Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Mares' Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:32 | Winning time: 5m 58.5s

Eureka Creek³²

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 121| D

11/8

Winning hurdler/chaser who gave best only late on when third in mares' handicap chase at Cheltenham (20.6f) in December. Not at best despite finishing runner-up at Catterick (25.2f) last month but not discounted in any case.

Form: 63-8332

Eleanor Bob^p1³²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 114| D

10/3

Much improved when bagging pair of small field mares' handicap chases early in 2022. However, she's not kicked on from her reappearance effort at Haydock in November, in 2 subsequent outings. Cheekpieces reached for now.

Form: 11F/474

Fortunefavorsdbold^p²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Jack Tudor| T: Christian Williams| OR: 109| D

6/4

Fair winning hurdler in Ireland and left previous form for this yard well behind when landing a handicap chase in first-time cheekpieces at Huntingdon (23.6f, heavy) 26 days ago. Headgear worn then is retained here and big shout up 5 lb.

Form: F95901

Non-Runners

Juniper⁵

Weight: 12-0| Age: 10

T: A J Honeyball J: Sam Twiston-Davies

Forecasts

Eureka Creek (11/8), Juniper (11/8), Fortunefavorsdbold (6/4), Eleanor Bob (10/3)

FORTUNEFAVORSDBOLD crucially jumped better than on her sole previous start over fences when capitalising on a much-reduced mark with a bit to spare at Huntingdon 26 days ago and a 5 lb rise in the weights shouldn't prevent her making another bold bid on that evidence. Fellow impressive last-time-out winner Juniper is also expected to play a lead role.