15:35 Ludlow

Wednesday 10 January 2018

All12:5013:2013:5514:2515:0015:3516:05

Racing UK Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:35 | Winning time: 5m 29.50s

Marvellous Monty¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Brendan Powell| T: J Farrelly| OR: 110

11/2

13-race maiden has produced career bests in two of her last three starts. Fears she may be vulnerable to a better treated rival.

Form: 352-294

Fille Des Champs^t⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Mitchell Bastyan⁽⁵⁾| T: Evan Williams| OR: 105

9/2

Beat Misty Mai over this trip at Ffos Las in 2016 and not well matched with that rival on these terms. She has improved since, however, and her latest run here was another progressive step.

Form: 434-254

Shoofly Milly^t,v¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Matt Griffiths| T: J Scott| OR: 105

16/1

Exeter specialist who has been out of form this term. Stable are in form, but she is so far from her peak it is hard to be positive about her prospects.

Form: 214-PP6

Misty Mai²³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: James Bowen⁽⁵⁾| T: D A Rees| OR: 105

7/1

Relished the bottomless ground when scoring at Ffos Las but drops half a mile in distance and conditions will be less testing.

Form: 656-521

Where's Cherry^p⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: N D Fehily| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 104

40/1

Mare has lost her way over the past 12 months and there were few signs of that decline being reversed on stable debut.

Form: 23UFP-P

Comragh⁵⁸²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Nick Scholfield| T: J Scott| OR: 103

33/1

Winner of an Ayr maiden hurdle in 2015 for Stuart Crawford but well beaten on just two starts since. Current yard are in form, but she faces many questions after 18 months off.

Form: 417/P-

Ask Catkin²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Benjamin Poste| T: T Symonds| OR: 103

16/1

Nicely bred mare who is progressing with each run. Handicapper has factored plenty of improvement into this initial mark though.

Form: P54

The Last Bar²²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 103

8/1

Looked as though she could land a weak race like this when fourth at Fakenham last month. Has now had two runs following a year off and should be ready to give a good account.

Form: 2F/PP-54

Westerbee¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Kevin Jones⁽⁵⁾| T: J W Mullins| OR: 99

40/1

Winner of a Lingfield novice hurdle (made all) late last year her efforts in handicaps have so far been very modest. Tailed off on return from an absence and hard to recommend at present.

Form: 1U5P3-0

Pink Tara⁶⁴⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: Charlie Deutsch⁽³⁾| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 94

12/1

Modest claims on her form of two years ago, but an absence since raises doubts she can continue the recent good form of this yard.

Form: 465363/

Bonnie Black Rose^h²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-9| J: Dave Crosse| T: A J Whiting| OR: 93

50/1

Last run was a major improvement, but still leaves her with plenty more to find in order to make her presence felt.

Form: 0/0586

Dahills Hill³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: Kielan Woods| T: D Killahena & G McPherson| OR: 92

8/1

Showed ability on her final Irish start (2m3f, yielding) in August, before joining this yard. Ran below expectations on stable debut and got no further than the third last time. This will take little winning and she should not be overlooked.

Form: 67937U

Easter In Paris²³

Age: 9| Weight: 10-6| J: P J Brennan| T: P Henderson| OR: 90| D

16/1

Likely pacemaker who made all to score over fences last March. Beaten 35L when second last time out and not at her best on last two runs over hurdles.

Form: P512-02

Tara Well^p¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: J M Quinlan| T: R Dickin| OR: 84

9/2

Remains a maiden under rules and her two latest runs have been in basement grade. More to do here and a rise in the weights does not help.

Form: 9/P-8422

Jaunty Clementine⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: T E Whelan| T: B Eckley| OR: 83

25/1

Yet to come close to troubling the judge and a switch to low level handicaps has not seen her fare any better.

Form: P5F30-7

Non-Runners

Robin Deuz Pois³⁴

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: P R Webber J: R P McLernon

Forecasts

Fille Des Champs (9/2), Tara Well (9/2), Marvellous Monty (11/2), Misty Mai (7/1), Dahills Hill (8/1), The Last Bar (8/1), Pink Tara (12/1), Ask Catkin (16/1), Shoofly Milly (16/1), Easter In Paris (16/1), Robin Deuz Pois (25/1), Jaunty Clementine (25/1), Comragh (33/1), Westerbee (40/1), Where's Cherry (40/1), Bonnie Black Rose (50/1)

Few of these have convinced enough to earn maximum respect. THE LAST BAR has looked better on her two runs back from an absence and this could be the day she shines for her top yard. Dahill's Hill has been supported on her two runs for her new yard and is potentially better than we have seen, whilst Marvellous Monty and Tara Well should be in the shake up once again. Fille Des Champs appeared to be running into form last time, but Misty Mai could find these conditions not testing enough.