14:44 Market Rasen

Sunday 31 March 2024

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Ferry Ales Brewery Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 4m 6.60s

Chantilly Dragon²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Callum Bewley| T: P D Niven

150/1

Offered something to work on when third in bumper at Sedgefield in November but well held in another Sedgefield bumper and a Catterick novice hurdle since.

Form: 365

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Fashionelle³⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Liam Harrison| T: F O'Brien

10/1

Runner-up on 2 of her 3 outings in bumpers last season but the form was only modest. Switches to hurdles back from 11 months off. Betting should guide.

Form: 262-

Irish Lullaby^h1¹⁶⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Henry Brooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero

4/1

Useful on Flat (stays 2½m) for Jessie Harrington in Ireland. Bought for 65,000 gns in December. Interesting recruit to hurdles for new connections. Hooded first time.

Form:

Locken Lady¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Kielan Woods| T: A M Hales

13/2

Snow Sky mare landed an Irish point in January. Well held in a bumper in February but fared a lot better when runner-up over hurdles at Huntingdon 18 days ago. Open to progress.

Form: 172

Macmolly^t¹²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill

66/1

Showed more than on debut tongue tied when sixth of 8 in a bumper (28/1) at Wetherby (2m, heavy) 123 days ago, though would've been beaten further in a more truly-run race. Others preferred making hurdling debut.

Form: 96

Pitwood Road^b³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: B S Hughes| T: T O'Brien| BF

10/11

Fair bumper winner who ran to a similar level sent hurdling when runner-up in a Bangor maiden (16.5f) in February. Entitled to progress and sure to go well under Brian Hughes.

Form: 1-2612

Ready To Shine⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Tom Midgley⁽³⁾| T: Miss J A Camacho

33/1

Fair handicapper on Flat (stays 1¾m). Arrives fit from AW. Betting should guide now hurdling.

Form:

Rialannah²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Nick Scholfield| T: J Parkinson & S Smith| OR: 110

10/1

Showed promise when third of 11 in 20.5f Huntingdon novice hurdle in January but well below that level in her 2 outings since. Bounce back needed kept to 2m.

Form: 9354

Touch Of A Dragon^h⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: C O'Farrell| T: Micky Hammond

20/1

Best effort over hurdles when third in 17f mares' maiden at Newcastle (heavy) last month but the form is only modest.

Form: 33P-73

Bubblecraft^p1¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁵⁾| T: M Wigham

200/1

Fair at up to 13f on the Flat in France but has offered little on the Flat and in 2 hurdles for this stable. First-time cheekpieces need to transform her.

Form: PP

Mountain Lake⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: C J Todd| T: S Allwood

16/1

Fair maiden at her best on Flat for Saeed bin Suroor. Showed a bit tried hurdling after 6 months off when a well-held third of 14 at Hereford 6 weeks ago but she'll need to leave that bare form behind to go close here.

Form: 3

Forecasts

Pitwood Road (10/11), Irish Lullaby (4/1), Locken Lady (13/2), Rialannah (10/1), Fashionelle (10/1), Mountain Lake (16/1), Touch Of A Dragon (20/1), Ready To Shine (33/1), Macmolly (66/1), Chantilly Dragon (150/1), Bubblecraft (200/1)

In a race where those with hurdle experience don't set the bar that high, a chance is taken on IRISH LULLABY, who has some useful form to her name on the Flat in Ireland. Bangor runner-up Pitwood Road looks best of the remainder.