March 18 / 16.48 Fontwell

16.48

Soft

Rabbit Group, Plant, Toilets, Skips, Demolition Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £3247.81
  • 3m 1f 166y
  • Class 5
  • 5 runners
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Rabbit Group, Plant, Toilets, Skips, Demolition Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Cloudy

6/4 (Won)

  • Win: £2.25
  • Place: £1.20

Form: -65532

Last run: 25 days

W: 10st 6lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 77

Form & Verdict
0-8 over hurdles but was collared only in closing stages by a progressive rival when upped to 2m7f at Lingfield (heavy) last month and remains unexposed over staying trips; must be considered.
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
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Verdict Starting price

2nd

7

2nd Jul 2026

Good

2m 7f 180y

Class 5

16:25 Perth

Twp Stori

10st 2lb

J: Benjamin Macey

T: Samuel Drinkwater

Best hurdles form (two wins) on soft or heavy; placed in two of his three starts over fences, albeit weakening at Uttoxeter (3m; beaten over 13l) 19 days ago; reportedly bled from the nose at Fontwell on penultimate start; task isn't impossible.

9/2

3rd

4

13th Jun 2026

Good

3m 0f 10y

Class 5

19:12 Uttoxeter

Twp Stori

10st 9lb

J: Benjamin Macey

T: Samuel Drinkwater

Has won twice over hurdles; never threatened when third of four finishers on his second chase start, at Fontwell (3m2f, good) last month in cheekpieces (left off here); needs to do more.

14/1

3rd

7

24th May 2026

Good To Soft

3m 1f 210y

Class 5

15:10 Fontwell

Twp Stori

11st 1lb

J: Benjamin Macey

T: Samuel Drinkwater

Dual hurdle winner on slow ground; safely held on chasing debut in November and well beaten when back over hurdles in February; back from another three-month break with cheekpieces refitted; others have much less to prove.

8/1

8/1

  • Place: £2.00

Form: -5983P

Last run: 74 days

W: 10st 8lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 79

Form & Verdict
Kept on for remote third on handicap debut at Hereford (2m5f, good) in November but ran poorly when upped to 3m1f there in January and has questions to answer here.
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7

3rd Jul 2026

Good

3m 1f 170y

Class 5

17:05 Newton Abbot

Blackacre

10st 8lb

J: Ellis Collier

T: Mrs C Williams

In a new visor he won two C&D handicaps last August; hit and miss since then but the visor in which he has form figures of 115 now belatedly returns.

8/1

5th

7

20th May 2026

Good

2m 7f 191y

Class 5

15:50 Ffos Las

Blackacre

11st 4lb

J: Ellis Collier

T: Mrs C Williams

In a new visor he won two 3m2f handicap chases at Newton Abbot last August; has looked too high in the weights since then and he's 0-11 as a hurdler; others preferred.

8/1

4

13th Apr 2026

Good

3m 5f 24y

Class 5

16:10 Fakenham

Blackacre

10st 6lb

J: Conor Ring

T: Mrs C Williams

Won twice in a visor at Newton Abbot (3m2f, good/good to soft) last summer; untested beyond that trip and absent since respectable second of three in the autumn (without headgear, as today) but current mark is workable if he's fully tuned up.

6/1

Form: P3-14P D

Last run: 38 days

W: 12st 0lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 99

Form & Verdict
Started off for George Baker with three good runs last spring, most notably when winning by 11l at Plumpton (3m1f, good); also has form on slower ground but was pulled up last month, after a layoff, and needs to have taken significant benefit from that outing.
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3rd

1

18th Mar 2024

Soft

3m 1f 166y

Class 5

16:48 Fontwell

Hello Sunshine

12st 0lb

J: Freddie Gingell

T: George Baker

disputed lead, led before 2 out, headed approaching last, weakened and lost second run-in

4/1

8

9th Feb 2024

Good To Soft

2m 5f 0y

Class 4

15:10 Kempton

Hello Sunshine

11st 5lb

J: Tom Cannon

T: George Baker

Started off for George Baker with three good runs last spring, most notably when winning by 11l at Plumpton (3m1f, good); ought to cope if the ground turns soft here but has fitness to prove after 264-day absence.

25/1

4th

3

21st May 2023

Good

3m 2f 83y

Class 5

16:05 Stratford

Hello Sunshine

11st 8lb

J: Rex Dingle

T: George Baker

Back in good form for new stable this spring, more recently when winning pretty comfortably by 11l at Plumpton (3m1f, good) a week ago; commands respect under 7lb penalty here.

5/4

Form: 40-624

Last run: 19 days

W: 10st 7lb

12 yo Gelding

OR: 78

Form & Verdict
Quirky veteran who often races very lazily; proved he retains some ability when making the frame twice at Wincanton last month (2m4f/2m5f) and will be suited by today's longer trip but it's always hard to predict the extent to which he'll warm to the task.
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4th

8

6th Mar 2025

Good To Soft

3m 1f 30y

Class 5

14:20 Wincanton

Bellamys Grey

10st 2lb

J: Elizabeth Gale

T: Carroll Gray

in rear, detached and niggled along from 3rd, slow jump and ridden 14th

50/1

15

9th Feb 2025

Soft

2m 7f 131y

Class 5

16:30 Chepstow

Bellamys Grey

10st 2lb

J: Harriet Tucker

T: Carroll Gray

13yo with a 1-36 strike-rate under rules; no show ten days ago after a 267-day break but he stepped up dramatically on second run last winter and might have a place chance.

25/1

OUR TIP

Form: 3-8843

Last run: 45 days

W: 11st 4lb

6 yo Filly

OR: 89

Form & Verdict
Well beaten when fourth here (2m5f, heavy) on handicap debut in December but last month's keeping-on third at Southwell (3m, good to soft) was more encouraging, and the first-time blinkers might enable further progress here.
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11

1st Jul 2024

Good

2m 7f 0y

Class 5

16:30 Worcester

Fortuitous Favour

11st 1lb

J: Ben Godfrey

T: Anthony Honeyball

Has not gone on since making a winning debut in a bumper at Wetherby in 2021; last of five in first-time blinkers (retained here) at Fontwell (3m2f, heavy) in March and needs to show more.

25/1

5th

2

18th Mar 2024

Soft

3m 1f 166y

Class 5

16:48 Fontwell

Fortuitous Favour

11st 4lb

J: Ben Godfrey

T: Anthony Honeyball

took keen hold, led, not fluent 5th, not fluent 4 out, headed before 2 out, soon weakened quickly

11/4

3rd

8

2nd Feb 2024

Good To Soft

3m 0f 60y

Class 5

14:55 Southwell

Fortuitous Favour

11st 0lb

J: Ben Godfrey

T: Anthony Honeyball

Won a bumper on debut but 22l is the closest she's finished in her five starts since; way behind the first three when tongue tied on handicap debut at Fontwell (upped to 2m6f, heavy) on latest; mark is unchanged.

12/1

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £6.70
Straight Forecast £6.54
Trifecta £21.40

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Twp Stori

WEST COUNTRY:

Fortuitous Favour

RP RATINGS:

Bellamy's Grey

D Express:

Hello Sunshine

The Times:

Twp Stori

Telegraph:

Twp Stori

The Guardian:

Twp Stori

The Sun:

Twp Stori

The Star:

Twp Stori

Daily Record:

Twp Stori

Daily Mail:

Fortuitous Favour

Daily Mirror:

Fortuitous Favour

POSTDATA:

Bellamy's Grey