Fontwell
1.40 Bumper winners Let’s Get Serious and Medinas look the pick in this race. With both making their hurdles debuts it is hard to choose between them but Let’s Get Serious has marginally the better bumper form and seems to have the size and scope for the jumping game.
2.10 Judging from the betting there seemed some confidence behind Jolibob when he ran disappointingly at Towcester last time. He is worth another chance.
2.40 Gary Moore does well with his handicappers and Amaury de Lusignan could be on a winnable mark.
Sedgefield
1.20 Alexander Road won 3 times over hurdles last season and looks the type to do well in mares only chases.
From the archives
Two of the main races last weekend were named after famous horses from years gone by.
On Saturday Sizing Europe was a decisive winner of the Tingle Creek Chase named after the swashbuckling front runner who was especially at home at Sandown. Unsuited by the Cheltenham undulations he never won the Champion Chase although he was second in 1974. He reserved his best form for the Esher track.
On Sunday Fairyhouse staged the Hatton’s Grace Hurdle named after the first horse to win the Champion Hurdle three times, in 1949, 1950 and 1951. Hatton’s Grace was also the first 11 year old to win the race. A dual purpose performer he also won the Irish equivalents of the Lincoln and Cesarewitch.
Turf trivia
The film version of the Dick Francis novel Dead Cert was shot on location at Fontwell Park in the summer of 1973.
Picture courtesy of the artist Julie Whitwham.
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