Cheltenham Festival 2025 Race Result Fontwell, Fri, 1st Apr, 2016, Always A Chance Handicap Hurdle of £5,000.00 4-y-o plus| irishracing.com

4.00 Always A Chance Handicap Hurdle of £5,000.00 4-y-o plus(Class 5) 2m. 1f. 145yds.

Fontwell Results Fri, 1st Apr, 2016

Going - Good to Soft (Soft in places).

Placepot Pool - £86,967.01 Winning Units - 538.71 Dividend - £117.80. Quadpot Pool - £8,125.18 Winning Units - 112.28 Dividend - £53.50. Place Six Dividend - £625.65. Place Five Dividend - £154.05.

Always A Chance Handicap Hurdle of £5,000.00 4-y-o plus (Class 5) 2m. 1f. 145yds.

1st - £3,249.00, 2nd - £954.00, 3rd - £477.00, 4th - £238.00 12 Ran

1st

Royal Salute (GB) 11-10 (Anthony Honeyball Racing Club Ltd)
ts³ Rated 98
Flemensfirth (USA) - Loxhill Lady (GB)(Supreme Leader)
Breeder - Distillery Stud

(Morning price: 11/2 6/1 7/1 15/2)
(Ring price: 7/1 13/2 6/1 11/2) SP 11/2

A J Honeyball

Aidan Coleman

Tote Win £6.70 Place £2.30

raced wide, chased leaders, led before 2 out, soon clear, ridden out

2nd Mar, 16 Wincanton
3rd Hcp Hdl Rated 100 This
Race 29th Apr, 16 Bangor-on-Dee
6th Hcp Chs Rated 104

2nd

4.5L

Antiphony (IRE) 11-7 (Mr M C Sargent)
hd⁴ Rated 100
Royal Anthem (USA) - Hazel's Glory (IRE)(Mister Lord (USA))
Breeder - Mrs Elizabeth Lawlor

(Morning price: 9/4 5/2)
(Ring price: 9/4 2/1) SP 2/1fav

Philip Hobbs

C Gethings(5)

Place £1.50

held up in rear, slightly hampered 3rd, headway from 3 out, 2nd approaching 2 out, held when stumbled last, driven and one pace run-in

21st Mar, 16 Southwell
2nd Hcp Hdl Rated 100 This
Race 17th Apr, 16 Wincanton
2nd Hcp Hdl Rated 104

3rd

0.75L

Highbury High (IRE) 11-3 (The Affordable Partnership)
ts⁶cp⁶ Rated 91
Salford Express (IRE) - Betseale (IRE)(Step Together (USA))
Breeder - Sean Deu Burca

(Morning price: 10/1 12/1 14/1 11/1)
SP 16/1

Neil Mulholland

N D Fehily

Place £4.00

held up towards rear, headway on inside before 2 out, ridden between last two, edged left and went 3rd last, one pace run-in

18th Mar, 16 Fakenham
u.r. Hcp Chs Rated 96 This
Race 15th Apr, 16 Fontwell
2nd Hcp Hdl Rated 91

4th

2.25L

Distant Sound (IRE) 10-7 (Grace Harris Racing)
bl⁵ Rated 86
Luso (GB) - Distant Dreams (IRE)(Saddlers' Hall (IRE))
Breeder - Daniel C. and Patrick Keating

(Morning price: 8/1 13/2 7/1)
(Ring price: 7/1 13/2 7/1 13/2) SP 13/2

Grace Harris

C V Ring(5)

held up towards rear, headway approaching 3 out, went 4tf at the last, edged right and kept on same pace run-in

17th Mar, 16 Towcester
4th Hcp Hdl Rated 89 This
Race 9th May, 16 Towcester
1st Hcp Hdl Rated 85

5th

12L

Clonusker (IRE) 11-0 (Mr David Yeadon)
ts⁹ Rated 88
Fasliyev (USA) - Tamburello (IRE)(Roi Danzig (USA))
Breeder - J. P. Jones

(Morning price: 10/1 12/1 10/1)
(Ring price: 11/1 10/1 11/1) SP 11/1

Mrs L Jewell

L P Aspell

chased leaders, ridden and went 2nd before 2 out until 2 out, ridden and no impression between last two, weakening when hit last

6th Mar, 16 Huntingdon
7th Hcp Hdl Rated 88 This
Race 22nd Apr, 16 Plumpton
7th Hcp Hdl Rated 86

6th

Ding Ding (GB) 11-2 (Mr Ian Poysden)
Rated 90
Winker Watson (GB) - Five Bells (IRE)(Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE))
Breeder - Norman Court Stud

(Morning price: 12/1 9/1 7/1 6/1 5/1 7/2 3/1 11/4 7/2 4/1)
(Ring price: 11/2 6/1 7/1) SP 7/1

Miss S West

M Goldstein

chased leaders, pushed along and lost place after 3 out

1st Dec, 15 Lingfield
5th Hdl This
Race 22nd Apr, 16 Plumpton
4th Hcp Hdl Rated 87

7th

43L

Keppel Isle (IRE) 11-7 (Mrs P J Sheen)
Rated 95
Heron Island (IRE) - Wadi Khaled (FR)(Bering)
Breeder - Richard & Shane O'Brien

(Morning price: 11/2 6/1 7/1 15/2 7/1)
SP 8/1

Mrs L J Mongan

Tom Cannon

chased leaders, led approaching 6th until headed after 3 out, weakened soon after, tailed off

2nd Nov, 15 Plumpton
2nd Hcp Hdl Rated 93 This
Race 16th May, 16 Kempton
1st Hcp Chs Rated 93

8th

2.5L

Nouailhas (GB) 10-0 (Mr D C O'Brien)
vs⁵ Rated 69
Mark Of Esteem (IRE) - Barachois Princess (USA)(Barachois (CAN))

(Morning price: 16/1 25/1 40/1 50/1)
SP 66/1

D C O'Brien

Matthew Batchelor

led until approaching 6th, soon lost place, tailed off

30th Nov, 15 Plumpton
p.u. Hcp Hdl Rated 71 This
Race 15th Apr, 16 Fontwell
p.u. Hcp Chs Rated 76

9th

Griesenau (IRE) 10-7 (Miss J C Patten)
ts¹hd³ Rated 88
Luso (GB) - Persian Wonder (IRE)(Persian Mews)
Breeder - Miss Linda O'Connor

(Morning price: 33/1 66/1 100/1)
(Ring price: 80/1 100/1) SP 100/1

P Henderson

Mr G M Treacy(7)

last pair, never involved, tailed off

21st Mar, 16 Southwell
12th Hcp Hdl Rated 88 This
Race 10th May, 16 Wincanton
6th Hcp Hdl Rated 83

10th

13L

Dancing Dik (GB) 9-11 (Mr S Dixon)
Rated 78
Diktat (GB) - Maureena (IRE)(Grand Lodge (USA))
Breeder - Usk Valley Stud

(Morning price: 16/1 20/1 33/1)
(Ring price: 33/1 25/1) SP 25/1

S D Dixon

Mr J Pearce(7)

chased leaders until mistake and lost place 2nd, soon behind, tailed off 6th

14th Dec, 15 Plumpton
p.u. Hcp Chs Rated 87 This
Race 29th Apr, 16 Fontwell
p.u. Hcp Hdl Rated 74

11th

20L

Comedy House (GB) 10-0 (Los Leader)
cp⁷ Rated 69
Auction House (USA) - Kyle Akin (GB)(Vettori (IRE))

(Morning price: 20/1 25/1)
(Ring price: 28/1 33/1) SP 33/1

M Madgwick

Peter Carberry

chased leader, led after 3 out until before next, weakened quickly, tailed off

16th Mar, 16 Kempton
5th Flat Hcp Rated 59 This
Race 8th May, 16 Plumpton
9th Hcp Hdl Rated 68

fell

Cropley (IRE) 11-0 (Miss Sarah Carter)
Rated 88
Galileo (IRE) - Niyla (IRE)(Darshaan)
Breeder - Whisperview Trading Ltd

(Morning price: 16/1 12/1 9/1)
(Ring price: 8/1 17/2) SP 17/2

D Burchell

R T Dunne

chasing leaders on inside when fell 3rd

2nd Mar, 16 Wincanton
4th Hcp Hdl Rated 90 This
Race 17th Apr, 16 Wincanton
1st Hcp Hdl Rated 88

Off 4.00
Time 4m. 42.60 secs, which is 1.56 secs slower than the course average on today's going
CSF- £17.18
Tricast- £171.19.

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2014 Mighty Mambo 7 10-9 D Bass 4/1 (Mrs L Hill)
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Fontwell Results Fri, 1st Apr, 2016

Always A Chance Handicap Hurdle of £5,000.00 4-y-o plus (Class 5) 2m. 1f. 145yds.