15:20 Fontwell

Sunday 30 January 2022

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

Virgin Bet Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 5m 46.67s

1^st

Flying Nun

711-1

4/1

T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Thomas Bellamy

Towards rear, headway to chase front rank 3 out, ridden in 4th 2 out, pressed leaders after last, stayed on well to lead close home tchd 9/2

2^nd

Cafe Pushkin

611-12

8/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Front mid-division, pressed leader 3 out, led after 3 out, pushed along before 2 out, soon pressed and ridden, headed after last, led again briefly run-in, kept on, headed close home op 10/1

3^rd

2 ¼

Good News

1011-7

16/1

T: Mrs L RichardsJ: M Goldstein

Chased leaders, led after 7th, pushed along and headed after 3 out, remained close up, led again and ridden last, headed and no extra run-in

4^th

Elleon

711-7

16/1

T: W GreatrexJ: Henry Brooke

Mid-division, went 4th before 3 out, ridden and every chance after 2 out, kept on but no extra after last op 12/1

5^th

3 ¾

Adherence

910-3

7/1

T: D BurchellJ: Ben Jones

Towards rear, headway into mid-division 3 out, driven before 2 out, pressed leaders 2 out, hung left and one pace run-in op 13/2

6^th

3 ½

Belle Jour

710-9

22/1

T: C GordonJ: Nick Scholfield

Mid-division, ridden and chased leaders after 3 out, weakened before 2 out op 25/1 tchd 20/1

7^th

Midnight Glance

711-8

13/2

T: A KingJ: Tom Cannon

Front mid-division, ridden home turn, weakened before 2 out op 6/1 tchd 11/2

8^th

Vinnie's Getaway

810-9

22/1

T: C HobsonJ: Tabitha Worsley (3)

Prominent, ridden and outpaced before 2 out, soon beaten op 20/1 tchd 25/1

9^th

Darcys Hill

710-13

100/1

T: Joanne Thomason-MurphyJ: Page Fuller

Mid-division, ridden 3 out, well held from 2 out tchd 80/1

10^th

King Arise

511-13

7/2f

T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: Cillin Leonard (5)

Front mid-division, ridden after 3 out, weakened quickly before last tchd 4/1

11^th

5 ½

Iron In The Soul

1010-3

125/1

T: Mrs H CobbJ: Sean Houlihan

Reluctant to line up, in rear, ridden home turn, weakened 2 out op 80/1

12^th

Bembridge

611-12

17/2

T: O SherwoodJ: J J Burke

Towards rear, hit 5th, ridden after 3 out, soon beaten op 15/2 tchd 7/1

Also Ran

Constant Friday

711-8

22/1

T: R RoweJ: N F Houlihan (3)

Led, headed after 7th, remained close up, ridden and lost ground after 3 out, soon struggling, pulled up before 2 out op 25/1

Message Man

610-3

28/1

T: H BrownJ: James Best

Towards rear, beaten from before 3 out, tailed off when pulled up before last op 22/1

Towtheline

610-0

200/1

T: H BrownJ: David Noonan

In rear, ridden after 3rd, never in contention, pulled up before 2 out op 100/1

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Non-Runners

Antony⁴⁰

Weight: 11-7| Age: 12

T: G & J Moore J: J E Moore

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.00Pl:£2.20, £3.00, £4.20EX:£44.30Trifecta:£498.50Tricast:£471.79SF:£33.85Swingers:£9.20, £10.40, £13.60

Forecasts

Antony (3/1), King Arise (7/2), Flying Nun (4/1), Midnight Glance (13/2), Adherence (7/1), Cafe Pushkin (8/1), Bembridge (17/2), Good News (16/1), Elleon (16/1), Belle Jour (22/1), Vinnie's Getaway (22/1), Constant Friday (22/1), Message Man (28/1), Darcys Hill (100/1), Iron In The Soul (125/1), Towtheline (200/1)

FLYING NUN is bred to be useful and has been brought along gradually to this point, so it would be no great surprise were she to prove better than an opening mark of 94. She gets the nod ahead of fellow handicap debutant King Arise, while Antony should make his presence felt if he's in the same form as last time.

FLYING NUN (IRE)
KING ARISE (IRE)
ANTONY (FR)

Prize Money

1st: £5,664.002nd: £2,609.003rd: £1,304.004th: £653.005th: £350.006th: £350.00