Royal Windsor Horse Show Fillies' Handicap

Off time: 19:03 | Winning time: 2m 27.79s

(1)

Shady Bay^t⁹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: S M Levey| T: T Ward| OR: 64| D

8/1

Winner at Southwell in October. Tongue strap on for first time, fourth of 7 in handicap at Kempton (11f, 10/1). Off 96 days and just 1 lb above last winning mark.

Form: 3915-84

(4)

Mrembo^p¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: T E Whelan| T: J G Portman| OR: 57| CD

10/3

C&D winner. Fifteen runs since last win in 2023. Good second of 8 in handicap at Brighton (9.9f, good to firm, 5/1) 12 days ago, clear of rest. Up 4 lb but a repeat of that level may enable him to snap losing sequence.

Form: 3433-72

(2)

Maywedance¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Rob Hornby| T: Adrian Nicholls| OR: 66

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 66/1, seventh of 10 in handicap at Doncaster (8f, good) 17 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 527-57

(3)

Tralee Girl¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Oisin Murphy| T: M L W Bell| OR: 66

8/15

Didn't need to improve to win 6-runner maiden at Catterick (12.1f, good) 19 days ago, suited by increase in trip. Makes handicap debut. Should have more to offer, so has to be taken seriously.

Form: 23-1

Forecasts

Tralee Girl (8/15), Mrembo (10/3), Shady Bay (8/1), Maywedance (11/1)

For one on such a losing run, a 4 lb rise for a defeat isn't ideal for MREMBO but connections look to have found a great opening for her to get a win on the board. The obvious danger is last-time-out winning 3-y-o Tralee Girl, who is the type to go on progressing.