March 14 / 16.55 Fakenham

16.55

Good

Pointing Pointers Queens Cup ‘Grassroots’ Open Hunters’ Chase

  • Prize money: £2566.5
  • 3m 0f 38y
  • Class 5
  • 4 runners
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Pointing Pointers Queens Cup ‘Grassroots’ Open Hunters’ Chase

Runners: 4 runners

Type: Hunter Chase

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

Evs (Won)

  • Win: £3.25

Form: 4P1/P- CD

Last run: 364 days

W: 12st 2lb

12 yo Gelding

OR: 123

Form & Verdict
Garthorpe conditions success between the flags last month (2m4f, good to soft) was his first win since taking a C&D event here in Easter 2023 (soft); pulled up in a deeper running of this race last term, albeit on about as sound a surface as likely awaits him again today.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

3

13th Mar 2026

Good

3m 0f 38y

Class 5

16:50 Fakenham

Janika

12st 2lb

J: Miss Charlotte Butler

T: E Turner

Safe as houses (never fallen or unseated) and 2-3 C&D record includes this race last year (good to soft); obvious claims again following a fine return at Higham last month, but won't want a total dryout.

5/4

Form: 22P/3

Last run: 287 days

W: 11st 12lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 109

Form & Verdict
Flattered by the proximity when beaten just over a length by Fairly Famous at Horseheath in December, but a record of 25 first-three finishes from as many career completions (seven wins) is hard to knock; easiest task so far in a hunter chase for this enthusiastic front-runner; visored.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

13

2nd May 2025

Good

4m 0f 97y

Class 4

19:30 Cheltenham

Go Go Geronimo

11st 12lb

J: Mr Tom Chatfeild-Roberts

T: Kelly Morgan

Struggled in last month's Aintree Foxhunters' but his sights are lowered here and he's largely consistent in points/hunter chases; suited by a marathon trip on good ground; might be the answer.

16/1

13

2nd May 2025

Good

4m 0f 97y

Class 4

19:30 Cheltenham

Go Go Geronimo

11st 12lb

J: Mr Tom Chatfeild-Roberts

T: Kelly Morgan

Struggled in last month's Aintree Foxhunters' but his sights are lowered here and he's largely consistent in points/hunter chases; suited by a marathon trip on good ground; might be the answer.

16/1

18th

13

3rd Apr 2025

Good To Soft

2m 5f 19y

Class 2

16:05 Aintree

Go Go Geronimo

12st 0lb

J: Mr Tom Chatfeild-Roberts

T: Kelly Morgan

Likeably consistent but it was his fifth defeat in hunter chases when beaten in a small field at Fakenham 20 days ago (first-time visor).

100/1

Form: 76P-16 D

Last run: 289 days

W: 12st 0lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 99

Form & Verdict
Winner in May the past two years, including a weak Huntingdon hunter chase in 2024 (good to soft); recent return at Charm Park may therefore have been needed, though didn't show sufficient to interest here even so.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

3rd

2

14th Mar 2025

Good

3m 0f 38y

Class 5

16:55 Fakenham

Amenon

12st 0lb

J: Mr Henry Bailey

T: Henry George Bailey

Winner in May the past two years, including a weak Huntingdon hunter chase in 2024 (good to soft); recent return at Charm Park may therefore have been needed, though didn't show sufficient to interest here even so.

10/1

6th

3

29th May 2024

Good

3m 1f 107y

Class 5

20:50 Cartmel

Amenon

12st 2lb

J: Mr Henry Bailey

T: S Wynne

Has some useful French/British form on his CV but struggled in Ireland last season; won three-runner hunter chase for latest new stable at Huntingdon (2m7f, good to soft) last week but recorded a very slow time, and the value of that form is open to question.

16/1

OUR TIP

Form: U4-PP5

Last run: 7 days

W: 11st 12lb

12 yo Gelding

OR: 93

Form & Verdict
All out to land the odds in a three-runner Kingston Blount grassroots conditions event last month (3m, soft), breaking a near six-year losing run; limitations have been exposed in hunter chases either side of that, though has placed over this C&D once before.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

4th

3

14th Mar 2025

Good

3m 0f 38y

Class 5

16:55 Fakenham

Cooldine Bog

11st 12lb

J: Miss Amber Jackson-Fennell

T: Miss Amber Jackson-Fennell

All out to land the odds in a three-runner Kingston Blount grassroots conditions event last month (3m, soft), breaking a near six-year losing run; limitations have been exposed in hunter chases either side of that, though has placed over this C&D once before.

20/1

5th

5

7th Mar 2025

Soft

1m 7f 201y

Class 5

17:02 Leicester

Cooldine Bog

11st 12lb

J: Mr Harry O’Dwyer

T: Miss Amber Jackson-Fennell

in touch with leaders

33/1

6

31st May 2024

Good To Soft

2m 0f 213y

Class 5

20:40 Stratford

Cooldine Bog

11st 12lb

J: Miss Amber Jackson-Fennell

T: Miss Amber Jackson-Fennell

Fairly useful hurdler/chaser in his prime but has not shown enough in hunter chases this year to earn a place on the shortlist.

25/1

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Payout
Exacta £4.20
Straight Forecast £4.39
Trifecta £9.90

Selections

RP RATINGS:

Janika

SPOTLIGHT:

Go Go Geronimo

The Guardian:

Go Go Geronimo

D Express:

Go Go Geronimo

POSTDATA:

Janika

The Times:

Janika

Telegraph:

Janika

Daily Mail:

Janika

Daily Mirror:

Janika

The Sun:

Janika

The Star:

Janika

Daily Record:

Janika