15:30 Hereford
Monday 12 January 2026
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R&A Mason Mares' Handicap Hurdle
- 4YO plus | Class 5 | 2m 3f 147y | 16 Runners | Turf
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Winner of sole start between the flags and showed promise on Rules debut in a bumper at Aintree in October 2023. Followed that with decent placed efforts in maiden/novice hurdles and was entitled to need last month's reappearance/handicap debut at Uttoxeter (first run for 2 years). One to consider.
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Sprung 28/1 surprise in Uttoxeter maiden (heavy) in November but has failed to back that up since, for all that an overly-aggressive ride in first-time cheekpieces (discarded here) didn't help on second run in handicap company at Chepstow recently.
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Fair ex-Irish 3m hurdles winner in June but she was out with the washing at Limerick when last seen in October/final run for William Harvey. Opposable on debut for new yard.
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Remains a maiden but latest second in an 8-runner Southwell handicap (20.4f, good to soft) is up there with the best of her efforts under Rules. Remains on a workable back up 2 lb and she has to enter calculations.
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Encouraging start to career when second of 18 in bumper at Cheltenham last spring. No great shakes in 3 qualifying runs in this sphere but likely to be better off now handicapping and she's one to note in the betting.
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Lightly-raced maiden who posted a good fifth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Huntingdon (15.8f, good to soft) last February. However, she was pulled up at Southwell the following month and, absent since, is probably best watched starting out for new yard.
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Has found things tougher since opening her account in a similar event here around 2 years ago but, on the upside, she's now some 15 lb below that winning mark. Yard saddled the winner of this 12 months ago and a bold show would be no great surprise with first-time cheekpieces enlisted.
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Maiden under various codes and while she wouldn't be without each-way hope if able to reproduce the form of her C&D third off a 6 lb higher mark last spring, her subsequent efforts have lacked spark.
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Much improved when getting off the mark in 13-runner C&D handicap (good to soft) last month. Hiked up 9 lb but it could be that things have now clicked for her and she's a major player.
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Off for over 2 years following shock Stratford success and, unsurprisingly, shaped as if needing the run when well held at Huntingdon 3 weeks ago. Entitled to strip fitter now but others preferred all the same.
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Maiden under Rules who shaped encouragingly from her reduced mark after 5 months off when second to a thriving stablemate in 9-runner handicap at Market Rasen (20.6f, good to soft) in November. Since undergone a wind op and likely to make a bold bid to go one better here.
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Appeared to be on her way to a winning chase debut when departing 2 out at Ludlow in November. Atoned for that when scoring at Sedgefield 7 days later but she was pulled up back there next time and she's 0-8 in this sphere.
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Lightly-raced sort who wasn't disgraced when fifth of 9 in handicap at Market Rasen (23f, good) on final run for Max Comley last summer. Absent since and will probably need the run starting out for ner new yard here.
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Still looking for first success but posted another creditable effort when fourth of 13 in 19f Taunton handicap last time. Place possibilities off the same mark.
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Forecasts
Jamaicaine (9/4), Feet On The Ground (4/1), Time Was (11/2), Prairie Queen (10/1), Formel Park (12/1), Sweet Honey B (12/1), Noble Grace (14/1), Fay Ce Que Voudras (14/1), Jessie Jump Jet (16/1), Lady Fortune (20/1), Make Sunshine (20/1), Gower Spirit (25/1), Harthill (33/1), Ballerina Boxer (50/1)
Having pulled clear of the rest when runner-up back from a break at Market Rasen, TIME WAS is taken to go one better here. She remains feasibly treated following a 4 lb rise for that solid display and gets the nod ahead of Fay Ce Que Voudras, who looks dangerous back at the scene of her sole career success off a much-reduced mark. Jamaicaine justified strong support when striking over this C&D last month and she is greatly respected, while Feet On The Ground also enters calculations.
Prize Money
1st: £3,248.002nd: £1,494.003rd: £747.004th: £374.005th: £186.00
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