Equine Products Mares' Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 5m 16.09s

Song Saa^t¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr N George⁽⁷⁾| T: T R George| OR: 124| D

2/1

Emphatic 6L winner at Kempton (2m4f+, good to soft) on her penultimate start and ran a very respectable race (off an 8lb higher mark) when upped to 3m at Warwick next time; slight suspicion that she's strongest going right-handed.

Form: P-44413

Sparkling River⁸¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: Dave Crosse| T: Henry Oliver| OR: 120| D

7/2

Now rated 4lb lower than when battling to victory at Uttoxeter (2m6f+, heavy) in January 2018. However, that race seemingly took it's toll as she's under-performed ever since; back fresh from an 81-day break and the yard are in excellent form.

Form: 413P-8P

Caraline^p,t¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Miss Becky Smith⁽³⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 118| C

7/1

A six-time winner over fences at the likes of Sedgefield, Kelso and Wetherby; difficult to draw too much from her more recent efforts, but she's slipped to a more manageable mark (fallen 10lb since Boxing Day); stays this trip.

Form: 21-P559

Sophie Olivia¹¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Danny Cook| T: M Todhunter| OR: 116| D

6/4

Stayed on strongly to beat the subsequent two-time winner The Paddy Pie on chasing debut at Hexham (2m4f, soft) in October 2018; disappointed four-weeks later at Ayr and absent since; still retains scope for further success off this mark (116).

Form: 2/128-1P

Forecasts

Sophie Olivia (6/4), Song Saa (2/1), Sparkling River (7/2), Caraline (7/1)

It's perfectly feasible that Noel George will keep things relatively simple aboard the top-weight Song Saa and seek to make all aboard his in-form mount. However, she'll need to see out every yard of the trip at this testing track and there's just a nagging doubt that she's best suited by racing right-handed. Therefore, in an otherwise weak race she's taken on with the Hexham scorer SOPHIE OLIVIA. She picked up nicely from off the pace when making a winning chasing debut (16/1) in October, and retains scope for further success from an 8lb higher mark.