12:45 Fakenham

Sunday 21 December 2025

All12:1512:4513:1513:4514:1514:4515:15

Sky Bet Extra Places Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 12:46 | Winning time: 4m 5.19s

1^st

Codetalker

511-3

6/4f

T: S EdmundsJ: Charlie Hammond

Tracked leaders on inner, not fluent 3rd, pushed along when outpaced 3 out, switched right and headway 2 out, ridden to lead before last, kept on well flat op 2/1 tchd 11/8

2^nd

3 ¼

Sleeping Late

711-10

6/1

T: Mrs P SlyJ: Jack Andrews (3)

Wore hood to post, raced in last, blundered 5th, pushed along after 3 out, hit 2 out, ridden and went second before last, ran on but no match for winner op 7/1

3^rd

4 ¾

Miss Maxfort

511-2

6/1

T: D DonovanJ: Tom Cannon

Prominent, joined leader 3 out, shaken up to lead 2 out, ridden and headed before last, soon lost second, tired when not fluent last, no extra flat op 4/1

4^th

4 ½

Merely A Detail

411-7

9/1

T: T BulginJ: R T Dunne

Towards rear, not fluent 3 out, pushed along and brief headway before 2 out, soon ridden, faded before last op 12/1

5^th

6 ½

Zenato

411-9

10/3

T: F O'BrienJ: Fern O'Brien (5)

Taken down early wearing hood, led, joined when hit 3 out, ridden and headed 2 out, no extra and weakened before last op 5/2 tchd 9/4

Also Ran

Snapius

611-3

8/1

T: James OwenJ: Ben Bromley (5)

In touch with leaders, lost ground after 5th, dropped to last when ridden 6th, soon struggling, well behind 3 out, pulled up before 2 out op 9/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.50Pl:£1.40, £2.80EX:£10.40Trifecta:£43.80SF:£11.03Swingers:£2.50, £2.40, £5.20

Forecasts

Codetalker (6/4), Zenato (10/3), Sleeping Late (6/1), Miss Maxfort (6/1), Snapius (8/1), Merely A Detail (9/1)

Perhaps the thriving ZENATO can complete a hat-trick. Miss Maxfort could be the main danger if she can reproduce the level she showed on her Chepstow yard debut

ZENATO (IRE)
MISS MAXFORT (IRE)
MERELY A DETAIL

Previous Winners

2024

Zhang Fei

Weight: 11-7 |Age: 6

J: Fern O'Brien | T: F O'Brien

8/11

Prize Money

1st: £4,489.002nd: £2,066.003rd: £1,033.004th: £517.005th: £258.00