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14:10 Fakenham

Lycetts Farm And Estate Insurance Brokers Novices' Chase (Class 3)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 59y
  • Going: Soft (Heavy in two dips)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £12,800 added
  • Winner: £7,408
  • 2nd: £2,175
  • 3rd: £1,088
  • 4th: £544
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 27.40s
  • Off Time: 14:10:24
  • 5 Ran
1
Silk - Dark Green, Dark Green and White diabolo on sleeves
9/2
  • Form 333U1F
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-8
  • Official Rating 137

jumped right, tracked leaders, chased winner from 2nd, baulked next, mistake 8th, blundered next, well beaten from 3 out

2
Silk - Black, white seams, white sleeves, black armlets, black cap
2/7
  • Form 2U18-1U
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-3
  • Official Rating 143

jumped right at times, made all, clear 3 out, canter

3
Silk - Black, Emerald Green epaulets, chevrons on sleeves, Black cap, Emerald Green diamond

Gin And Tonic

13 b BFDCD
50/1
  • Form 7P8318
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-12
  • Official Rating 82

chased winner until mistake 2nd, hampered next, struggling from 8th, lost modest 3rd before last

4
Silk - Yellow, Red cross belts, Red sleeves, Yellow stars, Yellow cap, Red stars
  • Form 750506
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-12
  • Official Rating 60

last, mistake 5th, soon behind, tailed off

5
Silk - Yellow, Dark Green hoop and armlets, check cap
  • Form 244144
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-5
  • Official Rating 117

held up, hampered 2nd, behind 8th, went remote 3rd before last

In depth

Verdict

Neither Positively Dylan nor RATHER BE got far last time after winning their penultimate starts. Nicky Henderson’s novice is rated 6lb higher than his likely market rivals and receives 5lb so should get back to winning ways with a clear round. Ivor's Queen is back over fences after a spell hurdling but is better over the smaller obstacles on the evidence so far. Gin And Tonic has won here over timber but he and L'es Fremantle have a mountain to climb on these terms.

Formwatch

Positively Dylan 3-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders in 3rd, fell 2nd, at Haydock 2m 4f (1) hvy in Jan.

Rather Be (IRE) 1-7fav (11-5) Led until jumped right and unseated rider 3rd, at Plumpton 2m 1f (3) hvy in Jan.

Gin And Tonic 50-1 (9-7) Prominent, driven and lost place over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 10, 20 1/2l behind American Gigolo (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.

L'Es Fremantle (FR) 300-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, tracked leaders, outpaced before halfway, soon weakened, last of 7, 29 3/4l behind Muqarred (9-6) at Southwell 1m stks (6) pol in Jan.

Ivor's Queen (IRE) 18-1 (11-12) Chased leaders, driven 2 out, one pace and beaten in 4th before last, weakened flat, 4th of 5, 26 1/2l behind Coeur Blimey (11-6) at Wincanton 1m 7f hcp (3) sft in Dec.