Fontwell Races
Fontwell
18:15
Martin Dutt - Graves Jenkins Legend Novices' Handicap Chase
Fontwell
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023
Distance: 2m5½f
Type: Chase
Going: Good
Class: Class 5
Surface: Turf
Win: £21.10
Place: £6.30 £2.90
Exacta: £136.10
Trifecta: £692.60
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 6 | King Of The Story (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Polly Gundry | 142 lbs | 18/1 | Won | Travelled strongly - prominent - not fluent 4th - not fluent 10th - led narrowly 3 out - shaken up and went clear approaching last - went further clear run-in - eased towards finish (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding had come on from his last run after a 385 day break)(tchd 16/1 and tchd 20/1) | ||
| 2nd | 4 | Janeslittlevoice (GB) | 11 M | Poor | Ella Pickard | 142 lbs | 7/1 | 9.5 | Disputed lead - mistake 8th - bad mistake 10th - led clearly before 11th - headed 3 out - not fluent 2f out - soon lost ground - weakened run-in(op 13/2 tchd 6/1 and tchd 8/1) | ||
| 3rd | 2 | Frankie Faulkner (IRE) | 7 G | Poor |
Isabel Williams
(3)lbs
|
Evan Williams | 164 lbs | 3/1 | 4 | Prominent - lost ground after 4th - in touch with leaders when hampered 11th - went third after 3 out - kept on but not pace to challenge (jockey said gelding was hampered by horse unseating at the first fence in the back straight on the final circuit)(op 7/4 tchd 13/8) | |
| 4th | 1 | Paris Dixie (GB) | N/A | Poor | Anthony Honeyball | 168 lbs | 100/30 | 21 | Disputed lead - not fluent 1st - lost position but prominent before 11th - lost ground before 3 out - weakened from 2 out(op 9/2 tchd 16/5) | ||
| 5th | 3 | Scrappy Jack (IRE) | 5 G | AVG |
Harry Kimber
(3)lbs
|
Bill Turner | 150 lbs | 7/1 | 26 | Raced lazily - raced in last but in touch with leaders - mistake 1st - detached after 5th - struggling from 3 out - no impression(op 13/2 tchd 15/2) | |
| 99th | 5 | One Man Party (FR) | 8 G | Poor | David Bridgwater | 142 lbs | 9/4F | - | In touch with leaders - prominent from 8th - unseated 11th(op 3/1 tchd 85/40 and tchd 16/5) |