Mark Stewart Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 6m 13.1s

Kilconny Bridge^t²⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Ben Godfrey⁽⁷⁾| T: A J Honeyball| OR: 126| D

1/1

Point/bumper winner who progressed at a rate of knots over hurdles last term, rattling off the hat-trick at Ludlow (23.8f) in February. Open to further improvement and fancied to be in the mix again.

Form: 112111-

Martha Brae^p²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Bryan Carver⁽⁵⁾| T: W Greatrex| OR: 125

3/1

Bumper/hurdles winner during 2019 who improved again in defeat in mares' novice hurdles last season. Shaped as if needing return/handicap debut last month and expected to be sharper here.

Form: 81222-8

Kalahari Queen²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Page Fuller| T: Jamie Snowden| OR: 118| D

8/1

Well beaten in 2 starts last season (both over hurdles) and some way below her best on back of another wind op/back over fences at Hereford (20.8f) last month. Needs to step up on that to figure.

Form: 214/0P-2

Royal Claret^p¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-9| J: Benjamin Poste| T: T Symonds| OR: 109

9/2

Didn't take to chasing but steadily back to form over hurdles last term, resuming winning ways at Hereford (25.5f) in March. Not disgraced on return at Newton Abbot and no forlorn hope.

Form: PP921-5

Mac Kayla³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-4| J: Conor Ring⁽³⁾| T: Evan Williams| OR: 104

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden who has made a limited impact in trio of maiden/mares' novice events spread over 11 months. Assessor took no chances with her opening mark, though.

Form: 6/88-P5

Non-Runners

Precious Eleanor²⁷

Weight: 10-10| Age: 5

T: H D Daly J: R Johnson

Forecasts

Kilconny Bridge (1/1), Martha Brae (3/1), Royal Claret (9/2), Precious Eleanor (5/1), Kalahari Queen (8/1), Mac Kayla (28/1)

KILCONNY BRIDGE progressed at a rate of knots over hurdles last term, rattling off the hat-trick at Ludlow when last seen in February. Open to further progress in this sphere, she can continue the good work on return for her in-form yard. Martha Brae with a reappearance spin under her belt is feared most, ahead of Precious Eleanor.