18:15 Fontwell

Wednesday 10 May 2023

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Off time: 18:16 | Winning time: 6m 47.12s

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Uallrightharry^p³¹

Age: 11| Weight: 12-2| J: N F Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: K Jewell| OR: 102| CD

14/1

Got his head in front for the first time since October 2019 when scoring in decisive fashion at Plumpton in December and similar form when third at Kempton (24f, heavy) in March. However, he ran a shocker at former track last month so tough to support on that evidence.

Form: P51434-

Felton Bellevue^p,t¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Harry Bannister| T: B I Case| OR: 100

11/2

Modest maiden hurdler who has bettered that level over fences, winning handicap chases at Hereford and Market Rasen in early-2022. Mixed record last campaign though, only 15¼ lengths fifth of 14 to Doyens De Ante at Chepstow (26.2f, good) 12 days ago.

Form: 284245-

Mister Tickle^b,t⁷²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Caoilin Quinn⁽⁵⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 98| CD

9/1

Completed a hat-trick over fences during second half of 2021 (twice over C&D) but he is hard to recommend based on what he showed last season.

Form: 54PP36-

Unblinking^t¹³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-2| J: Finn Lambert⁽⁵⁾| T: R Bevis| OR: 88

16/1

Opened chase account at the fourth attempt in a weak race at Hereford (25.2f, good) in February but has been well beaten on both subsequent starts. Plenty to prove all of a sudden.

Form: 33U14P-

Doctor Foley^t¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Rex Dingle| T: A J Honeyball| OR: 83

4/6

Placed on second of 2 starts in Irish points and as the market predicted, he proved a different proposition sent chasing in a tongue tie when winning 9-runner handicap chase at Bangor (24f, good to firm) 18 days ago. Sure to have more to offer so looks the one to beat.

Form: P370/51-

Allardyce^b⁴⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 10-2| J: Sean Houlihan| T: P Henderson| OR: 72

28/1

Losing run stretches back to early-2020 and has been pulled up on his last 3 outings (latest over hurdles). Looks opposable again.

Form: 333PPP-

Auld Sod^p⁷³

Age: 10| Weight: 10-2| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽³⁾| T: Cynthia Woods| OR: 69| C

40/1

Course winner on return in 2020/21 and only other victory came in handicap chase at Ffos Las (23.8f) in June 2021 when trained by Philip Hobbs. Has been out of sorts for some time now so can't be recommended.

Form: 4/33497-

Passing Secrets^p,t⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: R T Dunne| T: T R Gretton| OR: 69

7/1

Runner-up 4 times over fences in 2021/22 but suffered heavy defeats first 5 starts last term. However, he offered a glimmer a hope when fifth at Bangor in March but needs to back that up back over the larger obstacles.

Form: 5PP875-

Non-Runners

Doyens De Ante¹²

Weight: 10-10| Age: 7

T: M Young J: Charlie Hammond

Bellamy's Grey¹⁹

Weight: 10-2| Age: 11

T: C J Gray J: Philip Armson

Forecasts

Doctor Foley (4/6), Doyens De Ante (9/4), Felton Bellevue (11/2), Passing Secrets (7/1), Mister Tickle (9/1), Uallrightharry (14/1), Unblinking (16/1), Bellamy's Grey (25/1), Allardyce (28/1), Auld Sod (40/1)

DOCTOR FOLEY proved a different proposition sent chasing when scoring in decisive fashion at Bangor last month and, with further improvement on the cards, Anthony Honeyball's 6-y-o is likely to take some stopping in his follow up bid. Doyens de Ante looks the obvious threat having seen out the longer trip thoroughly when opening his account at Chepstow 12 days ago, with Felton Bellevue seemingly best of the remainder.