14:45 Carlisle

Thursday 10 March 2022

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Happy 37th Birthday Nicola Fox Mares' Novices' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 4m 24.1s

Taragrace⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 101| D

7/4

Opened her account with taking win in 2m handicap hurdle (10/1) at Doncaster 41 days ago. Up 7 lb but she rates a big player with a fair bit more improvement in the pipeline.

Form: F75641

Oot Ma Way^p¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: C O'Farrell| T: I Jardine| OR: 100

7/2

Modest 10f winner on the level who has matched that form in this sphere, good second of 5 in 2m novice at Musselburgh 18 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 54242

Maisiebella²⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Lee Edwards| T: J Groucott| OR: 89

13/2

Off 25 months before ninth of 12 in handicap hurdle (66/1) at Uttoxeter (19.9f, heavy) 26 days ago. Should step forward now, but she needs to.

Form: 40744/9

Howzat Hiris⁷³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-4| J: Jack Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 79

11/1

66/1, eleventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Wetherby (24.1f) 73 days ago. Back down in trip with work to do.

Form: 457-640

That's Your Lottie^h,t¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: S Mulqueen| T: K Scott| OR: 75

10/3

Respectable fourth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Musselburgh (19.8f) 18 days ago. No forlorn hope in her bid for a breakthrough success.

Form: 750724

Kitty Hall^p,t⁴³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Sean Quinlan| T: B Butterworth| OR: 70| CD

14/1

Thirteen runs since her last win in 2019, and tongue strap on when only seventh of 13 in 2m handicap hurdle at Catterick 43 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 4UP067

Non-Runners

Atlantic Dancer²³

Weight: 11-3| Age: 9

T: N W Alexander J: Non Runner

She's A Rocca⁴¹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 7

T: N G Richards J: B S Hughes

Racks Cross²³

Weight: 10-7| Age: 8

T: H Graham & G Rutherford J: Callum Bewley

Sisu²⁹

Weight: 10-0| Age: 4

T: S Corbett J: Craig Nichol

Forecasts

Taragrace (7/4), She's A Rocca (3/1), That's Your Lottie (10/3), Oot Ma Way (7/2), Racks Cross (9/2), Maisiebella (13/2), Atlantic Dancer (8/1), Howzat Hiris (11/1), Kitty Hall (14/1), Sisu (25/1)

A case can be made for a few of these, but there was a lot to like about the breakthrough success of TARAGRACE at Doncaster and she still looks ahead of her mark despite being raised 7 lb. She's A Rocca shaped well after an absence when third at the same track and can make her presence felt along with Musselburgh runner-up Oot Ma Way.