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13:00 Fakenham

New Year's Day Maiden Hurdle (Class 5)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £3,000 added
  • Winner: £2,053
  • 2nd: £598
  • 3rd: £299
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 17.70s
  • Off Time: 13:00:14
  • 8 Ran
1
Silk - Light blue, black hooped sleeves, red and black hooped cap

Botanist

60 t
40/1
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-5

tracked leaders, lost place 4th, under pressure next, pulled up soon after 4 out

2
Silk - White and Royal Blue diamonds, Pink sleeves, Royal Blue cap, Pink diamond
12/1
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-5

chased leaders, weakened 3 out, behind when pulled up before last

4
Silk - Royal Blue, Red chevrons, White and Red striped sleeves, Red and White quartered cap
  • Form F6
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-5

held up towards rear, headway 4 out, chased leaders next, soon hard driven, weakened after next, moderate 3rd

5
Silk - Black, Red sash, White sleeves and cap
  • Form 232
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-5

tracked leader, led approaching 3 out, clear next, ran on well

6
Silk - Yellow, Red cross belts, Red sleeves, Yellow stars, Yellow cap, Red stars
  • Form 40
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-5

mid-division, weakened before 4 out

7
Silk - Pink, light blue epaulets and sleeves
  • Form 14
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-5

behind, under pressure 4 out, stayed on from 2 out, moderate 5th

8
Silk - Light Blue, Dark Blue cross belts, Dark Blue cap
12/1
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-5

led, headed approaching when mistake 3 out, soon weakened, moderate 4th

9
Silk - Mauve, Mauve and White check sleeves, White cap
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

held up in rear, headway 5th, soon chasing leaders, weakened before 2 out, moderate 2nd

3
NR
  • Form 3
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-5

Nonrunner

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

Botanist and Hawaana are both winners on the Flat, as is All Annalena though Lucy Wadham also has bumper winner Well Mett in the line-up. San Telm was placed twice in bumpers and was a decent second on his hurdling debut over C&D last month. He shouldn't be far away again but Private Story is proving difficult to train and hasn't been seen since finishing tailed off at Royal Ascot. He also appears to need fast ground so we'll give another chance to ROYAL DIAMOND, who would have gone close at Huntingdon in October had he not fallen at the last. Given a confidence-booster last time, he could show the benefit of that now.

Formwatch

Botanist 18-1 (9-1) Close up, ridden 4f out, soon weakened, 9th of 13, well behind Hidden Glory (9-5) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Nov (flat).

Hawaana (IRE) 10-1 (9-4) Held up in touch, headway on outside over 3f out, ridden 2f out, no impression sson after, 5th of 9, 6l behind Changing The Guard (9-2) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Oct (flat).

Royal Diamond (IRE) 5-2 (10-12) Mid-division, ridden 3 out, weakened next, 6th of 11, 19l behind Cry Of Freedom (10-7) at Huntingdon 2m nh nov hdl (4) gs in Nov.

San Telm (IRE) 15-2 (11-0) Close up, ridden to chase winner after 3 out, plugged on same pace from next, 2nd of 10, 17l behind Jimbill (11-0) at Fakenham 2m NH mdn hdl (5) gd in Dec.

The Mighty Mod (USA) 200-1 (10-5) Prominent, weakened before 4 out, 10th of 15, 25l behind Banyan Tree (11-4) at Ludlow 2m nov clm hdl (5) gd in Dec.

Well Mett (IRE) 7-1 (11-1) Tracked leader, led over 5f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 15, 12l behind Viking Ridge (10-11) at Huntingdon 2m cond NH flat (6) gs in Dec.

Wily Fox 80-1 (10-12) Led, hit 2nd, mistake and pecked 5th, headed before 3 out, weakening when mistake next, 10th of 15, well behind Hayjack (10-12) at Uttoxeter 2m nh nov hdl (4) gs in Nov.

Private Story (USA) 15-8 (10-10) Held up in touch and not fluent throughout, chased leaders before 2 out, went 3rd last, no impression, 3rd of 8, 18l behind Phoenix Flight (11-0) at Market Rasen 2m 1f mdn hdl (4) gf in May.