Racecards
19:50 Huntingdon
Book Your Whittlebury Hall Spa Day Novices' Chase (Class 4)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 2m 110y
- Going: Good (Good to Firm in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £5,800 added
- Winner: £3,769
- 2nd: £1,107
- 3rd: £553
- 4th: £277
- Form 48513-3
- Age 5
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 118
- Trainer N B King
- Jockey T E Whelan
tracked leader, led 4th, not fluent next, joined 2 out, driven and headed last, stayed on same pace
- Form 216/381-
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer N P Mulholland
- Jockey N D Fehily
held up in 4th, closed 5th, went 2nd 7th, mistake next, challenging when went left 2 out, led last, cruised clear, easily
- Form 444/0
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer Heather Dalton
- Jockey R Flint
held up, hit 3 out, soon beaten, weakened before 2 out
- Form 6P/3342-
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer O Sherwood
- Jockey L P Aspell
held up in rear, closed 8th, ridden after 3 out, one pace and beaten when not fluent 2 out, well beaten after
- Form 131532-
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer David Dennis
- Jockey Aidan Coleman
tracked leaders, took keen hold, mistake 2 out, well held 3rd last
- Form P3P3P/7
- Age 10
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer P W Hiatt
- Jockey L Treadwell
led until 4th, tracked leader until 7th, weakened after 3 out
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Jonnie Skull runs the 175th race if his career - and his first over fences! Heaven knows what his increasing legion of fans make of it all but let's wish him a safe journey on this chasing debut as he seeks a 22nd career success, all of which comes on the back of his latest outing that saw him finish unplaced over Newmarket's 7f. Town Mouse has plenty of fencing experience to his name but FOX NORTON was by far the best of these over hurdles and should be good enough to go in here if taking to the larger obstacles under the expert tuition of Noel Fehily. He was most impressive when landing a competitive Taunton handicap hurdle of some quality when last seen. Marju's Quest, who has done tremendously well for the impressive David Dennis over hurdles, and fair novice hurdler, Lemony Bay, are also respected in an interesting novice chase.
Formwatch
Town Mouse 6-1 (11-7) Held up in touch in rear, not fluent 4th, ridden after 7th, outpaced 4 out, stayed on and went 3rd flat, no impression, 3rd of 6, 12l behind Gun Shy (11-8) at Towcester 2m nov hcp chs 0-120 (4) gd.
Fox Norton (FR) 5-1 (11-7) Raced wide, held up in last pair and keen, closer in 4th place after 4th, 2nd before 2 out, led between last two, pushed out and kept on well run-in, won at Taunton 2m 1f hcp hdl (2) sft in Feb beating Tornado In Milan (11-0) by 2 1/2l, 6 ran.
Hyperlink (IRE) 16-1 (11-11) Pulled hard, mid-division, headway on inside after 5th, weakened after next, last of 10, 43l behind Mr Fickle (11-7) at Kempton 2m hcp hdl 0-105 (5) gd.
Lemony Bay 1-2fav (10-12) Tracked sole rival, led 2nd, pushed along and headed 3 out, mistake next, not much room and switched left before last, edged left and one pace flat, last of 2, 2 1/2l behind Sir Frank Morgan (10-12) at Exeter 2m 1f nh nov hdl (4) gf in Apr.
Marju's Quest (IRE) 5-1 (11-9) Led, headed after 2 out, no impression on winner, flat, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Remind Me Later (11-0) at Exeter 2m 1f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) gf in Apr.
Midnight Wishes 100-1 (10-5) Led to 5 out, lost place when hampered next, weakened 3 out, tailed off, 7th of 8, well behind Long House Hall (10-12) at Bangor 2m 1f nov chs (4) gd.
Jonnie Skull (IRE) 15-8 (11-1) Made all, soon well clear, steadied and reduced lead 5th, quickened pace approaching 2 out, soon clear, unchallenged, won at Fakenham 2m sell hdl (5) gd in Mar beating Flying Phoenix (10-1) by 20l, 4 ran.