16:55 Chepstow

Thursday 23 March 2023

All13:2514:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:5517:25

Central Group Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (Div 1)

Off time: 16:55 | Winning time: 4m 17.40s

Chosen Hero³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Nick Scholfield| T: A Watson| D

5/1

Off mark in Irish points at second attempt and similar story in bumpers, scoring at Wetherby in January. Needs to bounce back from a below-par seventh at Ayr since but good chance she can.

Form: 3-1817

Bethka³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill

11/4

€75,000 Walk In The Park mare who is bred to be useful and solid start when 2 lengths second of 15 at Ludlow in January. Big player on that run but she was too free when disappointing at Ascot.

Form: 20

Disco Daisy

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Joe Anderson⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss E C Lavelle

6/1

Mukhadram mare. Dam (h106), maiden hurdler, 1¾m-2m winner on Flat. Newcomers from yard often fancied.

Form:

Midsummer Lass⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Lucy Gardner| T: Mrs S Gardner

200/1

Too green to show anything both starts.

Form: P0

Mighty Duchess¹⁰²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: J M Quinlan| T: B I Case

9/1

£14,000 3-y-o, £70,000 5-y-o, Vendangeur mare. Half-sister to 4 winners, including fairly useful chaser Mighty Stowaway, stays 3¼m, and useful dual bumper winner The Mighty Milan, stays 2½m. Runner-up second of 2 starts in Irish points (Dec 11).

Form: P2

Strong Belle⁵⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

11/2

Promising 2¼ lengths third of 8 to Lilting Verse in listed bumper at Huntingdon on debut. Dropped out quickly there next time but worth another chance.

Form: 38

Sweet Caryline

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Harry Kimber⁽³⁾| T: J Tizzard

7/1

£50,000 3-y-o, Blue Bresil mare. Dam (h116) 2m hurdle winner. Represents successful yard.

Form:

Blue Moon Serenade

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: Lorcan Murtagh| T: Ben Clarke

28/1

Pether's Moon filly. Half-sister to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser Blue Tara.

Form:

Getmetothemoon

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: Rex Dingle| T: A J Honeyball

9/2

Pether's Moon filly. Dam (h85) lightly raced in bumpers/over hurdles. Of obvious interest on debut given yard's great record in bumpers.

Form:

Mairis Icon⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: M G Nolan| T: J W Mullins

125/1

100/1, fifteenth of 18 in bumper at Wincanton on debut 49 days ago.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

Dolly Delightful

Weight: 11-0| Age: 5

T: P Hobbs & J White J: Sean Houlihan

Forecasts

Bethka (11/4), Dolly Delightful (7/2), Getmetothemoon (9/2), Chosen Hero (5/1), Strong Belle (11/2), Disco Daisy (6/1), Sweet Caryline (7/1), Mighty Duchess (9/1), Blue Moon Serenade (28/1), Mairis Icon (125/1), Midsummer Lass (200/1)

An open-looking bumper with STRONG BELLE taken to shrug off a tame effort at Huntingdon given her debut run at that track was very promising. Previous-winner Chosen Hero and Bethka are the big threats on form, though there are several interesting-looking debutantes.