15:20 Plumpton

Monday 27 January 2025

All13:5014:2014:5015:2015:5016:20

Southern Cranes Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 6m 34.47s

1^st

Midnightreflection

1012-1

7/2

T: B I CaseJ: Mr Charlie Case (7)

Tracked leaders, led before 4 out, left well clear before next, kept up to work run-in, stayed on strongly op 9/2 tchd 10/3

2^nd

Fortuna Ligna

811-13

11/4

T: A J HoneyballJ: Chad Bament (10)

Mistake 1st, ran in snatches, raced wide and held up, headway tracking leaders 5th, lost place before 9th, behind and struggling next, left remote 4th before 3 out, went 3rd home turn, took remote 2nd before the last, no chance with winner tchd 5/2 and tchd 10/3

3^rd

Ellie's Warrior

610-2

11/1

T: Ben ClarkeJ: Harry Kimber

Tracked leaders, pushed along before 10th, left modest 2nd before 3 out, ridden and no impression home turn, lost remote 2nd before the last op 6/1 tchd 5/1

4^th

River Tyne

1010-13

4/1

T: N J GiffordJ: James Davies

Led until headed and dropped to 3rd before 4 out, dropped to 4th when left modest 3rd before 3 out, weakened home turn, tailed off op 6/1

Also Ran

Squiggles

612-0

2/1f

T: James OwenJ: Alex Chadwick (5)

Raced wide, tracked leader until pushed along and lost 2nd briefly before 4 out, pushed along when badly injured and pulled up before 3 out op 13/8 tchd 5/2

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Non-Runners

Gata Ban³²

Weight: 10-10| Age: 8

T: N P Mulholland J: R P McLernon

La Dolce Dolly²⁷

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: A Irvine J: N F Houlihan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.50Pl:£1.90, £1.70EX:£10.40Trifecta:£86.10SF:£13.56Swingers:£5.80

Forecasts

Squiggles (2/1), Fortuna Ligna (11/4), Midnightreflection (7/2), River Tyne (4/1), Ellie's Warrior (11/1), Gata Ban (12/1), La Dolce Dolly (12/1)

Lightly-raced Squiggles and prolific chaser River Tyne will both need to be ridden aggressively to bring their stamina into the mix and that could play into the hands of live outsider GATA BAN who has shown signs of promise on his last two runs and will be nursed into the race by a jockey who excels under patient tactics. Fortuna Ligna and Midnightreflection have both operated at a higher level than this, and a revival from either would not come as a surprise.