14:20 Fontwell

Sunday 30 January 2022

All13:2013:5014:2014:5015:2015:5016:20

Virgin Bet Free Bets For Winners Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 4m 51.13s

1^st

Master Malcolm

510-11

8/1

T: Mrs E BishopJ: Harrison Beswick (5)

Mid-division, ridden after 6th, headway on outside into 2nd before 3 out, led 3 out, hung right and pressed on turn after last, headed narrowly run-in, rallied to lead on line op 9/1

2^nd

Passing Secrets

610-7

5/2f

T: T R GrettonJ: Lee Edwards

7 mid-division, tracked leader 9th, ridden before 3 out, jumped left 2 out, left in 2nd final fence, pressed leader on turn after last, led narrowly run-in, kept on but headed on line op 9/4 tchd 2/1

3^rd

4 ¼

En Coeur

811-12

7/2

T: J W MullinsJ: M G Nolan

Held up in rear, went 5th 4 out, pushed along after 4 out, ridden in 4th 2 out, left in 3rd final fence, kept on but no extra towards finish op 3/1

4^th

Maasai Warrior

710-8

7/2

T: P HendersonJ: T J O'Brien

6 towards rear, headway to chase leaders 5 out, ridden before 3 out, gradually faded op 4/1

5^th

Finnegan's Garden

1311-6

11/1

T: A IrvineJ: Page Fuller

Towards rear, mid-division before 5th, went 2nd 4 out, ridden before 3 out, gradually weakened op 12/1

Also Ran

King Cnut

811-9

33/1

T: C HobsonJ: Tabitha Worsley (3)

Tracked leaders, dropped to rear and pushed along 7th, slow jump 9th, pulled up before 4 out op 40/1 tchd 28/1

Spider Cullen

910-13

14/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge

4 led, headed 2nd, remained close up, lost ground and reminders 9th, tailed off and soon pulled up op 12/1

Who Is That

610-0

8/1

T: C GordonJ: J E Moore

Swerved right start, not fluent 1st, led 2nd, pressed before 3 out, headed 3 out, keeping on one pace in 2nd when fell final fence tchd 7/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.00Pl:£2.40, £1.20, £1.50EX:£29.70Trifecta:£128.10Tricast:£83.00SF:£28.87Swingers:£3.90, £4.80, £2.50

Forecasts

Passing Secrets (5/2), En Coeur (7/2), Maasai Warrior (7/2), Master Malcolm (8/1), Who Is That (8/1), Finnegan's Garden (11/1), Spider Cullen (14/1), King Cnut (33/1)

PASSING SECRETS has taken well to fences and arguably has the most potential in this field after just 2 starts in this sphere, so gets the nod. Maasai Warrior bounced back to form when third at Leicester and is on a handy mark if building on that, while En Coeur arrives on the back of a career-best win at Plumpton.

PASSING SECRETS
MAASAI WARRIOR (IRE)
EN COEUR (FR)

Prize Money

1st: £6,535.002nd: £3,011.003rd: £1,505.004th: £754.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00