rd

Robyndzone

511-1

11/4

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Tracked leaders, effort 2 out, weakening when mistake last, no extra flat op 7/2 tchd 4/1

4^th

The Happy Chappy

811-12

17/2

T: Mrs S J HumphreyJ: Bryony Frost

Disputed lead until mistake 5 out, chased leaders next, not fluent 3 out, no extra op 10/1 tchd 12/1

5^th

1 ¾

Costante Via

811-10

5/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: R P McLernon

Held up, mistake 3rd, headway 3 out, soon no impression op 6/1 tchd 9/2

6^th

2 ¾

Simply Lucky

1010-1

18/1

T: M E SowersbyJ: Ross Turner (5)

Tracked leader, under pressure 5 out, weakened after next op 20/1

7^th

Ring Minella

810-0

33/1

T: P HendersonJ: J E Moore

Always behind tchd 28/1

8^th

2 ¼

Okmyway

610-0

66/1

T: H J EvansJ: L Treadwell

Held up, mistake 4th, beaten 4 out

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Non-Runners

Dr Time¹⁵

Weight: 11-3| Age: 7

T: T Symonds J: Benjamin Poste

Mid Day Gun¹⁹²

Weight: 10-9| Age: 6

T: O Greenall & J Guerriero J: R T Dunne

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.10Pl:£1.70, £1.10, £1.30EX:£13.90Trifecta:£38.90Tricast:£21.86SF:£11.12Swingers:£2.70, £2.30, £2.40

Forecasts

Mr Love (2/1), Robyndzone (11/4), Silent Encore (4/1), Dr Time (9/2), Costante Via (5/1), The Happy Chappy (17/2), Mid Day Gun (12/1), Simply Lucky (18/1), Ring Minella (33/1), Okmyway (66/1)

They all have questions to answer in this staying handicap hurdle but if the wind operation has done the trick it wouldn't surprise to see CONSTANTE VIA go very close on his first start for Jonjo O'Neill. Mr Love hails from a top yard but is difficult to win with and is not yet proven over this trip, and while Dr Time's fitness is pretty much guaranteed he is a bit of a plodder and could be found out in the closing stages once again. Mid Day Gun is not without hope, and with his yard in great form Robyndzone cannot be ruled out of the equation.

Costante Via
Mid Day Gun
Dr Time

Previous Winners

2018

Strong Resemblance

Weight: 11-8 |Age: 7

J: W T Kennedy | T: O Greenall & J Guerriero

2/1

Prize Money

1st: £5,198.002nd: £1,526.003rd: £763.004th: £450.005th: £450.006th: £450.007th: £450.008th: £450.00