November 19 / 15.40 Fakenham

15.40

Good

Weatherbys & Birdie Calendars Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Chase

  • Prize money: £7921.5
  • 3m 0f 38y
  • Class 5
  • 7 runners
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Weatherbys & Birdie Calendars Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Chase

Runners: 7 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Rain

OUR TIP

13/8 (Won)

  • Win: £2.50
  • Place: £1.30

Form: /4-641 CD

Last run: 20 days

W: 12st 0lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 95

Form & Verdict
Appreciated the step back up in trip and fitting of cheekpieces when staying on well to win over C&D last month; 4lb rise looks manageable and, with the booking of the promising Callum Pritchard catching the eye, another bold showing looks on the cards.
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4

13th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

3m 0f 41y

Class 5

17:00 Hexham

Lunar Contact

11st 12lb

J: Miss Rebekah Duffy

T: Susan Corbett

Two-time chase winner who was a 9l second in this race 12 months ago (good); gets a pull in the weights with the winner Brandy McQueen from their clash at Catterick (3m1f, good) last month but he was soundly beaten in second and has work to do today.

10/1

2nd

5

4th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

3m 1f 54y

Class 5

16:10 Catterick

Lunar Contact

12st 2lb

J: Miss Rebekah Duffy

T: Susan Corbett

Won over hurdles and twice over fences for Tom Ellis in 2024 (3m, good/good to soft); won a four-runner point for this yard in January but well beaten last time; has no easy task

16/1

2nd

2

14th Apr 2025

Good

3m 0f 41y

Class 5

16:48 Hexham

Lunar Contact

12st 2lb

J: Miss Rebekah Duffy

T: Susan Corbett

Twice a 3m chase winner at Fakenham before bagging the hat-trick in 3m Southwell handicap hurdle in November; pulled up on final two handicap chase runs for Tom Ellis but still considered for in-form new yard here.

3/1

4/1

  • Place: £2.60

Form: 41PP-3 D

Last run: 27 days

W: 11st 13lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 94

Form & Verdict
Pulled up on final two starts last season but made very good start to chasing career at Market Rasen (3m, soft) in February off 6lb lower and came back to some form when forcing a dead-heat for third on last month's Fontwell reappearance (3m2f, soft; fifth has won since); respected with that run behind him.
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2

13th Apr 2025

Good

3m 3f 119y

Class 5

14:18 Stratford

Samourai One

11st 12lb

J: Tom Cannon

T: Lucy Wadham

in touch with leaders, not fluent and pushed along briefly 10th

6/1

2

13th Apr 2025

Good

3m 3f 119y

Class 5

14:18 Stratford

Samourai One

11st 12lb

J: Tom Cannon

T: Lucy Wadham

in touch with leaders, not fluent and pushed along briefly 10th

6/1

Form: 422-71

Last run: 71 days

W: 10st 12lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 79

Form & Verdict
Left July's modest reappearance behind when staying on best over 2m5f to win at Newton Abbot (soft) in September; 3lb rise looks fair and she has the assistance of Freddie Gingell but she's yet to convince she stays this far under rules.
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4th

8

4th Apr 2026

Good

2m 4f 216y

Class 5

14:35 Newton Abbot

Firefly Lane

10st 2lb

J: Ben Godfrey

T: Jimmy Frost

Course regular who's regressed in recent times; beaten a long way from 10lb out of the handicap last time and has a similarly tough task from 9lb wrong today.

33/1

Form: 33-254

Last run: 20 days

W: 11st 10lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 91

Form & Verdict
Bumper/hurdle winner; fair efforts since winning a Perth (2m4f, heavy) handicap hurdle off 2lb higher last September and he made an encouraging start to his chase career when finishing just over 6l behind Lunar Contact over C&D on last month's return from a break; likely to go close here with that experience behind him.
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2nd

4

19th Jan 2025

Good To Soft

2m 7f 95y

Class 5

12:30 Fakenham

Awesome Foursome

11st 2lb

J: James Turner

T: Nigel Twiston-Davies

didn't always jump with fluency, prominent, lost ground 3rd, headway before 3 out

9/2

2nd

4

19th Jan 2025

Good To Soft

2m 7f 95y

Class 5

12:30 Fakenham

Awesome Foursome

11st 2lb

J: James Turner

T: Nigel Twiston-Davies

didn't always jump with fluency, prominent, lost ground 3rd, headway before 3 out

9/2

3rd

9

19th Dec 2024

Good To Soft

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

12:22 Ffos Las

Awesome Foursome

10st 9lb

J: James Turner

T: Nigel Twiston-Davies

Lacked fluency when fourth in two 3m Fakenham chases this autumn and now reverts to hurdling; will be suited by today's drop back in trip, though, and and won't mind the forecast rain; can exploit a favourable mark.

5/1

14/1

Form: PPF-PP

Last run: 37 days

W: 11st 9lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 90

Form & Verdict
Plumpton (3m1f, good to soft) chase winner for Lucy Wadham last October but sold on for 2,200gns in July after failing to complete his last five starts for the stable; failed to show any immediate benefit for wind surgery when pulled up on stable debut at Ffos Las in October, albeit over 2m; goes back up in trip with enough to prove.
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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: 5-3657 C

Last run: 20 days

W: 10st 5lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 72

Form & Verdict
2m chase winner here in June last year and followed up 16 days later at Stratford (2m1f, good) but has been rather hit and miss since and was beaten 31l here (2m4f, good) last month over hurdles; didn't appear to stay 2m7f previously so has a bit to prove upped to 3m back over fences.
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13

19th Jan 2025

Good To Soft

2m 5f 44y

Class 5

13:40 Fakenham

Go Fox

10st 2lb

J: Freddie Gingell

T: Neil King

midfield, jumped right 6th

20/1

13

19th Jan 2025

Good To Soft

2m 5f 44y

Class 5

13:40 Fakenham

Go Fox

10st 2lb

J: Freddie Gingell

T: Neil King

midfield, jumped right 6th

20/1

9

22nd Dec 2024

Good To Soft

2m 7f 95y

Class 5

12:13 Fakenham

Go Fox

10st 2lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Neil King

Won over fences here (2m, good) in June 2023 but was well beaten here on both starts this autumn (2m4f hurdle/3m chase); still has stamina to prove over this sort of trip and is 3lb wrong today; others preferred.

14/1

Form: 5-3854

Last run: 13 days

W: 11st 12lb

11 yo Gelding

OR: 93

Form & Verdict
13-time winner including seven over fences; returned from a break with a good third at Newton Abbot (3m2f, good) in August and, after a couple of lesser efforts, took a step back in the right direction in this headgear combination; on a good mark and has the ability to figure if on his A game.
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9th

5

18th Jan 2025

Good To Soft

2m 7f 3y

Class 5

15:50 Taunton

Dindin

10st 13lb

J: Gearoid Harney

T: David Pipe

midfield

20/1

9th

5

18th Jan 2025

Good To Soft

2m 7f 3y

Class 5

15:50 Taunton

Dindin

10st 13lb

J: Gearoid Harney

T: David Pipe

High-mileage veteran who looked out of sorts on his final two appearances in 2024; too well handicapped to rule out but younger rivals appeal more; blinkers refitted.

20/1

7

5th Dec 2024

Good To Soft

3m 2f 162y

Class 5

15:10 Wincanton

Dindin

11st 4lb

J: Callum Pritchard

T: David Pipe

On a losing run and in difficulties in three of his last four starts, including behind School For Scandal over C&D in October and at Fakenham 16 days ago; has been wearing headgear but just a tongue-tie today; work cut out.

16/1

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £8.10
Straight Forecast £8.04
Trifecta £44.30

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Lunar Contact

The Guardian:

Samourai One

RP RATINGS:

Dindin

POSTDATA:

Lunar Contact

The Times:

Lunar Contact

Telegraph:

Lunar Contact

Daily Mail:

Lunar Contact

Daily Mirror:

Lunar Contact

The Star:

Lunar Contact

Daily Record:

Lunar Contact

D Express:

Samourai One

The Sun:

Samourai One

WEST COUNTRY:

Dindin