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14:10 Fontwell Park

Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Chase (Class 2)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 5f 135y
  • Going: Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £18,500 added
  • Winner: £12,021
  • 2nd: £3,530
  • 3rd: £1,765
  • 4th: £882
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 46.30s
  • Off Time: 14:10:26
  • 9 Ran
1
Silk - Chocolate, Old Gold hooped sleeves, Old Gold cap
  • Form F85F-71
  • Age 9
  • Weight 11-12
  • Official Rating 145

led from 1st, mistake 4th and 9th, driven flat, held on gamely

2
Silk - Pink, large Purple spots, hooped sleeves
14/1
  • Form 412/148-
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-12
  • Official Rating 145

always behind

3
Silk - Red, White sash, Emerald Green sleeves, Emerald Green and Red check cap
7/1
  • Form P9P566-
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-9
  • Official Rating 142

chased leaders, mistake 1st, lost place 3rd, effort on outside after 4 out, soon weakened

4
Silk - Orange, Black Cross of Lorraine
  • Form P/15714-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-8
  • Official Rating 141

chased leaders, not fluent 6th, ridden 10th, weakened before 4 out

6
Silk - White, red sleeves, white and red check cap
  • Form U43PP0-
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-7
  • Official Rating 140

led until 1st, chased winner until 3 out, weakened before last

7
Silk - RED, WHITE cross belts, WHITE sleeves, BLACK stars, RED cap, WHITE star
7/1
  • Form 11476-6
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-4
  • Official Rating 137

mid-division, not fluent 1st, awkward 6th, headway 10th, beaten from 2 out

8
Silk - Royal Blue, White hoops, Maroon sleeves and cap
13/2
  • Form P/1650P-
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-0
  • Official Rating 133

held up towards rear, pecked 1st, mistake 3rd, headway 4 out, 4th and beaten last

9
Silk - Emerald green, yellow hoops, white cap
10/1
  • Form F/4P9-07
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-11
  • Official Rating 130

mid-division, headway 3rd, chased winner 3 out until last, not much room briefly flat, 3rd and no extra close home

10
Silk - Grey and Royal Blue (quartered), Royal Blue sleeves
  • Form 333532-
  • Age 10
  • Weight 10-5
  • Official Rating 124

held up towards rear, not fluent 8th, mistake 12th, headway 4 out, blundered and went 2nd last, stayed on, pressing winner towards finish, just held

5
NR
  • Form 2/86P8-1
  • Age 11
  • Weight 11-8
  • Official Rating 141

NonRunner

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

Mellow Ben is only 2lb higher than when landing this 12 months ago and is preferred to stablemate Highway One O One but faces much stiffer opposition this time around. Dan Skelton is also double-handed with the potentially well-treated Cobra De Mai the stable pick according to jockey bookings. August’s Stratford winner Imperial Presence makes more appeal than the other recent winner Princeton Royale but we’ll take a chance on the returning ERICK LE ROUGE. Jane Williams’ charge was probably a bit out of his depth in a Grade 3 on his final start last season but had won a handicap in good style earlier and will be up with the pace here.

Formwatch

Imperial Presence (IRE) 5-1 (11-12) Led until after 9th, chased leader, in front again 2 out, went clear between last 2, stayed on strongly, won at Stratford 2m 5f hcp (2) gd in Aug beating Fidux (11-10) by 5 1/2l, 7 ran.

Romain De Senam (FR) 33-1 (11-1) Held up in rear, progress on inside 4 out, switched right and weakened before 2 out, 8th of 14, 27 1/4l behind Mister Malarky (11-0) at Kempton 3m hcp (1) gs in Feb.

Cobra De Mai (FR) 20-1 (10-9) Mid-division on inside, driven after 3 out, ridden after next, kept on same pace, never threatened leaders, 6th of 23, 8 1/2l behind The Conditional (10-6) at Cheltenham 3m 1f hcp (1) sft in Mar.

Erick Le Rouge (FR) 8-1 (11-0) Led until before 4th, chased leader until before 6th, chased leaders, weakened before 12th, no chance when badly hampered by faller next, plugged on, 4th of 7, 11 3/4l behind Who Dares Wins (11-0) at Kempton 2m 4f (1) gs in Feb.

Highway One O One (IRE) 50-1 (10-12) Prominent, pushed along before 3 out, soon lost place, weakened next, 16th of 23, 31 1/2l behind Simply The Betts (11-4) at Cheltenham 2m 5f hcp (1) sft in Mar.

Mellow Ben (IRE) 18-1 (11-12) Mid-division, headway 5th, lost place 4 out, not fluent 3 out, well beaten 2 out, 6th of 10, 29l behind Princeton Royale (11-7) at Stratford 2m 7f hcp (3) gd in Sep.

Azzerti (FR) 25-1 (10-2) Held up and behind, mistake 3rd, not fluent 8th, pushed along after 11th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out, at Kempton 3m hcp (1) gs in Feb.

Drumcliff (IRE) 11-1 (10-13) Prominent, lost ground before 5f out, tailed off after 4 out, 7th of 8, dist behind Solomon Grey (10-11) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp (2) gd in Aug.

Aintree My Dream (FR) 12-1 (11-5) Held up in rear, headway on outside after 4 out, left in 2nd 2 out, ridden and keeping on and 2 lengths down last, stayed on run-in, always held, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Mystical Clouds (11-5) at Kempton 2m 4f hcp (3) gs in Feb.

Princeton Royale (IRE) 20-1 (11-7) Led until 2nd, led before 6th, headed before 4 out, hit 3 out, led after 2 out, ridden out, won at Stratford 2m 7f hcp (3) gd in Sep beating Young Wolf (11-6) by 1l, 10 ran.