PATIENT OWNER can build on a promising start over fences at Uttoxeter on New Year’s Eve by landing the Happy Birthday Tony And Nora Wootten Handicap Chase (4.15) at Carlisle.
Henry Oliver’s eight-year-old didn’t find the target in six attempts over hurdles, his best effort in the sphere being a maiden-hurdle third at Chepstow last January.
But there was plenty more to like about the son of Getaway’s son chasing debut in the Potteries 37 days ago.
In the vanguard throughout under David Noonan, Patient Owner hit the front after the third fence from home before being headed by two-length scorer The Lion Dancer after the final obstacle.
The form of that race has a solid look to it – both the third Art Deco and the fourth home Bobmahley won next time out.
A 2lb nudge up the weights takes Patient Owner to a British Horseracing Authority mark of 94 but may not be enough to stop him from going one better.
At Fontwell, SAWPIT SIENNA, successful at Fakenham and Taunton this winter, gets the vote to make it three wins from her last four starts by beating 11 opponents for the At The Races App Expert Tips Handicap Hurdle (4.30).
MONDAY'S SELECTIONS
FONTWELL
1.20 MR TICKETYBOO
1.55 UNIT SIXTYFOUR
2.30 KILBEG KING
3.00 OZZIE MAN
3.30 SAN FERMIN
4.00 RIVER TYNE
4.30 SAWPIT SIENNA (NB)
CARLISLE
1.35 DUNNET HEAD
2.10 ONE FINE MAN
2.45 POETIC MUSIC
3.15 LA RENOMMEE
3.45 LEADING FORCE
4.15 PATIENT OWNER (NAP)
4.45 BERTIE’S BALLET
WOLVERHAMPTON
5.30 DARK DESIGN
6.00 TOLLERTON FOREST
6.30 CUBAN GREY
7.00 SUPER DEN
7.30 MINT EDITION
8.00 GLEN BUCK
8.30 JENNY REN
DOUBLE: PATIENT OWNER and SAWPIT SIENNA
