19:05 Uttoxeter

Saturday 20 May 2017

All17:3018:0518:3519:0519:3520:0520:35

Tom Higgins 18th Birthday Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 19:05 | Winning time: 5m 46.20s

1^st

Lilywhite Gesture

810-7

5/1

T: G ElliottJ: R Johnson

Held up in touch in rear, closed 4 out, led before 2 out, driven and stayed on well flat op 11/4

2^nd

Fille Des Champs

610-7

3/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge

Tracked leaders, switched right after 3 out, challenged next, held inside final 100 yards, stayed on tchd 5/2

3^rd

Grape Tree Flame

911-12

14/1

T: P & M BowenJ: S Bowen

Tracked leaders, last when not fluent 7th, mistake next, closed after 4 out, ridden and one pace from 2 out, no extra last op 16/1

4^th

1 ¾

Robinesse

611-5

3/1

T: O SherwoodJ: L P Aspell

Held up in touch on outside, challenged 4th, led approaching 4 out, ridden and headed when not fluent 2 out, one pace, no extra last tchd 7/2

5^th

Western Sunrise

811-0

11/4f

T: J FarrellyJ: Brendan Powell

Keen early, led, pecked 7th, headed before next, weakened before 3 out op 9/2 tchd 5/2

Also Ran

Fresh By Nature

1010-13

7/1

T: H BethellJ: J E Moore

Prominent, led before 7th, headed approaching 8th, went wrong and pulled up after 8th tchd 8/1

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Non-Runners

Midtech Valentine¹⁹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 6

T: Ian Williams J: T J O'Brien

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.10Pl:£2.50, £2.00EX:£15.90Trifecta:£132.50SF:£20.61Swingers:£1.10, £14.80, £8.00

Forecasts

Western Sunrise (11/4), Fille Des Champs (3/1), Robinesse (3/1), Lilywhite Gesture (5/1), Midtech Valentine (13/2), Fresh By Nature (7/1), Grape Tree Flame (14/1)

With Evan Wiliiams' yard now going so well after a mediocre spring, it might be time to give FILLE DES CHAMPS another try. Conditions look ideal for her here and she's taken to get the better of Grape Tree Flame , who tends to find a bit of form around this time of the year, and Lilywhite Gesture. The enigmatic Fresh By Nature can never be written off either.