15:10 Fontwell

Wednesday 8 March 2023

All13:4014:1014:4015:1015:4016:1016:40

Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:20 | Winning time: 5m 2.86s

1^st

Pearly Island

711-4

9/2

T: L WadhamJ: Tom Cannon

Prominent, good jump 5th, led 4 out, hit 3 out, soon clear, pushed along approaching last, ran on well, unchallenged op 5/1

2^nd

7 ½

Kotmask

511-7

5/2f

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Prominent, hit 5th, went second approaching 2 out, kept on well but no chance with winner op 11/4

3^rd

4 ¾

Krypton Gold

511-8

18/1

T: S EdmundsJ: Charlie Hammond

Held up, headway 4 out, chased leaders 3 out, pushed along 2 out, kept on to take third final flight, no chance with front pair op 12/1

4^th

1 ¾

Pyramid Place

611-9

5/1

T: M F HarrisJ: Mitchell Bastyan

In rear, headway 4 out, chased leaders 3 out, took third but not fluent 2 out, lost third approaching last, kept on op 9/2

5^th

Lifetime Legend

510-13

4/1

T: N B KingJ: J M Quinlan

Close up, lost ground and dropped to rear 4 out, headway 3 out, pushed along and lost ground on home turn, gradually weakened home straight tchd 7/2

6^th

1 ¾

Guernesey

711-12

9/1

T: J TizzardJ: Brendan Powell

Led early, joined 2nd, soon headed, remained prominent until pushed along 4 out, soon beaten, lost ground gradually in home straight op 15/2

7^th

7 ½

Forever Blessed

512-0

6/1

T: H FryJ: Bryan Carver

Close up, disputed approaching 2nd, led outright before next, headed 4 out, pushed along before 2 out, weakened and quickly lost ground final furlong on flat op 13/2 tchd 7/1

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Non-Runners

Runswick Bay⁷²

Weight: 11-5| Age: 8

T: Miss E C Lavelle J: Thomas Bellamy

Maclaine⁵⁷

Weight: 11-5| Age: 6

T: O Sherwood J: J J Burke

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.50Pl:£2.80, £1.40EX:£17.90Trifecta:£200.60Tricast:£179.78SF:£16.18Swingers:£2.80, £10.50, £6.90

Forecasts

Kotmask (5/2), Lifetime Legend (4/1), Pearly Island (9/2), Pyramid Place (5/1), Forever Blessed (6/1), Guernesey (9/1), Maclaine (10/1), Runswick Bay (16/1), Krypton Gold (18/1)

LIFETIME LEGEND has improved from run to run this season, barely having to come off the bridle to break his maiden at Catterick last week, so is taken to defy a 7 lb penalty in a competitive-looking event. Forever Blessed looked a useful juvenile last term and is better than he was able to show on his return, whilst Pyramid Place and Kotmask also arrive in good heart and merit serious respect.

LIFETIME LEGEND (IRE)
FOREVER BLESSED (IRE)
PYRAMID PLACE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022

Royaume Uni

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 5

J: Joshua Moore | T: G & J Moore

11/8

Prize Money

1st: £8,661.002nd: £3,985.003rd: £1,993.004th: £997.005th: £497.00