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Wednesday 8 January 2020

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Shukers Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race (NHMOPS Bonus Race) (Div 1)

Off time: 15:16 | Winning time: 3m 53.30s

Fontaine Collonges²⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: Miss V Williams

7/2

Makes her GB/stable debut (cost €180,000) under a penalty having built on a solid enough effort when sixth in a Grade 3 (started favourite) to win on her second start at Le Lion-d'Angers (1m4f, soft); of obvious interest.

Form: 26-1

Ballymilan³⁸⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: T Scudamore| T: N P MulhollandWS

16/1

Milan mare; has undergone wind surgery since finishing a promising fifth of 12 (10-1) to Who What When in a 1m4½f fillies' junior bumper at Newbury (soft) in December 2018; may find a few of the others sharper and wiser.

Form: 5-

Cup Of Coffee

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: James Davies| T: R Bandey

66/1

€9,000 juvenile; second foal; half-sister to the French hurdle winner Le Meteque (2m3f-2m4f); others more likely.

Form:

Didonato²³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: A King

9/1

Milan mare; is closely related to the Lucinda Russell-trained 2m chaser Le Frank; 7-1 when a staying on fourth (beaten just under 15L) to Vegas Blue at Bangor (2m½f, good) in May; should progress with more experience.

Form: 4

Lady Diva⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Charlie Hammond⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby

50/1

Has finished out the back at big prices on both starts so far (Warwick & Southwell); thought highly unlikely to fare any better here.

Form: 08

Lilly Pedlar²⁵⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson

5/1

Yeats mare from a once-raced dam who is a half-sister to the Gold Cup/King George winner Long Run; 11-1 when never occupying better than a midfield position at Bangor (2m½f, good) in April.

Form: 7-

Misshirocco⁷⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: E J Walsh| T: Mrs S J Humphrey

66/1

Cost £14,000 as a 3yo; 33-1 when a well beaten tenth of 11 to Litigate on debut at Fakenham (2m, good) in October; far safer to look elsewhere for the solution.

Form: 0

Padstow Harbour²⁷⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: S Bowen| T: H Fry

9/4

Malinas mare; eighth foal; half-sister to three winners, including the Trevor Hemmings-owned Stoney Mountain (bumper/2m4f-3m hurdle); one-paced second in a Hereford point-to-point bumper (2m, good) in April; is shortlisted on debut for Harry Fry.

Form: 2-

Shallow Run⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr

16/1

Ready winner of a November soft-ground 3m Lisronagh point for C.W.J Farrell; 1-7 overall in that sphere; has since joined Donald McCain; rules/bumper debut.

Form: 423-514

Sheila Nash⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: H Whittington

11/1

€2,400 yearling (€15,500 3yo); attracted market support (7-2) when sixth of 13 on debut at Wetherby (2m, soft); should've taken plenty on board that initial experience (race has produced subsequent winners - Clondaw Caitlin & Meep Meep Mag).

Form: 6

Step To The Top^h1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: L P Aspell| T: Noel Williams

5/1

Doyen mare; second foal; half-sister to the useful and sadly ill-fated Jamie Snowden-trained bumper winner Shantewe; is hooded for racecourse debut; note any positive market move.

Form:

Forecasts

Padstow Harbour (9/4), Fontaine Collonges (7/2), Step To The Top (5/1), Lilly Pedlar (5/1), Didonato (9/1), Sheila Nash (11/1), Ballymilan (16/1), Shallow Run (16/1), Lady Diva (50/1), Misshirocco (66/1), Cup Of Coffee (66/1)

Fontaine Collonges will attract plenty of column inches on debut for Venetia Williams having cost €180,000 from France, and she sets a solid standard of form for the others to aim towards. However, the preferred option is the now Harry Fry-trained PADSTOW HARBOUR. She finished runner-up on her sole start for Philip Rowley (in a Hereford point-to-point bumper) and hails from a family line that is well-known to her prominent owner Trevor Hemmings. Others worthy of note for the future include Sheila Nash and Didonato.