15:35 Wetherby

Wednesday 29 November 2023

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EBF Stallions Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:36 | Winning time: 4m 11.78s

Audacious Annie

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden

11/8

€62,000 3-y-o, Jack Hobbs filly. Half-sister to numerous winners, including bumper winner/useful hurdler You Wear It Well and fairly useful hurdler Prince Kayf. Highly respected on debut.

Form:

Giver The Hollie²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: J J Burke| T: F O'Brien

4/1

€18,000 3-y-o, £15,000 4-y-o, Shirocco filly. Placed both completed starts in Irish points. Shaped as if in need of a greater test when fifth of 16 in bumper at Warwick (16f, heavy) on NH debut 21 days ago but sets a reasonable standard nevertheless.

Form: 3P-35

Lady Haleth^h1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: William Shanahan⁽⁵⁾| T: J Candlish

25/1

Dunaden mare. Dam unraced, out of smart 2m-3m hurdle winner United. Wears hood. Others make more appeal on paper.

Form:

Macmolly^t1⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: R P McLernon| T: J & A O'Neill

28/1

£27,000 3-y-o, Black Sam Bellamy filly. Possibly needed run when ninth of 10 in bumper (9/1) at Bangor (16.7f, soft) on NH debut 56 days ago. Tongue strap goes on.

Form: 9

Moonlit Potter

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: D A Jacob| T: H D Daly

5/2

Pether's Moon mare. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler (stayed 3m) Potters Story. Yard can ready a newcomer and she's respected.

Form:

No Can See

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Harry Reed| T: R G Hawker

80/1

Telescope filly. Half-sister to numerous winners, including very smart hurdler Mr Adjudicator and inconsistent but fair hurdler Vlannon. Fair bit to like on paper and yard do well in this sphere.

Form:

Seas The Day

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: C Brace| T: F O'Brien

11/2

Scorpion mare. Half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/fair chaser Feel The Pinch and bumper winner Billams Legacy. Noteworthy newcomer for leading yard.

Form:

Sky's Your Limit^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Lewis Dobb⁽⁷⁾| T: T Collier

66/1

£7,000 3-y-o, Soldier of Fortune filly. Dam, maiden on Flat in Germany, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 21f) Quartano. Wears hood. Others preferred.

Form:

Non-Runners

Alltheroadrunning⁵⁹²

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: J Ewart J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Audacious Annie (11/8), Moonlit Potter (5/2), Giver The Hollie (4/1), Seas The Day (11/2), Alltheroadrunning (7/1), Lady Haleth (25/1), Macmolly (28/1), Sky's Your Limit (66/1), No Can See (80/1)

AUDACIOUS ANNIE represents a yard with a good record in bumpers and is related to several talented sorts, not least Cheltenham Festival winner You Wear It Well, so she's fancied to make a successful start. Giver The Hollie showed ability whilst shaping like a stayer on debut and could be in the mix again with all but one of her opposition newcomers, with her stablemate Seas The Day having to be respected on account of her yard's fine record in this sphere.