BetGoodwin Ambassador Alan King Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 4m 5.53s

Little Soiree⁵⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Rex Dingle| T: C Gordon| OR: 100

2/1

Maiden but she didn't make too bad a start to her handicap career when third at Windsor (2m, good to soft) in December. Returns from a short break with her stable among the winners. Gets the vote.

Form: 800F-83

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A Tickatickatiming¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: M Goldstein| T: Miss S West| OR: 98| CD

11/4

Held on gamely for success in C&D mares' maiden in November 2023. Also placed in handicaps in the spring and arrives fit from a decent run on AW Flat last month.

Form: 3123-48

Getmetothemoon^t³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Chad Bament⁽¹⁰⁾| T: A J Honeyball| OR: 94| BF| D

5/2

Justified support in 2m Stratford handicap hurdle in June and creditable efforts on all 4 completed starts since, finishing fourth of 10 at Taunton (2m, soft) latest. A prominent showing is likely.

Form: 13F424

Delightful Guest²⁷⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 10-10| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽³⁾| T: P York| OR: 82

125/1

Showed just poor form over hurdles in Ireland in 2019/20 and pulled up both starts for current yard. Big outsider.

Form: 0P/U4P-P

Sawpit Sienna^p,t³³

Age: 10| Weight: 10-10| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: S Drinkwater| OR: 82| D

13/2

Creditable third of 6 at Lingfield (2m, good) in November but needs to shrug off a poor effort at Taunton last month in a race she'd won in the 2 previous years.

Form: F36-436

Little Lady Lucy^p²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: C O'Farrell| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 89

12/1

Fair on Flat for Joseph O'Brien, winning a Gowran handicap in September. Well beaten in 3 juvenile hurdles for Joseph O'Brien but it wouldn't be a shock to see her prove a different proposition in handicaps. One to note in the betting.

Form: P78

Non-Runners

Dropitlikeitshot⁵²

Weight: 10-2| Age: 6

T: C Honour J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Little Soiree (2/1), Getmetothemoon (5/2), A Tickatickatiming (11/4), Sawpit Sienna (13/2), Dropitlikeitshot (8/1), Little Lady Lucy (12/1), Delightful Guest (125/1)

Chris Gordon has his team in form so it might be worth siding with LITTLE SOIREE, who is 5 lb lower than when third on her Windsor handicap debut in December. The consistent Getmetothemoon is the obvious danger unless the betting speaks in the favour of Neil Mulholland handicap newcomer Little Lady Lucy.