14:17 Fontwell

Wednesday 19 October 2022

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Findon Valley Homeguard Old Comrades Club Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:17 | Winning time: 4m 47.39s

1^st

Flash The Steel

1012-0

6/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Mid-division, slow jump 5th, tracked leaders home turn, headway to lead narrowly 2 out, soon faced strong challenge, ridden and headed narrowly after last, rallied and regained lead closing stages, gamely op 5/1

2^nd

Winterwatch

410-10

7/4f

T: H FryJ: J J Burke

Rear mid-division, headway into 4th home turn, pushed along and strongly pressed leader 2 out where not fluent, ridden and led narrowly after last, kept on, headed closing stages, no extra tchd 15/8

3^rd

Abuffalosoldier

511-13

14/1

T: W GreatrexJ: Henry Brooke

Tracked leaders, lost position before 2 out, kept on run-in and took remote 3rd op 22/1

4^th

Small Bad Bob

711-7

4/1

T: P HendersonJ: H Cobden

Led, pushed along and headed 2 out, ridden and well held run-in op 9/2 tchd 7/2

5^th

Seaborough

710-2

9/1

T: D ShawJ: James Best

Held up in rear, ridden before 2 out, never involved op 10/1

6^th

6 ½

Fugitives Drift

711-8

8/1

T: N J HendersonJ: James Bowen

Handy, reminders after 6th, pushed along after 3 out, weakened after 2 out op 13/2

Also Ran

In The Air

411-11

13/2

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Towards rear, fell 3rd op 8/1 tchd 7/1

Carolines Charm

811-10

14/1

T: N P MulhollandJ: Adam Wedge

Mid-division, not jump fluently, dropped away quickly after 3 out and pulled up op 11/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.20Pl:£2.30, £1.10, £3.70EX:£22.10Trifecta:£203.50Tricast:£145.26SF:£18.18Swingers:£2.30, £13.90, £5.70

Forecasts

Winterwatch (7/4), Small Bad Bob (4/1), Flash The Steel (6/1), In The Air (13/2), Fugitives Drift (8/1), Seaborough (9/1), Abuffalosoldier (14/1), Carolines Charm (14/1)

FLASH THE STEEL goes very well fresh and hails from a yard among the winners so is fancied to capitalise on a handy-looking mark on his return. Handicap-debutants Winterwatch and In The Air remain with potential and appeal as the duo to give Dan Skelton's veteran most to do in that order.

FLASH THE STEEL (IRE)
WINTERWATCH (GER)
IN THE AIR (FR)

Previous Winners

2021

Haddex Des Obeaux

Weight: 10-12 |Age: 4

J: J E Moore | T: G & J Moore

9/4

Prize Money

1st: £9,189.002nd: £4,228.003rd: £2,114.004th: £1,058.005th: £527.006th: £350.00