GB - Fontwell Park - Race 3

Thoroughbred

4 Runners

19.5f

Handicap Chase

Turf

Soft

13.5K

VIEW

Verdict

HOLD UP LA COLMINE gets the vote in a tight handicap having shaped better than the beaten distances suggest since winning emphatically at Windsor. The reapplication of headgear could help Mon Champion, whose Hereford form looks solid.

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Horse Stats

#/Silk	Horse#/Horse	Power Rating	High Speed	Win %	Top 3%	Win Prob
2	Fairly useful performance when wide-margin winner under positive ride at Windsor on reappearance and better than the result both starts since, for all his jumping frailties resurfaced on return to fences last time. The one they have to beat if putting it all together. 1st Pick 2 Hold Up La Colmine (Fr) Jockey: Callum Pritchard Trainer: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White J: Callum Pritchard T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White	100	-	-	-	25%
Analysis Fairly useful performance when wide-margin winner under positive ride at Windsor on reappearance and better than the result both starts since, for all his jumping frailties resurfaced on return to fences last time. The one they have to beat if putting it all together.
3	Fairly useful ex-French hurdler who got off the mark over fences in testing conditions at Hereford in January (third and fourth won next time). Not in same form at Newbury last time on the back of a fall but refitting of headgear looks a sensible move. 2nd Pick 3 Mon Champion (Fr) Jockey: Freddie Gingell Trainer: Paul Nicholls J: Freddie Gingell T: Paul Nicholls	98	-	-	-	39%
Analysis Fairly useful ex-French hurdler who got off the mark over fences in testing conditions at Hereford in January (third and fourth won next time). Not in same form at Newbury last time on the back of a fall but refitting of headgear looks a sensible move.
1	Likeable type who followed up his successful Exeter return with a solid third in higher grade there. Likely paid the price for chasing clear leader over 3m at Newbury last time and should run his race back down in trip/grade. 3rd Pick 1 Good Friday Fairy (Ire) Jockey: Rex Dingle Trainer: Ben Clarke J: Rex Dingle T: Ben Clarke	98	-	-	-	34%
Analysis Likeable type who followed up his successful Exeter return with a solid third in higher grade there. Likely paid the price for chasing clear leader over 3m at Newbury last time and should run his race back down in trip/grade.

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Horse Racing Basic Terms

Handicap

A race where a handicapper has assigned weights to be carried by all runners on the basis of their past racing efforts.

Scratch

A horse is a scratch when injury or other necessity causes it to be withdrawn from the race.

Bobble/Stumble

A slip or a duck from a horse trying to leave the starting gates, often caused by the surface giving way under the feet. This can range from a mild misstep to a stumble down to their knees.