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FONTWELL 4.05 ... MONCADOU 1Pt @ 11/2 S.James 9/2 circa 11/2 Betfair

Moncadou been absent for 11 month and Alan Berry takes the ride for the 1st time up of the season.
He had a couple of tries at today's distance early in his carreer but last ran at this trip in 2007 when a 2.5 length 3rd to Jaunty Times with Dream Alliance a distance behind in last of the 4 runners.
Dream Alliance won a month later then finished 2nd to Denman in the 2007 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup before going on to win the Coral Welsh National off 142 last November.
Obviously Moncadou has been hard to keep right with only 3 runs last winter for this stable which were all Class 2 handicaps against mostly higher rated rivals than he meets here.
Stable kicked into gear a bit lately with 11 winners and 11 places in the last 3 weeks.
Moncadou has gone well fresh in the past so now may be the time to catch him right and trainer re-introduces this one at a realistic level for a winning return.

Best available this morning is 11/2 S.James ... but 4/1 would be the minimum I would take elsewhere.

Edit: down to 5/1 15mins after 1st post

Won ... Full Result>>


KEMPTON 2.50 ... VAL C 1 Pt @ 5/1 circa 11/2 Betfair

Rated 10lb higher when with Nick Littmoden and ran last 2 races here in Class 5.
Dropped another 2lb qualifies her back into this grade and has 1st time blinkers after having been left with the blindfold on as the gates opened her penultimate outing and lost the favourable draw position.
The 3rd from that event Moi Chinn Tire, placed behind 2 subsequent winners Bubbly Bellini (OR71) and Anjomarba (OR67) and won since off top weight in a 0-65 and finished a 1/2 length 2nd final outing under a 6lb penalty so the form looks decent relevant to Val C's chances for this grade.

Last run was drawn on the outside.
The winner Freddies Girl was off 69.
The 2nd Candyfloss Girl, has won since (off 68) under Seb Sanders beating a previous last time out winner.
The 3rd Caramelita, finished a close 2nd to the 82 rated Noble Greek next run so is another contest working out well formwise.

Nice draw in 12 with Seb Sanders up who has ridden 5 winners (29% Strike rate) and 7 places from last 17 rides, and hopefully will bag the rail and stay there start to finish.

A small E/W double could cover stakes if either, or both fail to get past the post first.

nk, 4th ... Full Result>>