Welsh Border Point To Point Area 2018 Awards Mares' Intermediate Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 17:15 | Winning time: 3m 31.06s

Miss Heritage¹⁶⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: J M Quinlan| T: D R C Elsworth| BF| D

2/1

Flat bred filly opened her account on heavy ground before running well under a penalty on latest start on soft. Form lacks substance and questions to answer concerning quicker ground.

Form: 12-

Burn Baby Byrne¹²³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Isabel Williams⁽⁷⁾| T: Evan Williams

10/1

2-5 in point-to-points and runner-up in the other three. Form looks questionable and she has been beaten in one race by a rival with an official chase mark of 82. On the plus side her yard are 3-13 in bumpers around here.

Form: 121

Hanna Hvar^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Lorcan Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: D McCain Jnr

14/1

By Derby winner Pour Moi out of a mare who won twice on the Flat in and who has produced two winners on the level in France and Hong Kong. Interesting pedigree on debut for an in-form yard, but the fitting of a hood on debut is a red flag.

Form:

Lady Sally

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: M D Grant| T: D J S Ffrench Davis

33/1

Unraced Scorpion filly with bags of stamina in her pedigree on the dam's side. Trainer has a career 1-69 record in bumpers.

Form:

Mrs Hyde²²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: P J Brennan| T: F O'Brien| BF

9/2

By Flemensfirth out of a mare who won two bumpers including the Listed mares bumper at Sandown. Heavily backed on debut and cruised into contention only to find little when asked. Has since changed a yard that do well with this type.

Form: 5-

Ruby Tiger¹⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: R Johnson| T: H D Daly

2/1

Related to three bumper winners, two of whom wanted bottomless ground. Being by Sulamani the fast conditions as forecast will be fine and her last run here in May confirmed she had learnt from her debut.

Form: 3-3

Trixie Mc²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: James Bowen| T: G P Cromwell

5/1

Yeats mare is a half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser Aqua Dude. Form of her latest run at Clonmel has been taking knocks, but she arrives with her fitness proven and under a rider who is 2-4 for the stable.

Form: 43

Forecasts

Miss Heritage (2/1), Ruby Tiger (2/1), Mrs Hyde (9/2), Trixie Mc (5/1), Burn Baby Byrne (10/1), Hanna Hvar (14/1), Lady Sally (33/1)

This looks very tricky with none of those with form standing out and Burn Baby Byrne having landed two races between the flags at a modest level. The untested pair, Hanna Hvar and Lady Sally have doubts to overcome, but Mrs Hyde is one to note in the market on debut for a yard that do well with mares. Miss Heritage needs to show she can improve on this quicker ground and Ruby Tiger represents a trainer who has a sub-standard 5-61 record with bumper horses here. As a result a chance is taken on the Irish raider TRIXIE MC who is fit from a couple of recent runs, is proven on a sound surface and who has clocked good speed figures in the process.