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Friday 5 July 2019

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Like at racingwelfare On Facebook Conditional Jockeys' Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:47 | Winning time: 3m 52.3s

Chilli Romance^t¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: C Brace⁽³⁾| T: F O'Brien| OR: 100

5/1

Took a fair while to get off the mark over hurdles but did it in good style when she did at Leicester last December. Showed that despite the rise in the weights she can still be competitive when second at Stratford last time; definite player.

Form: 3391-32

Cassis De Reine^h²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Harry Kimber⁽⁷⁾| T: W G M Turner| OR: 100

20/1

Comes here with something to prove having been placed in a couple of bumpers having run her best race over hurdles on handicap debut. Failed to repeat that effort last time in novice company and now returns to handicaps.

Form: 7/P64-36

Khismet^p²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Charlie Price⁽³⁾| T: J L Flint| OR: 98| CD

6/1

Handicapper gives her chance based on her old form (7lb below her last hurdles mark) but she has been off the track a fair while now in this sphere. Two recent Flat starts have failed to inspire and she comes her with questions to answer.

Form: 935234/

Lace Bonnet^p¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: R Patrick| T: Christian Williams| OR: 97

20/1

Headgear (first-time cheekpieces) appeared to provide the catalyst for her Warwick win in April beating a big field. Three starts since then over a variety of trips haven't seen her in the same sort of form; doubts creeping in now.

Form: 531-440

Definite Winner^t⁵²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Houlihan| T: Katy Price| OR: 95

8/1

Ran away with a weak/unappealing handicap back in November at Wincanton over further (ran two modest races after) before bouncing back off a five month break last time. Up 7lb for her Ffos Las win, that makes this tougher.

Form: FU138-1

Influential Lady^b1¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Fergus Gregory| T: W Greatrex| OR: 90

33/1

Blinkers now go on to see if that form of headgear can drag any improvement out of her having shown very little last time on handicap debut in cheekpieces. Yet to match her modest bumper form over hurdles; dropped 6lb from her opening mark.

Form: 345-660

Ginjo^p⁵⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: C J Todd⁽⁵⁾| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 87

5/2

Very lightly raced since gaining a pair of wins at Stratford in July 2016 off lower marks than the one she faces here. Has shaped well twice since coming back from an extended absence (after those two wins) just failing to win last time; interesting.

Form: 0411/3-2

Musical Stardust³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: A M Hales| OR: 86

4/1

Found some improvement since returning from a break of late going one better than her comeback run last time to score at Fontwell. Needed to show little improvement to score (favourite ran poorly) but should continue to give a good account.

Form: 3757-21

Show Of Force^t1¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Mr Jason Dixon⁽⁶⁾| T: Kieran Burke| OR: 77

6/1

Dual Flat winner whose form looks fair but hasn't shown anything like that level over hurdles including in handicaps on her last two starts. Looked to be a non-stayer last time over slightly further here, needs a sharp bare 2m to be considered.

Form: 48-575

Sprogzilla¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Max Kendrick| T: H James| OR: 70

50/1

Ran poorly over fences last time returning from a 12 week break but she's an unreliable sort in any case. Hard to think that she would be good enough to break her maiden in this contest.

Form: 7UF25-P

Opera Buffa^p,t³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Edward Austin⁽³⁾| T: L Hurley| OR: 61

66/1

Career record reads 0-29 and racing from 13lb out of the handicaps she has plenty on her plate here. Not one that you could support readily given her record.

Form: 0P98-56

Non-Runners

Chica Rapida³⁰

Weight: 10-6| Age: 7

T: Miss G Haywood J: Harry Reed

Forecasts

Ginjo (5/2), Musical Stardust (4/1), Chilli Romance (5/1), Khismet (6/1), Show Of Force (6/1), Definite Winner (8/1), Cassis De Reine (20/1), Lace Bonnet (20/1), Influential Lady (33/1), Sprogzilla (50/1), Chica Rapida (50/1), Opera Buffa (66/1)

Trainer Bernard Llewellyn has a good chance of landing the previous handicap and his GINJO provides him with a sound chance of landing prize having gone in good fashion the last twice suggesting she’s as good as she was before her absence. The booking of Jonjo O’Neill Jr for Musical Stardust catches the eye but she does need to show a little improvement on what she’s shown so far having been given a rise in the weights for her Fontwell success. Chilli Romance has to respected despite topweight given her Stratford runner-up slot last time while Definite Winner improved last time but has to show further progress given a 7lb rise in the weights.