Fortieth And Fifth confident to win Bank Handicap
Fortieth And Fifth is quite confident to claim top spot in the Weatherbys Bank Handicap that will take place at Ripon racecourse on Tuesday today, May 29. The Class 3 contest is scheduled to start at 3:10 (GMT).
On the good to firm course of 1 mile, 1 furlong and 170 yards, the Michael Bell-trained bay gelding will face seven strong competitors such as Indepub, Swift Encounter, Danube River, Eastern Destiny, The Blue Banana, Abdul Malik and Dr Irv.
Fortieth And Fifth has been at the peak of form since the dawn of 2012. After getting a runner-up rank against 13 rivals in his maiden race on December 14, 2011, the three-year-old novice runner finished 2nd in the very next outing on April 28,
2012.
The maverick young horse marvellously broke his maiden in the third and last race of his career on May 18, 2012. These three outstanding performances have hiked the horse’s confidence level to a great extent. Moreover, he had been the hot favourite runner
for each of his last two starts.
Fortieth And Fifth will be able to clinch the Handicap title emphatically provided he manages to keep his stamina and momentum intact in face of the challenges that Swift Encounter will pose.
Swift Encounter too has just one triumph to his name. The Ann Duffield-trained bay and brown gelding elegantly finished first in his last outing on August 10, 2011. Since then, he has been out of action. Thus, it is hard to predict exact about his outcome
in today’s race; however, it is clear that the novice horse will fight hard.
Among the other runners, Eastern Destiny is likely to do well in the race. The Richard Fahey-trained grey filly has won one of her total three starts to date. After debuting on July 30, 2011, she nicely broke her maiden on August 15. She finished as a runner-up
in her last start on May 14.
By and large, there will be a neck-to-neck battle in the race. Fortieth And Fifth will have to put in utmost effort to thrive. The event will be quite amazing.
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