Visit Irish Store Sale with ITM Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 20:25 | Winning time: 4m 57.10s

Barrons Land¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 98| D

6/5

Showed improved form making a quick switch to handicaps when winning 14-runner event at Sedgefield (19.8f, good) 18 days ago. Can progress again.

Form: 4/2244-1

Chooch^h1,t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 98

10/1

Failed by a long chalk to confirm previous form when pulled up in maiden hurdle at Huntingdon (20.7f, good) 19 days ago.

Form: 0745-P

Special Dragon^h,t³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Henry Brooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 95

5/6

Progressed again over 2f longer trip when winning 8-runner handicap at Ludlow (21.2f, good) 34 days ago, leading on bridle 3 out and in command last. Hiked up 11 lb but has more to offer and can follow up.

Form: 87021-

Non-Runners

Never No Trouble¹⁸⁰

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: D McCain Jnr J: William Maggs

Al Sayah⁴

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: N P Mulholland J: Dylan Johnston

Forecasts

Special Dragon (5/6), Barrons Land (6/5), Al Sayah (7/4), Never No Trouble (8/1), Chooch (10/1)

A good race for the grade with SPECIAL DRAGON, Al Sayah and Barrons Land all unexposed and appealing as the types to win more races, with narrow preference for the first named, who looked some way ahead of her mark when thumping her 7 rivals at Ludlow last month.