12:15 Fontwell

Thursday 26 December 2019

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Southern Contract Lifting Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 12:15 | Winning time: 6m 20.25s

Jubilympics³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Ben Jones⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 120| BF

11/8

Placed on first two starts this season including when 1L third over 2m7f at Exeter (good) in October. Slightly below that level when beaten 12L on soft ground at Ascot subsequently and is an interesting contender down in trip.

Form: 579-238

Yeats Baby^p¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Page Fuller⁽³⁾| T: Miss Z C Davison| OR: 116

40/1

Winner of a mares' handicap hurdle over an extended 3m at Ayr (good) in April for previous yard but has pulled up in all three starts since joining this stable. Others make more appeal.

Form: 311-PPP

Ratoute Yutty³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: William Marshall⁽⁷⁾| T: D Skelton| OR: 112

10/1

Failed to finish on each of her last three starts including when falling at Fakenham (3m, good) last time out. Races off a mark 6lb lower than when finishing runner-up over fences at Uttoxeter (2m4f, good-to-soft) in June.

Form: 320PPF

Runasimi River²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Millie Wonnacott⁽⁷⁾| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 109| BF

5/1

Placed on both starts since winning by a head over an extended 2m3f at Hereford (good) in October. Beaten 13½L over the same C&D on soft ground at the end of last month and is one for the shortlist in this contest.

Form: 451123

Early Days^t³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: R Johnson| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 107

7/1

Ran well to finish 11L fourth in a mares' maiden hurdle over an extended 2m3f at Lingfield (heavy) last time out. Interesting runner upped in trip on handicap debut for a stable with a 17% strike-rate (4/23) in recent weeks.

Form: 2-754

Parlour Maid^p,t¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: R G Hawker| OR: 106

16/1

Returned from wind surgery with a victory in a 2m4f handicap chase at Lingfield (heavy) last month. Unseated at the second at Cheltenham subsequently and returns to hurdles racing off a mark 1lb higher than for that Lingfield success.

Form: 1158-1U

Montys Angel^t²³

Age: 9| Weight: 10-11| J: Dave Crosse| T: J J Bridger| OR: 105

80/1

Placed in a 2m handicap on the Flat at Newbury (heavy) in October but has struggled in two hurdles starts subsequently including when 42L ninth over an extended 2m3f at Lingfield (heavy) earlier this month.

Form: 3-1R4F9

Fu Fu²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-4| J: Jack Tudor⁽⁷⁾| T: R Walford| OR: 98

9/2

Eight race maiden was beaten 21L when fourth in a 2m7f event at Bangor (heavy) at the end of last month. More needed despite a 4lb drop in the weights.

Form: 726664

Sixties Secret¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: M Goldstein| T: Miss S West| OR: 94

9/1

Running well in defeat of late including when beaten 2¾L when third in a 2m handicap hurdle at Plumpton (heavy) last time out. Races off the same mark here and stamina to prove on first attempt at this distance.

Form: 6-P7443

Forecasts

Jubilympics (11/8), Fu Fu (9/2), Runasimi River (5/1), Early Days (7/1), Sixties Secret (9/1), Ratoute Yutty (10/1), Parlour Maid (16/1), Yeats Baby (40/1), Montys Angel (80/1)

JUBILYMPICS disappointed on her most recent start but dropping back in trip she is taken to defy top weight in the opening mares only handicap hurdle. The selection has run well on the forecast heavy ground in the past and she can get the better of Parlour Maid, who was a winner over fences on her most recent completed start. Third place can go to Runasimi River who has been running well in defeat so far this campaign.