15:42 Fakenham

Monday 1 April 2024

All13:2713:5714:3215:0715:4216:16

Bruce Towers & Sons Mechanical Engineers Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:42 | Winning time: 6m 11.98s

1^st

Cloudy Wednesday

810-8

5/2f

T: C FryerJ: Lewis Stones (3)

Made all, not fluent 10th, faced challenge approaching final fence, good jump last and soon clear, kept on well tchd 9/4

2^nd

Via Dante

710-3

7/2

T: D PipeJ: C O'Farrell

Held up towards rear, made good headway after 14th, went second before 2 out, made challenge approaching last, kept on but no match for winner

3^rd

Noah's Light

710-2

9/1

T: Mrs R FordJ: Dylan Whelan (7)

Tracked leaders, ridden along after 15th, no chance with leaders after 3 out, went modest third before last, never dangerous op 17/2

4^th

Call Off The Dogs

911-9

40/1

T: G & J MooreJ: James Best

Prominent, awkward jump 1st, shaken up after 4 out, ridden and weakened after 3 out op 25/1

5^th

Conceroe

812-0

4/1

T: B I CaseJ: G Sheehan

In rear throughout, struggling when hit 14th, soon detached, never involved

6^th

Conceal

910-12

14/1

T: Billy AprahamianJ: Lily Pinchin

Held up in behind leaders, lost touch after 3 out, soon beaten tchd 12/1

Also Ran

Steal My Sunshine

711-13

9/2

T: D SkeltonJ: Tristan Durrell (3)

Midfield, not fluent 8th, lost position 10th when ridden along, bad mistake 15th when pecked on landing, pulled up before next op 4/1 tchd 7/2

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Non-Runners

Vetoncall¹¹

Weight: 10-2| Age: 12

T: A E Jones J: B S Hughes

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.50Pl:£1.70, £2.10EX:£10.60Trifecta:£44.60Tricast:£55.18SF:£10.68Swingers:£2.10, £3.70, £4.30

Forecasts

Cloudy Wednesday (5/2), Via Dante (7/2), Conceroe (4/1), Steal My Sunshine (9/2), Vetoncall (6/1), Noah's Light (9/1), Conceal (14/1), Call Off The Dogs (40/1)

CLOUDY WEDNESDAY looked back to his best when edged out only by an unexposed sort at Huntingdon last week so can resume winning ways off the same mark. Low-mileage veteran Vetoncall stepped up on his return when fourth at Chepstow and rates the main threat back on his winning mark, with Conceroe best of the others.