15:55 Fontwell

Friday 2 October 2020

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Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 5m 9.30s

1^st

Spirit Of Rome

610-0

4/1

T: Kieran BurkeJ: Ben Godfrey (7)

Chased leader, jumped right 2nd, lost 2nd after 4th, lost place 6th, closed on outside 4 out, led approaching 2 out, drawing clear when hit last, stayed on op 9/2 tchd 7/2

2^nd

Hier Encore

811-11

4/1

T: N DungerJ: Luca Morgan (7)

Chased leaders, led 3 out, headed before 2 out, went 2nd after last, no chance with winner tchd 9/2

3^rd

Moonlit Sea

411-12

17/2

T: P PhelanJ: R Johnson

Held up towards rear, not always fluent, mistake 6th, headway after 3 out, shaken up and no impression on winner when hit last, soon lost 2nd op 9/1 tchd 10/1

4^th

1 ¼

Furia D'Oudairies

511-6

9/2

T: G & J MooreJ: Joshua Moore

Held up, pecked 1st, not fluent 2nd, headway before 3rd, went 2nd after next, led before 2 out, soon headed, 4th and no impression on winner last op 4/1 tchd 11/4

5^th

En Coeur

611-0

7/1

T: J W MullinsJ: Daniel Sansom (3)

Held up in rear, in touch when not fluent 4 out, weakened before 2 out op 6/1

6^th

4 ¼

Bonjour

810-5

20/1

T: Mrs S GardnerJ: Lucy Gardner

Chased leaders, wandered into 3 out, weakened next op 12/1 tchd 22/1

Also Ran

Commandant

712-0

3/1f

T: C GordonJ: Tom Cannon

Led, jumped right 2nd, headed 3 out, weakened before next, pulled up before last op 4/1 tchd 9/2

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Non-Runners

Magic Shuffle⁹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: S Curran J: S Bowen

Volturnus⁴⁴⁸

Weight: 11-2| Age: 6

T: O Sherwood J: Brendan Powell

Sweeping Rock¹²

Weight: 10-8| Age: 10

T: J L Spearing J: R Patrick

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.10Pl:£2.00, £2.40EX:£19.30Trifecta:£140.10Tricast:£121.07SF:£19.29Swingers:£3.50, £5.70, £6.30

Forecasts

Commandant (3/1), Magic Shuffle (7/2), Spirit Of Rome (4/1), Hier Encore (4/1), Furia D'Oudairies (9/2), Volturnus (9/2), Sweeping Rock (5/1), En Coeur (7/1), Moonlit Sea (17/2), Bonjour (20/1)

An unconvincing bunch, but VOLTURNUS and Magic Shuffle possess the scope to do better over hurdles now handicapping based on their Flat form, with the former receiving the vote. Hier Encore is a course regular and is capable of making his presence felt on reappearance.

VOLTURNUS
MAGIC SHUFFLE (IRE)
HIER ENCORE (FR)

Prize Money

1st: £2,794.002nd: £820.003rd: £410.004th: £350.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00