13:40 Newcastle
Thursday 15 February 2024
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quinnbet.com Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
- 4YO plus | Class 4 | 2m 190y | Heavy | 9 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 4m 51.37s
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Horse A-Z
Show odds
Kayf Tara mare. Closely related to 2 winners, including fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Victor Hewgo. Dam dual bumper winner.
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Kalanisi mare. Half-sister to fair hurdler Clody Flyer. Dam (c86), maiden chaser, half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stays 25f) Wishing And Hoping. Successful on last of 7 starts in Irish points (Oct 2023). Shortlisted.
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Bahri filly. Dam winning pointer. Sent off at 50/1 and went with no promise on bumper debut at Sedgefield (16.8f) in March 2019. Can only be watched making her hurdling debut after almost 5 years off the track.
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Hinted at ability despite beaten a long way when third of 5 in a mares' novice hurdle at Hexham (16.2f) on debut but well down the field over C&D (16.9f) 40 days ago. Lots more is required.
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Fair staying performer on the level for James Fanshawe. Acquired by new connections for 9,000 gns in October and stepped up on her first effort over hurdles when runner-up at Wetherby (16f, heavy) 33 days ago. Tongue tie on and every chance she can go one better.
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Showed modest form when third on her first 2 starts in bumpers without looking blessed with a lot of speed and it was a similar story on her hurdling debut (hooded) when down the field at Sedgefield (16.8f, good to soft) 4 months ago. Considerable step forward required.
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Showed ability at long odds at Sedgefield on debut in October and built on that effort to get off the mark there in November. Found out under a penalty at same track on Boxing Day, but no surprise should she have a say now hurdling.
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Well held in 2 bumpers and tailed-off last on both hurdles starts. Impossible to fancy.
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Fair maiden on Flat (stays 1¼m) for Harry & Roger Charlton but sold pretty cheaply and made a discouraging debut in this sphere returning from 4 months off when tailed off at Wetherby (16f, heavy) 3 weeks ago.
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Forecasts
Spit Spot (5/6), Emily's Choice (10/3), Vanilla Dancer (10/3), Touch Of A Dragon (11/1), Audreys Pride (16/1), Princess Of Mercia (33/1), Lillistar (40/1), Western Glen (125/1), Naughty Nancie (200/1)
This can go to SPIT SPOT, who showed more like her Flat form with her hurdling debut under her belt when runner-up at Wetherby last month and with a first-time tongue tie applied, Lucinda Russell's mare may well prove difficult to stop. Bumper winner Vanilla Dancer heads up the dangers, with Emily's Choice (who took 7 attempts to get off the mark in Irish points) also considered.
- Spit Spot5/6
- Vanilla Dancer10/3
- Emily's Choice10/3
Prize Money
1st: £4,066.002nd: £1,871.003rd: £936.004th: £468.005th: £233.00
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