Kevin Watson Lady Riders' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:45 | Winning time: 3m 57.20s

Sadma¹⁶⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Pte Alexandra Bell⁽⁷⁾| T: N Lampard| OR: 100| D

20/1

Lightly raced since winning at Wincanton (soft) in December 2015. Well held in a hunter chase at Cheltenham (good) in May and probably best watched on his return to handicaps.

Form: 414/PP-8

So Sorry Sarah^p1,t1³⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: Alice Stevens⁽⁷⁾| T: O Murphy| OR: 98

7/1

Point-to-point winner finished 20L third in a 2m4f handicap hurdle at Worcester (good) last month. Races off a 2lb lower mark and wears tongue tie and cheekpieces for the first time.

Form: 5444/P3

Muilean Na Madog^p1¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Miss S L Bowen⁽⁷⁾| T: D G Bridgwater| OR: 96

33/1

Eight race maiden finished a well beaten fourth on first hurdles completion at Warwick (2m, good) earlier this month. Cheekpieces tried for the first time on handicap debut.

Form: 45PP/B4

Clock On Tom¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽⁷⁾| T: B Leavy| OR: 93| D

9/2

Placed off a 7lb higher mark on heavy ground at Uttoxeter (2m) in December last year. Struggled since however including earlier this month when returning from a break.

Form: 523-576

Chilli Romance^t²²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Miss A Stirling⁽⁷⁾| T: F O'Brien| OR: 93

4/1

14 race maiden and placed three times under this rider last season including on soft ground over an extended 2m at Taunton in January. Pair were well held at Huntingdon two months later but she remains one to note on seasonal debut.

Form: P/35238-

Canford Thompson²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Bryony Frost⁽³⁾| T: N B King| OR: 89| BF| D

11/10

Sole success from 27 starts came in a juvenile hurdle two years ago. Placed on three of his last four starts and races off the same mark as when second over C&D on good ground in August.

Form: 543326

Brother Bennett^p,t¹⁵³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Page Fuller⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss Z C Davison| OR: 85

16/1

Victorious by a head under this rider in a handicap chase at Plumpton (2m1f, good-to-soft) in April. Pulled up here subsequently and worth a check in the market back over hurdles on his return from a break.

Form: 43651-P

Forecasts

Canford Thompson (11/10), Chilli Romance (4/1), Clock On Tom (9/2), So Sorry Sarah (7/1), Brother Bennett (16/1), Sadma (20/1), Muilean Na Madog (33/1)

SO SORRY SARAH ran well in a handicap hurdle last time out and with a promising amateur rider in the saddle she can register a first Rules success in the concluding race on the card. Canford Thompson has been running well in defeat in the main in recent starts and he can finish runner-up ahead of Chilli Romance who is making her seasonal debut.