Fontwell Races
Fontwell
14:00
BetGoodwin Novices' Handicap Hurdle
Fontwell
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024
Distance: 2m5½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Soft
Class: Class 5
Surface: Turf
Win: £5
Place: £1.80 £1.90 £6.50
Exacta: £25.80
Tricast: £627.22
Trifecta: £366.50
Non-Runners: Engaging Sam (vet's certificate), Smith (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10 | All Under Control (IRE) | 5 M | Poor | Robert Walford | 142 lbs | 4/1 | Won | Led but pestered - headed and pressed leader before 7th - nudged along and led again before 2 out - soon faced challenges - faced challenge towards finish - gamely (trainer had no explanation for the apparent improvement in form other than mare had recently received a course of treatment for ulcers)(op 7/2 tchd 10/3) | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Groom De Cotte (FR) | 9 G | Poor |
Isabelle Ryder
(7)lbs
|
Gary Brown | 151 lbs | 9/2 | .5 | Held up in rear - steady headway before 4 out - pecked on landing 2 out - went second inside final 110yds - soon hung left - pressed winner towards finish - kept on well(op 5/1) | |
| 3rd | 3 | Hurst Hill (IRE) | 6 M | Poor |
Daniel Sansom
(3)lbs
|
Seamus Mullins | 151 lbs | 40/1 | 4.75 | Towards rear - headway before 2 out - went second but hung right after last - lost second inside final 110yds - soon no extra(tchd 33/1) | |
| 4th | 5 | Arctic Saint (IRE) | 6 G | Poor |
Chris Ward
(3)lbs
|
Deborah Cole | 149 lbs | 7/2 | 2 | Took keen hold - midfield - headway before 6th - raced in third before 4 out - pressed winner before 2 out - switched left approaching last - lost two places run-in(op 10/3 tchd 4/1) | |
| 5th | 4 | Chancellorstown (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Toby Lawes | 153 lbs | 2/1F | 9.5 | Prominent - raced in third before 2nd - lost third before 4 out - not fluent 2 out - weakened before last(op 9/4 and tchd 5/2) | ||
| 6th | 1 | Eileen's Milan (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | Paul Nicholls | 168 lbs | 11/1 | 5.5 | Midfield - dropped to rear 7th - headway before 3 out - weakened before last(op 12/1 and tchd 16/1) | ||
| 7th | 11 | Spicy Nelson (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | Joe Tizzard | 142 lbs | 9/1 | 11 | Pressed leader - led before 7th - headed before 2 out - soon weakened | ||
| 99th | 6 | Dance To Fame (IRE) | 10 G | Poor | Richard Rowe | 144 lbs | 80/1 | - | Raced wide - midfield - headway before 4 out - weakened gradually before 3 out - pulled up before 2 out(tchd 66/1) | ||
| 99th | 7 | Absence Of Malice (IRE) | 4 F | Poor | Peter & Michael Bowen | 144 lbs | 100/1 | - | Always behind - tailed off before 4 out - pulled up before 2 out (jockey said filly hung right-handed)(op 50/1) |