GB - Fontwell Park - Race 7

Thoroughbred

6 Runners

17.7f

Sweepstakes Bumper

Turf

Soft

6.0K

VIEW

Verdict

NIMBA made quite a taking winning bumper debut at Catterick in November and could be good enough to defy a penalty. The Perfect Poet is the pick of the newcomers before market clues, while Ms des Fois showed promise on her recent introduction at Ascot and merits consideration, too.

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Horse Stats

#/Silk	Horse#/Horse	Power Rating	High Speed	Win %	Top 3%	Win Prob
1	Successful on second of 2 starts in Irish points (Oct 12) and made a winning Rules debut in clear-cut fashion in a Catterick bumper (15.7f) in November. Potentially useful and warrants obvious respect under a penalty. 1st Pick 1 Nimba (Fr) Jockey: Shane Fenelon Trainer: Mickey Bowen J: Shane Fenelon T: Mickey Bowen	100	-	-	-	39%
Analysis Successful on second of 2 starts in Irish points (Oct 12) and made a winning Rules debut in clear-cut fashion in a Catterick bumper (15.7f) in November. Potentially useful and warrants obvious respect under a penalty.
4	£42,000 3-y-o, Poet's Word gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler I've Madeupmymind. Dam (c125/h121), 2½m-3m hurdle/chase winner, half-sister to useful hurdler (stayed 25f) One For The Team out of useful 2½m-3m hurdle winner One Gulp. One to take seriously on debut. 2nd Pick 4 The Perfect Poet Jockey: Callum Pritchard Trainer: Ben Pauling J: Callum Pritchard T: Ben Pauling	90	-	-	-	50%
Analysis £42,000 3-y-o, Poet's Word gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler I've Madeupmymind. Dam (c125/h121), 2½m-3m hurdle/chase winner, half-sister to useful hurdler (stayed 25f) One For The Team out of useful 2½m-3m hurdle winner One Gulp. One to take seriously on debut.
6	Soldier of Fortune filly. Closely related to fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser Ms Parfois, stayed 4¼m. Dam unraced. Showed plenty of ability when fifth in 9-runner bumper at Ascot on debut last month and may improve now in receipt of weight from the geldings. 3rd Pick 6 Ms Des Fois (Ire) Jockey: Rex Dingle Trainer: Anthony Honeyball J: Rex Dingle T: Anthony Honeyball	92	-	-	-	20%
Analysis Soldier of Fortune filly. Closely related to fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser Ms Parfois, stayed 4¼m. Dam unraced. Showed plenty of ability when fifth in 9-runner bumper at Ascot on debut last month and may improve now in receipt of weight from the geldings.

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