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Fontwell

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Mercedes-Benz Of Chichester Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
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Jumps race · low hurdles About 2.2 miles Ideal conditions Standard race 10 runners £5446 prize
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TrackLab's Top Pick
26
Strong chance
All Runners — sorted by TrackLab Score
20+ Strong pick 12-19 Solid chance 6-11 In the mix Below 6 Outsider How scores work
B. Carver · H. Fry · 5yo · 11st 4lb
Headgear Form
26
Wearing tongue strap Won 1 of last 5
TrackLab Insight
Sorgean is the market favourite despite having only one race to her name — a winning debut at Wincanton last month. A 100% record sounds impressive but one race tells you almost nothing about how a horse will handle new challenges like today's longer trip or different competition. Trainer Harry Fry clearly thinks highly of her, and the market agrees, but this is a horse whose reputation is built on very little evidence so far.
Lightly raced (1 career races) Market favourite (3.75)
H. Skelton · D. Skelton · 5yo · 11st 4lb
Form
16
Won 0 of last 5
TrackLab Insight
Only two races on the clock, but Hidden Fortune has been placed in both of them — runner-up each time — which is a tidy record for such a lightly raced horse. She's trained by Dan Skelton, whose yard wins roughly one race in every four they enter, making this a dangerous combination to dismiss. The fact she keeps getting beaten by small margins suggests a win might not be far away.
Lightly raced (2 career races)
Trainer Quotes
Nov 2025
"An Irish point-to-point winner, she looks a nice, athletic type and should be out in bumpers quite soon. 10-11-25"
F. Mitchell(3) · G. & Josh Moore · 5yo · 11st 4lb · OR 105
C&D Form
15
Won at this course & distance Won 1 of last 5 Won here 1 time Loves this ground (25% win rate) Won at this distance 1 time
TrackLab Insight
Shutfrontdoor is the only horse in this field who has already won at Fontwell, and she has done it over this exact course and distance — a fact that stands out when most of her rivals have never been here before. She has finished in the top two in four of her five races and was runner-up just 25 days ago, so she arrives fit and in form. If course knowledge counts for anything today, she has a clear edge over her rivals.
Only course winner (1 from 2 here) Has won over this course and distance Best record on this ground (1 from 4)
Trainer Quotes
Oct 2025
"She won a Fontwell bumper in May, is straightforward and will be heading over hurdles soon. It was a bit of a mess of a race on her second start at Market Rasen and I think she'll be winning hurdle races. 28-10-25"
B. Powell · H. C Knight · 6yo · 11st 4lb
Form
13
Good Value
Won 0 of last 5
TrackLab Insight
By far the most experienced horse in the field — 30 races compared to the field average of just five — Flash Bardot has won five times in her career and knows how to compete. The problem is that all five of those wins came on wet or muddy ground, and she has never won on the normal conditions on offer today. Her recent form has been modest too, finishing third, fifth and seventh in her last three runs.
Most experienced (30 runs, field avg 5)
J. Burke · N. Scholfield · 6yo · 11st 4lb
Freshness Form
13
Good Value
Fresh (144 days off) Won 1 of last 5
TrackLab Insight
Rock Sensation has the best win rate in the field — one win from five races — but she hasn't been seen on a racecourse for nearly five months, which is a significant unknown. Her last two completed runs produced a fourth at Cheltenham (top-level company) and a third at Lingfield, so the ability is there. The question is whether a long absence has taken the edge off her.
Absent 144 days (longest in field) Best career win rate in field (1 in 5)
Trainer Quotes
Oct 2025
"She's a speedier type than Queenofthejukebox and won nicely on her second start in a bumper at Southwell. We're likely to start her off in the Listed mares' bumper at Cheltenham on November 15. If she's working well enough up to then, we'll be inclined to give her a crack at that and then she'll probably go hurdling. 22-10-25"
D. Noonan · B. Clarke · 5yo · 11st 4lb
Form Distance
11
Won 1 of last 5 Won at this distance 1 time
TrackLab Insight
Three races, three top-two finishes — Secret Des Lune has been placed every single time she has run, including a win at Plumpton last time out. Like Diamond White, she has never raced on normal ground before, so today is a new test in terms of conditions. If she handles the surface, she brings the most consistent recent form in the race.
Never raced on normal ground Lightly raced (3 career races)
R. McLernon · J. & A J O'Neill · 5yo · 11st 4lb
Form
4.9
Won 0 of last 5
TrackLab Insight
Diamond White has finished in the top three in three of her four races, so she clearly knows what she's doing out there — but a win has so far eluded her. What's unusual here is that she has never raced on normal ground before, so today is a step into the unknown in terms of conditions. Her odds drifted sharply from what appeared to be near-certainty, which is hard to ignore.
Never raced on normal ground
F. Gingell · J. Tizzard · 4yo · 10st 12lb
Form
1.6
Won 0 of last 5
TrackLab Insight
The youngest horse in the field at four years old, Whodunit has two races behind her with no wins and no places to show for them. Her most recent outing produced an eighth-place finish, beaten nearly 12 lengths, which doesn't make for encouraging reading. With limited data and no signs of a breakthrough yet, there is not much here to work with.
Lightly raced (2 career races)
C. O'Farrell · R. Ford · 5yo · 11st 4lb
Form
0.1
Won 0 of last 5
TrackLab Insight
Queens Up arrives here on the back of two difficult outings — a pulled-up run followed by a seventh-place finish — and those are not the stepping stones you want heading into a race. The jockey and trainer have never worked together before, which adds another layer of uncertainty. At odds of 201, the market has made its feelings fairly clear.
Lightly raced (2 career races)
S. Houlihan · S. Gardner · 5yo · 11st 4lb
Form
0.1
Won 0 of last 5
TrackLab Insight
Saffron Belle's last two completed races ended in a twelfth and a tenth, and she also fell at Newton Abbot last time out, which makes for difficult reading. Three runs in, she has yet to get close to the front of a race, and the gap between her and the leaders has been sizeable. There is very little in the data to suggest she can trouble the stronger horses in this field.
Lightly raced (3 career races)
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