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16:40 Huntingdon

Open Ditch Novices' Handicap Chase (Class E)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 110y
  • Going: Good
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 17.50s
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Fiery Peace

2/1

    2
    Silk -

    Coulthard (IRE)

    14/1

      1
      Silk - RED, BLACK armlets

      Fiery Peace

      101
      2/1
      • Form 342321
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-12

      held up, headway 8th, ridden on every chance before 2 out, challenging when left in led last, ridden out

      2
      Silk - White, Yellow hollow box, Royal Blue and Yellow striped sleeves, Yellow cap, Royal Blue diamond

      Jack Fuller (IRE)

      24 b
      7/2
      • Form 3-03321
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-7

      led, blundered first, slow 6th, headed 7th, weakend after 3 out

      3
      Silk - Yellow, Black sleeves

      Coulthard (IRE)

      9
      14/1
      • Form 3-30405
      • Age 11
      • Weight 11-6

      in touch, led 7th, headed before last, left in 2nd at last, kept on same pace

      4
      Silk - Dark Blue, Mauve chevrons, halved sleeves, Mauve cap, Dark Blue star

      Bill's Echo

      12
      9/2
      • Form 36F643
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-2

      held up, headway to chase leader 4 out, led after 2 out, fell last

      7
      Silk - Maroon, yellow chevron

      Dunraven

      9 v
      15/2
      • Form 031400
      • Age 9
      • Weight 10-0

      close up, mistake stumbled and unseated rider

      8
      Silk - RED, ROYAL BLUE hoop, hooped sleeves and cap

      Red Marsala

      17
      50/1
      • Form FPF6UP
      • Age 6
      • Weight 10-0

      not jumped well, always in rear

      5
      NR

      Just A Touch

      9
      • Form 3P35F1
      • Age 8
      • Weight 11-1

      Withdrawn

      6
      NR

      Erris Express (IRE)

      14 v
      • Form P6F03P
      • Age 6
      • Weight 10-1

      Nonrunner

      In depth

      Verdict

      A mainly uncompetitive event should be within the compass of Fiery Peace who has most to fear from Jack Fuller, with Just A Touch the only other to make any sort of appeal. Fiery Peace beat Runner Bean over two miles at Ludlow in December, jumping really well to get the better of a real battle with the eventual runner-up in the straight. He has been ultra-consistent and the only slight negative is that he does like faster ground according to his trainer. Even so, he has the form in the book and it is hard to see any of these troubling him too much. Jack Fuller finally managed to score at Taunton just over three weeks ago so has a bit of a fitness edge over the selection who has been off since his Ludlow victory, but that is all he has in hand. Just A Touch is always likely to put the odd short one in and so cannot be backed with any confidence, and Bill's Echo cost his supporters dearly at Sedgefield so is not one to put any faith in on this his chase debut. All in all, despite a slight doubt about the ground, and the fact that he has been off for three months, Fiery Peace still has the form to defy topweight.