Racecards
13:00 Fakenham
Visit Palace House This Christmas Handicap Hurdle (Class 4)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f 1y
- Going: Soft (Good to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £7,000 added
- Winner: £4,549
- 2nd: £1,336
- 3rd: £668
- 4th: £334

- Form F379-31
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 104
close up in rear, hit 6th, went 3rd 3 out, ridden and not fluent next, kept on one pace

- Form 2354
- Age 4
- Weight 11-11
- Official Rating 103
- Trainer N B King
- Jockey T E Whelan
made all, hit 4 out, ridden and kept on gamely

- Form 212535
- Age 7
- Weight 11-9
- Official Rating 101
- Trainer P W Middleton
- Jockey Harry Stock
close up, slow 3rd, chased winner 3 out, ridden next, kept on one pace

- Form 2P4423
- Age 9
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 98
- Trainer F Brennan
- Jockey Stan Sheppard
tracked winner until ridden 3 out, soon lost touch

- Form P-606U6
- Age 6
- Weight 10-9
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer O Murphy
- Jockey Ian Popham
tracked leaders, ridden 4 out, soon lost touch
- Form 6-86208
- Age 6
- Weight 11-11
- Official Rating 103
- Trainer N B King
- Jockey Harry Teal
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In depth
Verdict
Astrum is suited by shorter trips on better ground so this is probably best left to MULLAGHBOY (NAP). He’s only gone up 3lb for beating better-fancied rivals in an amateurs’ race over 2m here last month and there is plenty of scope for further improvement. Jockey bookings would suggest Mamoo is preferred to stablemate Elysian Prince while Lightentertainment can’t get much lower in the weights, though looks a shadow of his former self.
Formwatch
Mullaghboy (IRE) 6-1 (11-4) Slowly away keen held up in 4th, closed 3 out, ridden next, headway approaching last, led soon after last, ridden and ran on, won at Fakenham 2m hcp (4) gs in Nov beating Chilli Romance (10-12) by 1 3/4l, 4 ran.
Mamoo 10-1 (11-2) In rear, pushed along 6th, headway to go 4th 3 out, kept on same pace, 4th of 7, 12l behind Fixed Rate (11-8) at Fakenham 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Astrum 10-1 (10-11) Held up off the pace in 5th, headway before the last, no impression run-in, 5th of 8, 4 1/4l behind Sandhurst Lad (11-3) at Plumpton 2m 5f hcp (4) gs in Nov.
Lightentertainment (IRE) 12-1 (10-4) Led, headed before 2 out, no extra run-in, 3rd of 6, 6 3/4l behind Cave Top (12-0) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp (4) hvy in Nov.
Clay Allison (IRE) 20-1 (11-6) Mid-division, slow 2nd, headway 9th, chasing leaders when mistake next, weakened 3 out, tailed off, 6th of 9, dist behind Roparta Avenue (10-4) at Fontwell 3m 2f hcp (5) gd in Nov.
Elysian Prince 8-1 (11-7) Slightly hampered 1st, prominent in chasing group, weakened 4 out, tailed off, 10th of 15, dist behind Tobacco Road (11-1) at Taunton 2m hcp (4) gd in Nov.