15:32 Fontwell

Wednesday 10 March 2021

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MansionBet Cheltmas Countdown Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:42 | Winning time: 5m 16.20s

1^st

Galtee Mountain

610-13

9/1

T: P G MurphyJ: M D Grant

Prominent, led 3rd, bumped 6th, clear from 2 out, not fluent last, stayed on well op 12/1

2^nd

After The Fox

611-12

11/1

T: Mrs J WilliamsJ: Chester Williams (5)

Chased leaders, went 2nd from 3 out, jumped left 2 out, well held when jumped left last op 9/1

3^rd

8 ½

The Wire Flyer

611-12

3/1f

T: J L FlintJ: Isabel Williams (5)

Towards rear, pushed along in 8th after 3 out, stayed on approaching last, went never dangerous 3rd flat op 7/2

4^th

2 ¼

Spirit Of Rome

711-0

7/2

T: Kieran BurkeJ: Archie Bellamy (7)

Chased leaders, ridden after 3 out, 5th and no extra 2 out op 5/1 tchd 10/3

5^th

Ocean Voyage

611-8

17/2

T: Ian WilliamsJ: Jamie Bargary

Chased leaders, 4th and no extra 2 out, soon weakened op 13/2 tchd 11/2 and tchd 9/1

6^th

4 ¾

Just Henny

710-8

9/1

T: N P MulhollandJ: Harry Reed

Mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, held in 3rd 2 out, weakening when mistake last op 8/1

7^th

Big Picture

910-10

14/1

T: J FarrellyJ: Mitchell Bastyan (3)

Always in rear op 17/2

8^th

Lapford Lad

910-6

25/1

T: Mrs S GardnerJ: Sean Houlihan (3)

In rear, jumped big 3rd, struggling 3 out, tailed off op 16/1

9^th

Eos

710-4

100/1

T: Mrs D GrissellJ: M Goldstein

Prominent, jumped left, weakened from 3 out, mistake last, tailed off op 33/1

10^th

3 ½

Gregarious

810-13

40/1

T: Miss C DysonJ: Charlie Hammond

Led until 3rd, prominent, bumped 6th, mistake 4 out, lost place before next, soon behind, tailed off op 28/1

Also Ran

Little Vern

710-8

9/2

T: C L TizzardJ: H Cobden

Chased leaders on outside, lost place 3 out, pulled up before 2 out tchd 5/1

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Non-Runners

Definite Winner³⁴

Weight: 10-6| Age: 10

T: S Hodgson J: Nick Scholfield

Darkest Day²³

Weight: 11-9| Age: 6

T: G & J Moore J: J E Moore

Postie¹¹¹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 5

T: J M P Eustace J: Harry Bannister

Bullsempire³⁷

Weight: 11-2| Age: 8

T: C Hobson J: James Davies

Ermyn's Emerald¹⁰⁰

Weight: 10-12| Age: 9

T: P Phelan J: N F Houlihan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.50Pl:£2.50, £3.40, £1.50EX:£109.30Trifecta:£323.40Tricast:£370.73SF:£101.07Swingers:£12.10, £6.70, £8.30

Forecasts

The Wire Flyer (3/1), Spirit Of Rome (7/2), Darkest Day (9/2), Little Vern (9/2), Ocean Voyage (17/2), Galtee Mountain (9/1), Just Henny (9/1), After The Fox (11/1), Ermyn's Emerald (12/1), Big Picture (14/1), Definite Winner (20/1), Lapford Lad (25/1), Bullsempire (25/1), Postie (33/1), Gregarious (40/1), Eos (100/1)

A wide-open finale. DARKEST DAY has been knocking on the door this year and gets a tentative vote. The Wire Flyer, a last-time-out winner at Ffos Las, Just Henry and the Colin Tizzard-trained Little Vern head the dangers.

DARKEST DAY (IRE)
THE WIRE FLYER
JUST HENNY

Prize Money

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