Racecards
16:10 Fakenham
TBA Mares' Handicap Hurdle (Class 4)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f 1y
- Going: Good to Firm
- Surface: Turf
- £8,000 added
- Winner: £5,198
- 2nd: £1,526
- 3rd: £763
- 4th: £382
- Form 2/12355-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 118
- Trainer L Wadham
- Jockey Jack Sherwood
held up in rear, mistake 4 out, headway next, soon ridden, weakened before last
- Form 433230-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 114
not fluent led, ridden and headed 4 out, weakened 2 out
- Form UPPP/33-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 112
- Trainer C J Mann
- Jockey Dave Crosse
with leader until led 4 out, ridden and headed soon after 2 out, kept on same pace and lost 2nd at last
- Form 025316-
- Age 7
- Weight 10-10
- Official Rating 102
- Trainer B I Case
- Jockey Wayne Hutchinson
tracked leaders, pushed along 4 out, outpaced and behind next, ridden and headway to chase winner at last
Versifier
67- Form 43P724-
- Age 5
- Weight 10-9
- Official Rating 101
- Trainer O Sherwood
- Jockey L P Aspell
jumped right and not fluent, tracked leaders, ridden 4 out, weakened soon after next, pulled up approaching 2 out
- Form 133342-
- Age 7
- Weight 10-7
- Official Rating 99
- Trainer P Henderson
- Jockey Nick Scholfield
held up in rear, headway after 3 out, soon chased leader, led soon after next, ridden clear last, comfortable
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
MYSTIC SKY (NAP) won by 13 lengths the last time she raced in this grade. She’s won twice around here and has her ground so is hard to oppose. Hope's Wishes can be forgiven her run in a Listed race last time and is usually thereabouts. But she generally prefers some give in the ground while Versifier has only been placed once in four starts over hurdles and was beaten 17 lengths in that. Pretty Rose has finished unplaced at Fontwell since scrambling home at Huntingdon but is still preferred to Sureness and Amron Kali.
Formwatch
Mystic Sky 9-1 (10-11) Held up in last pair, pushed along and struggling before 2 out, never really involved, 5th of 8, 21 1/4l behind Nordic Nymph (10-9) at Kempton 3m hcp (2) gd in Dec.
Hope's Wishes 66-1 (10-0) Held up towards rear, not fluent 2nd, headway 5th, not fluent and lost place 2 out, soon behind, tailed off, last of 12, dist behind Midnight Tour (11-0) at Cheltenham 2m 4f hcp lst (1) gd in Apr.
Sureness (IRE) 6-1 (10-11) Led until before 2nd, led 4th, ridden and headed before last, lost 2nd and mistake at hurdle, no extra, 3rd of 6, 12l behind Midnight Jazz (11-12) at Stratford 2m hcp (3) gd in Oct.
Pretty Rose (IRE) 5-1 (12-0) In touch in mid-division, outpaced after 3 out, plugged on from 2 out, no impression, 6th of 11, 7 1/4l behind Goodnitesweetheart (11-9) at Fontwell 2m 6f hcp (5) gd in Apr.
Versifier 11-2 (10-7) With winner until before 3 out, ridden after 2 out, weakened last, last of 4, 25l behind Lady Buttons (11-12) at Doncaster 2m 1f hcp (3) sft in Mar.
Amron Kali (IRE) 11-4jfav (11-1) Held up in rear but in touch, headway approaching 3 out, driven to challenge next, every chance after last, kept on well, 2nd of 6, nk behind Phare Isle (11-1) at Fakenham 2m 7f hcp (4) gd in Apr.