14:30 Fontwell

Friday 19 April 2024

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Yeeehaaa.Bet Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 4m 18.8s

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Hallwood^t⁵⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: M G Rimell| OR: 105WS

16/1

Different proposition on the back of a wind op when making second hurdles start a winning one in maiden company at Carlisle in February 2023. Trio of heavy defeats since means he now has a fair amount to prove.

Form: 8/71P-P4

John Betjeman^b¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-13| J: Fergus Gillard| T: Mark Gillard| OR: 104

12/1

Likeable type who has largely held his form well since landing a 2m Ffos Las handicap a year ago, although latest Huntingdon third was no more than respectable.

Form: 438573

Rocco Royale³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: R P McLernon| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 103| C

25/1

Progressed further when landing a 6-runner novice over 19f here a year ago. There's nothing wrong with that form but he's been well held in handicaps since.

Form: 531-85P

Gieves^h⁷³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Liam Harrison| T: B Pauling| OR: 101

16/1

Hooded for first time and career best when winning 2m novice hurdle at Worcester in September. Held back by jumping both starts since and that remains a concern.

Form: 63-9149

Trevor's Lad⁴⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Tom Cannon| T: T Lawes| OR: 100

14/1

£52,000 3-y-o, Milan gelding. Closely related to 3 winners. Promising start when third in a C&D novice in November, sticking to the task. Off 11 weeks and disappointing at Plumpton but it's still early days.

Form: 34-

Solar System^h1³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Jones| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 95| BF

3/1

Shaped quite well given how free he was when third of 14 on handicap debut at Taunton in March. Of serious interest from this mark with a hood surely a help.

Form: 7-443

Tara Iti^p⁶⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Rob Hargreaves⁽⁷⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 95| CD

16/1

Previous C&D winner but profile has a patchy look to it, failing to fire when fourth of 5 at Lingfield in February. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: U44934

Ray's The One^t³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: James Best| T: M Pattinson| OR: 92| CD

33/1

C&D winner but arrives out of sorts and is hard to make a solid case for.

Form: 846-084

Bridge⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Caoilin Quinn⁽³⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 100| CD

6/1

Off the mark with a wide-margin victory in a C&D maiden hurdle in December and solid efforts in handicaps next 2 outings. Disappointing at Sandown last time but not one to be writing off given yard he represents.

Form: 561337

Macari¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: M Goldstein| T: Miss S West| OR: 96| D

7/2

Bumped into a next-time-out winner when second at Plumpton in February and he got it right himself back there 18 days ago, finding extra. 9 lb rise to deal with but he's clearly in excellent nick,

Form: 663721

Executive Pool^b³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: N F Houlihan| T: G & J Moore| OR: 85

25/1

Struggling for form over hurdles and has been let down by jumping sent over fences. Mark has dropped returned to timber so he could easily revive.

Form: 58P7U4

Privatory^b⁸¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Luke Scott⁽⁵⁾| T: P Butler| OR: 83

50/1

Dual 2m winner early in his career but tumbling in the weights without looking up to taking advantage. Since left Gary Moore.

Form: P5-0667

The Cox Express^p²³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: Bryan Carver| T: R Walford| OR: 83

16/1

Won Warwick bumper in January 2023 for Tom Lacey. Largely disappointing over hurdles but showed his first worthwhile form when third in 8-runner handicap here in February. Bit disappointing in first-time cheekpieces at Wincanton since.

Form: 98P537

What's My Line^p²²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: Rex Dingle| T: M Madgwick| OR: 80| C

8/1

Made a winning return at Lingfield in November and has held form pretty well since, proving his effectiveness on testing ground when runner-up over that same C&D in February. Found 21.8f too much of a test last time so drop in trip is in his favour.

Form: 0-14423

Onnaroll^h,t²³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Charlie Price⁽³⁾| T: Cynthia Woods| OR: 69

50/1

Poor maiden who makes very little appeal from out of the weights.

Form: P54P36

Non-Runners

Beat The Heat¹⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: J R Boyle J: G Sheehan

Forecasts

Solar System (3/1), Macari (7/2), Bridge (6/1), What's My Line (8/1), Beat The Heat (10/1), John Betjeman (12/1), Trevor's Lad (14/1), The Cox Express (16/1), Gieves (16/1), Tara Iti (16/1), Hallwood (16/1), Executive Pool (25/1), Rocco Royale (25/1), Ray's The One (33/1), Onnaroll (50/1), Privatory (50/1)

A hood will hopefully help SOLAR SYSTEM settle down as there's definite scope from this sort of mark if he can avoid early exuberance this time. Macari arrives here in excellent order, with Executive Pool one to monitor in the market from a reduced mark back over timber.