November 13 / 15.10 Fakenham

15.10

Good To Soft

Sky Bet Handicap Chase

  • Prize money: £6680.46
  • 3m 0f 38y
  • Class 4
  • 6 runners
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Sky Bet Handicap Chase

Runners: 6 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

8/1 (Won)

  • Win: £17.00
  • Place: £4.40

Form: 2B237P

Last run: 17 days

W: 11st 11lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 112

Form & Verdict
No win since the summer of 2022 (from a 5lb lower mark) and faced a stiff task when pulled up on seasonal reappearance at Cheltenham; has made the frame on all three previous visits to Fakenham, including when headed close home in this year's Norfolk National (3m5f, good); forecast rain is a concern.
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2

18th Aug 2025

Good To Firm

3m 3f 119y

Class 5

17:00 Stratford

Jony Max

11st 9lb

J: Jack Tudor

T: Christian Williams

On the downgrade now and returned from a break with 37l defeat behind My Girl Katie at Newton Abbot last month; might well have needed that outing and has conditions to suit here but others appeal more all the same; wears blinkers and cheekpieces simultaneously for the first time.

11/2

2

4th Jul 2025

Good

3m 1f 170y

Class 5

16:53 Newton Abbot

Jony Max

11st 13lb

J: Tom Broughton

T: Christian Williams

Five-time chase winner (once over C&D); returned to form with a string of good efforts in the autumn but absent since pulled up in Fakenham marathon just before Christmas and entitled to benefit from this outing.

7/1

5

22nd Dec 2024

Good To Soft

3m 5f 24y

Class 4

14:13 Fakenham

Jony Max

11st 0lb

J: Ellis Collier

T: Christian Williams

Close second in C&D (good) Norfolk National in early part of last season and was a 3m course winner (good to soft) last November; needed considerable help from the handicapper before last month's Warwick success (3m1f, good) but has been placed twice since and the return to this track is an obvious plus; cheekpieces removed after one use; big player.

5/2

11/4

  • Place: £1.30

Form: 7PP-71

Last run: 21 days

W: 11st 3lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 104

Form & Verdict
Left the form of his Warwick chasing debut behind when winning a muddling four-runner novices' handicap at Plumpton (3m2f, good to soft) three weeks ago; 4lb higher, but remains open to more improvement; should handle the forecast conditions and interesting to see how he fares.
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3

3rd Apr 2025

Good

3m 1f 152y

Class 5

15:40 Plumpton

Kadex

11st 1lb

J: Philip Armson

T: Alan Jones

prominent behind clear leaders, not fluent and lost position briefly 8th, went second 3 out, 2 lengths down when mistake and fell heavily 2 out

8/1

Form: P42244

Last run: 8 days

W: 11st 9lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 110

Form & Verdict
Competitive over hurdles since switching to James Owen; relatively unexposed over fences and didn't fare too badly in this discipline at Huntingdon (3m, good to soft; fourth, beaten 22l; from 5lb out of the handicap) last week; peak hurdles RPR's on good ground, so prospect of rain is a concern.
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3rd

2

1st Nov 2024

Good

3m 0f 45y

Class 3

13:15 Wetherby

Edison Kent

11st 2lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: James Owen

didn't always jump with fluency, held up in last, outpaced before 4 out, rallied 2 out, weakened run-in

50/1

3rd

2

1st Nov 2024

Good

3m 0f 45y

Class 3

13:15 Wetherby

Edison Kent

11st 2lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: James Owen

didn't always jump with fluency, held up in last, outpaced before 4 out, rallied 2 out, weakened run-in

50/1

6th

1

8th Oct 2024

Good

3m 1f 10y

Class 4

16:00 Huntingdon

Edison Kent

12st 0lb

J: Mr Alex Chadwick

T: James Owen

always behind, awkward jump 7th, weakened after 9th, tailed off

25/1

Form: 21148- C

Last run: 205 days

W: 10st 9lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 96

Form & Verdict
Course form figures read 211, but it wasn't a particularly strong race that he won here (3m5f, soft; warm favourite) in March; less effective elsewhere on his final two starts last term, so will need to return in peak condition in order to resume winning ways.
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0

7

19th Dec 2023

Good To Soft

3m 5f 24y

Class 4

13:40 Fakenham

Le Tueur

10st 11lb

J: Daryl Jacob

T: Sarah Humphrey

Came good for Sarah Humphrey with two wins in March, the latter gained in small-field C&D event (soft); now 2lb below that mark and both his 3m runs here last month were respectable; probably won't be far way.

10/1

3rd

2

21st Nov 2023

Good To Soft

3m 0f 38y

Class 5

12:45 Fakenham

Le Tueur

11st 10lb

J: Jay Tidball

T: Sarah Humphrey

led narrowly, headed and raced in second 4th, not fluent 6th, pushed along 4 out, mistake and lost second 3 out, outpaced 2 out, kept on approaching last, no extra run-in

11/4

OUR TIP

Form: 12U1-P C

Last run: 35 days

W: 12st 0lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 115

Form & Verdict
Off the mark over fences at Bangor (2m5f, good; from a 5lb lower mark) in April; had a valid excuse (heat stress) for pulling-up on recent seasonal reappearance at Stratford; fine over 3m and, being 2-2 over hurdles here, is well versed to the idiosyncrasies of this tight circuit.
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3

20th Mar 2024

Soft

2m 7f 16y

Class 4

16:05 Market Rasen

Allo Allo

12st 0lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Stuart Edmunds

Won over hurdles (2m7f, good to soft) and fences (2m4f, good) early last year but he's been pulled up in all three runs this season; now back on last winning mark but he needs a major revival on this return to hurdling; cheekpieces are added after a break.

16/1

0

5

19th Dec 2023

Good To Soft

2m 5f 44y

Class 3

14:40 Fakenham

Allo Allo

11st 3lb

J: Charlotte Jones

T: Stuart Edmunds

in touch with leaders

8/1

0

1

13th Nov 2023

Good To Soft

3m 0f 38y

Class 4

15:10 Fakenham

Allo Allo

12st 0lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Stuart Edmunds

disputed lead, weakened before 2 out, pulled up before last

100/30

Form: P-P433 D

Last run: 36 days

W: 11st 8lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 109

Form & Verdict
Well handicapped on peak form and has slipped another 3lb since his most recent starts at Warwick (2m4f) and Kelso (3m2f); most effective on good ground around Southwell, so the forecast rain is a concern; that said, he could still prove a major threat if granted an easy lead around this track.
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10th

6

27th Feb 2024

Soft

2m 3f 66y

Class 5

14:20 Catterick

The Vollan

11st 9lb

J: Miss Ellie Callwood

T: L J Morgan

Regressive 10yo who is better known as a staying chaser now; didn't run badly when switched back to hurdling two starts ago (2m7f) and will appreciate today's ease in grade but younger rivals appeal more.

16/1

4th

6

24th Jan 2024

Soft

3m 1f 54y

Class 4

12:50 Catterick

The Vollan

10st 12lb

J: Lewis Dobb

T: L J Morgan

Ran some fair races over fences last autumn but this 10yo is nothing like as good as he was; well beaten back over hurdles last time and others have more going for them.

8/1

5th

6

6th Jan 2024

Soft

2m 7f 149y

Class 3

13:05 Newcastle

The Vollan

10st 11lb

J: Lewis Dobb

T: L J Morgan

10yo who isn't the force of old but ran some fair races over fences in the autumn, most recently third at Musselburgh (2m7f, soft); continues to edge down the weights and might not be far away if the return to hurdling isn't a problem (three wins in this sphere, which he last tackled in May 2022).

9/1

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Payout
Exacta £49.30
Straight Forecast £40.59
Trifecta £248.80

Selections

TOPSPEED:

Allo Allo

POSTDATA:

Kadex

SPOTLIGHT:

The Vollan

The Times:

Le Tueur

Telegraph:

Kadex

The Star:

Kadex

Daily Record:

Kadex

The Guardian:

Allo Allo

Daily Mail:

Allo Allo

Daily Mirror:

Allo Allo

The Sun:

Allo Allo

RP RATINGS:

The Vollan

D Express:

The Vollan