17:35 Uttoxeter

Saturday 30 March 2019

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Mark Slater Electrical Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 17:35 | Winning time: 3m 49.10s

Agent Valdez³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: C Brace⁽⁷⁾| T: F O'Brien

20/1

Landed Irish maiden point-to-point last May and ran with promise on Rules bow when fourth at Wetherby last month. Could be more to come and may not be at all far away.

Form: 4-14

Hudson Yard⁹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: L P Aspell| T: Miss E C Lavelle

8/1

Won by 12 lengths in only start between the flags and makes her Rules debut here. By Yeats out of a Flemensfirth mare so bred for the jump and looks an interesting candidate.

Form: 1

Lady Chuffnell

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: B Pauling

16/1

Connections went to €30,000 for here at 2017 sales and makes racecourse bow here for yard that has been among the winners over the last few weeks. Worth a check for any market interest in this daughter of Jeremy.

Form:

Molly Ollys Wishes⁷³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton

9/1

Plenty to like about the first run of this daughter of Black Sam Bellamy who finished a creditable third in a bumper at Newbury in January. Given time to get over that and will have learned plenty so rates a serious contender.

Form: 3

Outonpatrol¹¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Oakley Brown⁽¹⁰⁾| T: A King

3/1

Landed Irish mares maiden point-to-point in December and now makes Rules debut under guidance of fine trainer who has a good record in this sphere. 10lb claimer on board tempers confidence a little though.

Form: 31

Pogo I Am³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Kieron Edgar| T: H Fry

5/1

Promising sixth on debut at Ludlow then kept on well to be beaten just half a length at Plumpton last time. Yard has 20% strike rate at present but suspicion this may be a shade deeper than the Plumpton contest.

Form: 62

The Milan Girl^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: R Johnson| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls

11/4

€50,000 daughter of St Leger winner Milan out of a French hurdles winner. Tongue-tied down for debut but top rider on board and looks as though connections are hopeful of a bold show.

Form:

Ivy's Shadow

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: L Treadwell| T: S Thomas

50/1

€2,000 purchase for this daughter of relatively unkown sire Jammaal. Doesn't jump out as a likely debut winner so others are preferred.

Form:

Mac Kayla

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams

40/1

Kayf Tara filly closely related to four winners and out of a winning dam as well. Bred to win a race or two and market may well give best indication of expectations on this raceourse bow.

Form:

Midnightreflection^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Max Kendrick⁽⁵⁾| T: B I Case

33/1

Midnight Legend filly who is related to a number of French winners on her dam's side. Hooded for this first racecourse experience to may be a touch fractious and is best watched unless market indicates otherwise.

Form:

The City Cobbler

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: G Sheehan| T: P R Webber

33/1

Interesting pedigree for this daughter of Mount Nelson out of a dam. Dam placed over a mile on the Flat so wouldn't be biggest surprise if she has some ability.

Form:

Wynn House

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Wayne Hutchinson| T: A King

11/1

Stable companion of Outonpatrol and looks first string given jockey bookings. Connections went to £60,000 for this filly whose dam is closely related to the classy The West Awake. One for the short list with yard in good form at present.

Form:

Zero To Hero⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Miss Brodie Hampson⁽⁵⁾| T: A Watson

12/1

Second in Irish maiden bumper last month so this daughter of Arakan has some ability. Predominately Flat yard rare visitors in this sphere so is of interest, especially if there are positive market signals for her Rules debut.

Form: 2

Non-Runners

Docte Dina

Weight: 11-0| Age: 5

T: S Thomas J: James Bowen

Forecasts

The Milan Girl (11/4), Outonpatrol (3/1), Pogo I Am (5/1), Hudson Yard (8/1), Molly Ollys Wishes (9/1), Wynn House (11/1), Zero To Hero (12/1), Docte Dina (14/1), Lady Chuffnell (16/1), Agent Valdez (20/1), Midnightreflection (33/1), The City Cobbler (33/1), Mac Kayla (40/1), Ivy's Shadow (50/1)

Not a great deal of form to go on and Molly Ollys Wishes is best of those to have run so far. A chance is taken though that Alan King's WYNN HOUSE will be straight enough on debut to herself justice as she has an eyecatching pedigree. There are a host of other possibilities with Agent Valdez, Hudson Yard, Lady Chuffnel and Pogo I Am all possibilities in a contest where the market may prove highly informative.