Fontwell Preview with Racetrack Wiseguy

October got underway right on time with the Arc winner which had to be better than some good but not brilliant Group 1 opposition and he made 11/4 look excellent value when he proved to be a different class. So, we are well underway and thriving and go to Fontwell tomorrow full of hope. Confidence, really. So let's see what outrageous belief can do for us as we set off with defeat out of the question and thinking there's a bagful of winners to be had and a possibility of going through the card.

The favourite winning the first is always useful and Chris Gordon is usually expected to do well here so there's no need to look any further than Blame the Game (1.45).

He has King William Rufus of interest in the second but Mr. Henderson sending Nico down here with just the one horse is traditionally a tip in itself so maybe Iolaos du Mou (2.20) can start getting it right now.

Dan Skelton comes further than that with only one and even if Harry's not coming to ride it, the stable are straight among the winners and Sacre Coeur (2.55, nap) is an automatic choice even against another Gordon horse and Copperhead who has competed at a higher level in the past but not with much success recently.

One always has to look out for Gary Moore at Fontwell. Cosmic View (3.30) will be supported and shorten in price if they think he's the business first time out and I reckon he wouldn't be here if they didn't.

With only four runners in the 4.07, it's possibly the hardest race to have an opinion on. It could be a Chris Gordon double with Small Bad Bob but one could have three guesses and get it wrong.

Gambie Tiep (4.40, pictured) reappears only two days after winning at Bangor so Ben Pauling clearly wants to make use of his good form now and would rather have the seven pound penalty than be reassessed by the handicapper so we are very much hoping for a favourite's benefit day but on good ground and with good stables on our side that's not unreasonable.

Mainly because it can't be quite that easy, Beat the Heat might be worth opposing in the last at 5.15. He's a course specialist and had a run on the flat not too long ago but nothing keeps winning forever. Mr. Hobbs had a winner with his only recent runner which offers us Sassified, Neil Mulholland runs two, Sir Rock is a possibility but David Pipe's Only Fools could be a percentage choice at a decent price. However, I'd prefer to not have to care by then.