14:10 Hereford

Monday 6 April 2026

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Wye Valley Group Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 4m 49.97s

Innisfree Pearl²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: A King| OR: 99

15/2

Flat winner for Tom Ward. Best effort over hurdles when second of 8 on 19.5f Huntingdon handicap debut (good to soft) 25 days ago. Likely to go well again.

Form: 442

Independent Lady¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson| OR: 95| CD

4/6

Improved to make a winning handicap debut for her leading yard over C&D (good) 19 days ago. A 5 lb rise doesn't look enough to stop her with further progress likely.

Form: 46881

Miss Kassiopi⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Harry Bannister| T: R Bandey| OR: 91

5/2

Runner-up in handicap hurdles at Windsor (good to soft) and Plumpton (soft) on her last 2 outings. Likely to be on the premises again if showing up in similar form.

Form: 686622

Jessie Jump Jet^p1,t1²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: R T Dunne| T: S Drinkwater| OR: 88

14/1

Made an encouraging start for new yard when third of 13 over C&D (soft) in January. Found to have returned lame when well beaten at Huntingdon since. Claims on that C&D effort.

Form: 885P-38

Ballerina Boxer^t⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: Benjamin Poste| T: Mrs N S Evans| OR: 86

150/1

Modest winner in Ireland for William Harvey but no show in 2 outings for current yard. Hood off, tongue tie back on.

Form: 5060P9

Adaay Dancing^t²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: David Bass| T: M Comley| OR: 86

20/1

Modest maiden under both codes. Below par when a remote third at Fakenham (2m, good to soft) 24 days ago.

Form: 60-3U43

Non-Runners

Shanagolden Girl⁴³

Weight: 11-8| Age: 6

T: F O'Brien J: James Best

Jackeline²

Weight: 11-6| Age: 7

T: J W Mullins J: Daniel Sansom

Forecasts

Independent Lady (4/6), Miss Kassiopi (5/2), Innisfree Pearl (15/2), Shanagolden Girl (8/1), Jessie Jump Jet (14/1), Jackeline (16/1), Adaay Dancing (20/1), Ballerina Boxer (150/1)

Nicky Henderson's INDEPENDENT LADY should have more to offer on the back of last month's C&D handicap debut success and is selected to make light of a 5 lb rise, perhaps at the expense of Alan King's Huntingdon runner-up Innisfree Pearl. Miss Kassiopi is next on the list.