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14:20 Fakenham

L.L. Firth And Pat Firth Memorial Novices' Handicap Chase (Class 4)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 110y
  • Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 16.40s
  • 11 Ran
1
Silk - Black, large White spots, White sleeves, Black spots, White cap
  • Form 6/84P2-5
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-12
  • Official Rating 107

mid-division, ridden 4 out, soon weakened

2
Silk - DARK BLUE, LIGHT BLUE star, RED sleeves, RED cap, LIGHT BLUE star
9/2
  • Form 4342-1P
  • Age 9
  • Weight 11-9
  • Official Rating 104

made all, clear after 2 out, comfortably

3
Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue triple diamond, halved sleeves and diamond on cap
10/1
  • Form P0-553U
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-7
  • Official Rating 102

held up, headway 4 out, ridden 2 out, soon weakened

4
Silk - Emerald Green, Royal Blue chevrons, halved sleeves, quartered cap
  • Form 707-2P8
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-6
  • Official Rating 101

tracked winner, effort 2 out, soon one pace

5
Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow cross belts, Royal Blue sleeves, Red armlets, Royal Blue and Yellow striped cap

Rookery Lad

15 DC
7/1
  • Form 5F4123
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-4
  • Official Rating 99

held up in touch, ridden 4 out, soon beaten

6
Silk - DARK BLUE, YELLOW cross belts, collar and cuffs, striped cap
17/2
  • Form 509U-54
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-1
  • Official Rating 96

held up, weakened 4 out

7
Silk - Orange, Purple star, Orange sleeves, Purple stars, Orange cap, Purple star
  • Form 48-362F
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-11
  • Official Rating 92

held up when fell 4th

8
Silk - Yellow and Dark Blue diabolo, White sleeves and cap
14/1
  • Form 4F0849
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-7
  • Official Rating 88

held up mid-division, lost place 7th, soon beaten

9
Silk - Yellow, black chevrons, striped cap
8/1
  • Form 356P53
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-1
  • Official Rating 82

tracked leaders, ridden 2 out, soon weakened

10
Silk - Light Blue, Yellow star, sleeves and star on cap
66/1
  • Form 0PP-4FP
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-0
  • Official Rating 67

always behind

11
Silk - BLACK and GREY check, GREY sleeves, ORANGE armlets, GREY cap
50/1
  • Form 95U0P7
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-0
  • Official Rating 61

held up, never dangerous

In depth

Verdict

Rookery Lad has plenty in his favour here and is taken to get the better of Fantastic Arts and Bonnet's Pieces. The selection is a course and distance winner and he will definitely be suited by this drop in trip after running a little disappointingly last time out. He will have no problem with today's ground conditions either and is taken to lead them home. Fantastic Arts was a big disappointment on his seasonal reappearance but he may have needed the run that day and he remains open to plenty of improvement so could be of interest if the market vibes are positive. Bonnet's Pieces was still in contention when falling at this track last time out and he should not be inconvenienced by today's drop in trip. Ground Breaker is from a shrewd yard and is certainly worth a look in the market, but for the winner we are happy to return to Rookery Lad.

Formwatch

Fantastic Arts (FR) 14-1 (11-12) Held up, headway 7th, with winner 9th, every chance 4 out, weakened next, 5th of 8, 22l behind Crimson Pirate (11-12) at Wincanton 2m nov hcp chs (4) sft.

Glengarra (IRE) 9-2 (10-2) Led until blundered 7th, blundered 8th and pulled up 4 out in race won by Magic Sky (11-2) at Worcester 2m hcp chs 0-125 (D) gf in Sept, 12 ran.

Ground Breaker 11-2 (10-11) Mid-division, blundered and unseated rider at the 10th in race won by King Barry (11-0) at Catterick 2m 3f mdn chs (F) gd in Dec, 16 ran.

Lord On The Run (IRE) 20-1 (11-2) Held up towards rear, not fluent 4th, stayed on from 3 out, hit 2 out and last, never troubled leaders, 8th of 17, 20l behind Pirate Flagship (11-2) at Newbury 2m nh mdn hdl (D) gd in Nov.

Rookery Lad 8-1 (11-12) Pressed leader to 5th, led 8th, mistake next, headed approaching 10th, led 4 out to next, chased winner to 2 out, no impression, 3rd of 7, 28l behind Barton Nic (11-5) at Plumpton 2m 4f hcp chs 0-105 (4) sft.

Bel Ombre (FR) 20-1 (11-2) Close up, tracked leading pair 6th, went 3 lengths 2nd when blundered badly 3 out, not recover, 4th of 6, 37l behind Smart Cavalier (11-2) at Folkestone 2m mdn chs (4) sft.

Bonnet's Pieces 7-1 (11-4) Tracked leader, led 4th, blundered 11th, headed when fell 2 out in race won by New Perk (10-5) at Fakenham 2m 5f nov hcp chs 0-100 (E) gd in Dec, 9 ran.

Bonnell (IRE) 16-1 (11-2) Chased leaders, weakened 3 out, 9th of 11, 45l behind Polar Gunner (10-9) at Wetherby 2m cnd hcp hdl 0-105 (4) hvy.

Kercabellec (FR) 12-1 (10-4) Led, ridden, headed 3 out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 6, 5l behind Magico (11-1) at Leicester 2m nov hcp chs 0-105 (E) gd in Dec.

Interstice 16-1 (10-10) Behind, struggling approaching 6th, tailed off when pulled up 2 out in race won by Moscow Gold (9-13) at Folkestone 2m nov hcp chs 0-90 (F) gd in Dec, 10 ran.

Tails I Win 25-1 (10-2) In touch, driven for headway 5 out to join leaders, weakened 2 out, 7th of 13, well behind Wages (11-2) at Towcester 2m hcp chs 0-95 (5) sft.