Jenkinsons Caterers Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:10 | Winning time: 3m 55.4s

Mystic Sky^b²²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Maxime Tissier⁽⁵⁾| T: L Wadham| OR: 131| D

13/8

Runner-up to the admirable Lady Buttons in a Wetherby Mares' Listed race (2m) on her penultimate start and upped a further 4lb for her most recent 2m Huntingdon win; any considerable rain could place a sizeable dent in her chances of following up.

Form: 297321

Giveaway Glance^h²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King| OR: 125| D

3/1

Back over hurdles recently following a productive spell on the Flat; driven out to repel Shambra by a neck at Fontwell (2m3f, good) latest; a subsequent 3lb rise is fair but equally this rates as a slightly deeper race (Cl 2).

Form: 2P50-61

Floral Bouquet^t⁴⁷

9/4

Front-runner who boasts C&D winning form (1-1) and also handles soft ground; below par on her seasonal reappearance (2m4f) but further wind surgery could prove helpful; much respected back at the minimum trip.

Form: 3611-F3

Llantara^t²³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: Benjamin Poste| T: T Symonds| OR: 113| D

5/1

On an upward curve in the spring winning back-to-back 2m heavy ground contests at Towcester and Hereford; now 5lb higher than for the second of those two wins; raised in grade (Cl 4 to Cl 2); forecast rain could prove to be a leveller.

Form: 702511-

Non-Runners

Cubswin¹¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: N B King J: Bryony Frost

Forecasts

Mystic Sky (13/8), Floral Bouquet (9/4), Giveaway Glance (3/1), Llantara (5/1), Cubswin (8/1)

A small field but potentially a very tricky puzzle with the weather forecast in mind. Should Ludlow miss the worst of the forecast rain the likeliest winner would be the bang in-form Mystic Sky. However, such a scenario looks unlikely and that brings the soft ground proven trio of Giveaway Glance, Llantara and FLORAL BOUQUET firmly into contention. The selection is defending an unbeaten record at this track, will almost certainly be in there vying for the lead from the outset and can be excused a rare below-par performance at Fakenham (2m4f) 47-days ago.