Racecards
14:10 Fakenham
Lycetts Farm And Estate Insurance Brokers Novices' Chase (Class 3)
- 4 Runners
- Distance: 2m 59y
- Going: Good (Good to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £13,800 added
- Winner: £8,058
- 2nd: £2,366
- 3rd: £1,183
- 4th: £591
- Form 00-2215
- Age 8
- Weight 11-3
- Official Rating 135
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey Bryony Frost
jumped right at times and not always fluent, tracked leader, led 7th, ridden out flat
- Form 104-149
- Age 6
- Weight 11-3
- Official Rating 135
jumped right at times, led, headed 7th, ridden 9th, closed last, kept on
- Form 5-34734
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 125
- Trainer C T Pogson
- Jockey Charlie Hammond
chased leaders, outpaced after 7th, weakened 3 out
- Form 21645/4
- Age 9
- Weight 10-5
- Official Rating 124
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey Charlie Deutsch
mistake 1st, behind, tailed off from 6th
Verdict
BRELAN D’AS has an identical rating to Delire D'Estruval but reverts to novice company having run well for a long way in a Grade 3 handicap at Cheltenham and can come out on top ahead of Ben Pauling’s charge, blinkered after a couple of moderate efforts since winning at Carlisle. The mare Tara Flow has been difficult to train and was well beaten on her only previous try over fences but Shady Oaks is already looking exposed.
Formwatch
Brelan D'As (FR) 9-1 (10-11) Held up in mid-division, headway 7th, 4th and one pace before 2 out, racing very awkwardly before last, 5th of 11, 18 1/2l behind Siruh Du Lac (10-9) at Cheltenham 2m 5f hcp (1) gs in Jan.
Delire D'Estruval (FR) 33-1 (11-8) In touch, not fluent 12th, weakened 4 out, 9th of 13, dist behind Glen Forsa (10-10) at Kempton 2m 4f hcp (3) gs in Dec.
Shady Oaks (IRE) 66-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders in 3rd until pushed along 7th, weakened soon after, last of 4, dist behind Dynamite Dollars (11-5) at Doncaster 2m (1) gd in Jan.
Tara Flow 16-1 (11-9) Raced freely, led, clear from 2nd until after 7th, headed before 2 out, 4th and well held last, 4th of 9, 31 3/4l behind Annie Mc (11-1) at Chepstow 2m 3f hcp (3) gs in Jan.