16:30 Huntingdon

Thursday 8 February 2018

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EBF Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 16:30 | Winning time: 4m 5.7s

Sea Story³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: David Bass| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls| D

3/1

Unseated rider on debut but made no mistake when winning on soft ground at Ludlow last time out. Penalised for that success and interesting to see how she fares today.

Form: U1

Blackbird

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: C Gethings| T: S Edmunds

10/1

Unraced home-bred daughter of Black Sam Bellamy out of a mare who was a winner twice over hurdles. Worth a check in the market on racecourse debut.

Form:

Freedom Run

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: B S Hughes| T: Miss E C Lavelle

9/1

Unraced daughter of Presenting purchased for €30,000 as a foal. Dam a half-sister to top class chaser Long Run and market support would be interesting on today's racecourse debut.

Form:

Hawthorn Cottage⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Lucy K Barry⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss A Murphy

14/1

Placed in three point-to-points prior to winning at Knockinroe (heavy) in November. Purchased for £30,000 subsequently and stable are in good form at present (3/8).

Form: 72-231

Miss Honey Ryder

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: R Johnson| T: W Greatrex

3/1

Unraced Stowaway mare bought for €50,000 at the sales last June. Half-sister to the useful Western Ryder and one to note for a stable with a 28% strike-rate (60/218) in bumpers in recent years.

Form:

Moody Maggie

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: G Sheehan| T: Miss S Smith

12/1

Unraced home-bred mare by Milan and a half-sister to three winners over jumps. Probably best watched on today's racecourse debut.

Form:

Moonlight Dancer

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton

7/1

Unraced daughter of Kayf Tara and a half-sister to a number of winners over jumps including the useful Lyes Green. Interesting runner on today's racecourse debut.

Form:

Sparkling Dawn³¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Tom Cannon| T: J Farrelly

5/1

Ran well in two bumpers to date most recently when finishing third on soft ground at Uttoxeter in April last year. Making her seasonal debut today.

Form: 43-

The Toojumpa²³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Tom Humphries⁽⁷⁾| T: J Groucott

100/1

Finished well held in both starts in bumpers so far including at Hereford when wearing a hood (absent today) for the first time last months. Others make more appeal.

Form: 05

Champagne Reef

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: T E Whelan| T: Miss J Feilden

33/1

Unraced Literato filly cost connections 5,500 gns as a yearling in October 2015. Interesting to see how she fares on today's debut.

Form:

Non-Runners

Blazing Gold⁷⁵

Weight: 10-12| Age: 5

T: R Dickin J: Adrian Heskin

Granny Frankham

Weight: 10-12| Age: 5

T: J R Jenkins J: T Scudamore

Forecasts

Sea Story (3/1), Miss Honey Ryder (3/1), Sparkling Dawn (5/1), Moonlight Dancer (7/1), Freedom Run (9/1), Blackbird (10/1), Moody Maggie (12/1), Hawthorn Cottage (14/1), Granny Frankham (25/1), Champagne Reef (33/1), Blazing Gold (33/1), The Toojumpa (100/1)

MISS HONEY RYDER is taken to make a winning racecourse debut in this concluding bumper. Trainer Warren Greatrex has an impressive record in these contests and his representative here can get the better of Sea Story, the only previous rules winner in the field with the experienced Sparkling Dawn taken to claim third.