16:10 Worcester

Tuesday 10 September 2019

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Cardiac Risk In The Young (Cry) Mares' Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 16:11 | Winning time: 3m 47.5s

Annajemima^v1⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: J E Moore| T: J & S Best

66/1

Beaten a neck by Mergeela in a Wincanton (1m7f; good to firm) bumper two starts back which was a career-best. Failed to reproduce that level of form when she was an almightily underwhelming ninth of 11 at Uttoxeter (2m; good) most recently.

Form: 66-29

Charlotte Du Berry⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Jack Tudor⁽⁷⁾| T: Christian Williams

100/1

Uncompetitive on each of his four starts over hurdles, including when unseating her rider at this track last time out. Highly unlikely she will cause the main players too much trouble, and another quiet show is in the offing.

Form: U-09U

Cotton End¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: R Johnson| T: Sheila Lewis| OR: 106

9/4

Thereabouts on each start over hurdles. Made an encouraging start to life over hurdles for this stable when third at Bangor-On Dee. Long way in front of Lilypad and Net Love on that occasion, and should be bang there once again.

Form: 64-7233

Lilypad¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: J M Quinlan| T: Miss A Murphy

14/1

In front of Net Love when the pair were heavily beaten at Bangor-On-Dee (2m; good) last time out. This is easier but she needs to improve quite a bit from that run. She could do though given that was only her first start over obstacles.

Form: 7

Lope De Loop^h⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: T J Phelan| T: A Sadik| OR: 59

200/1

Maiden both over hurdles and on the flat. Hopelessly beaten at Stratford (2m; good to soft) when last seen, and pulled-up the time before that. Way too much to prove to have any ounce of faith in her.

Form: PP-P6

Malina Ocarina²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: C Gethings| T: N J Hawke

12/1

Looked to be going well before falling when in with every chance over C&D two starts ago, but dropped away tamely next time out when fifth at Southwell (1m7f; good). May have just needed that for a confidence booster though.

Form: 392F5

Mergeela^p⁶⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: David Bass| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls

25/1

Failed to complete on both starts over hurdles, including when beaten from a long way out over C&D last time out. May be able to show more when qualifying for a handicap mark, but not one to be interested in for the time being.

Form: 98-1PP

Net Love¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: Dr R D P Newland

14/1

Subject to strong market support on UK debut at Bangor-On-Dee (2m; good), but she failed to beat a single rival when quickly weakening three from home. Masses to prove off the back of that.

Form: P0-8

Queen's Magic^t1¹³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: James Best| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 116

11/10

Still looking for that elusive first career success over hurdles after eight attempts. However, she tends to be thereabouts, and is quite a consistent mare. Could have a say returned to novice company for yard among the winners.

Form: 244323-

Unsuspected Girl^t¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Shane Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: J M Bradley| OR: 105

5/1

Stepped up by some way on previous hurdles form to bely odds of 80-1 when second over C&D a couple of weeks ago. Needs to prove that was no fluke, but claims if doing so.

Form: 572

Non-Runners

Lunar Baby¹⁵⁴

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: J & A O'Neill J: G Sheehan

Forecasts

Queen's Magic (11/10), Lunar Baby (6/4), Cotton End (9/4), Unsuspected Girl (5/1), Malina Ocarina (12/1), Net Love (14/1), Lilypad (14/1), Mergeela (25/1), Annajemima (66/1), Charlotte Du Berry (100/1), Lope De Loop (200/1)

Another uncompetitive affair which can be quickly whittled down to three who look to hold serious claims. After posting a highly encouraging stable debut when third in a fair contest at Bangor-On-Dee, Cotton End should go close once again. He hasn't finished out of the front three in any of his starts over hurdles to date. Queen's Magic is a similarly consistent sort, and after producing a respectable effort when third at Perth when last seen, she also has solid claims returned to novice company after a short break. The vote goes to the filly LUNAR BABY though, who makes her hurdles debut at a low level and should be able to enjoy plenty of success over obstacles.