16:00 Taunton

Thursday 8 January 2026

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9 March DragonBet Festival Fever Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 4m 20.89s

1^st

Broomfield Gale

811-6

9/2

T: Daisy HitchinsJ: Robbie David (7)

Held up towards rear, detached from main group by four lengths setting out on second circuit, rapid headway before 2 out, led before last, went clear run-in, comfortably op 13/2 and tchd 7/1

2^nd

7 ½

Best Night

512-0

14/1

T: D PipeJ: Rian Corcoran (7)

Held up in rear, headway from 4 out, tracked leaders 3 out, went second 2 out, outpaced by winner before last, kept on but no chance with winner towards finish op 11/1 tchd 10/1

3^rd

Ruler Of The River

610-9

10/1

T: F O'BrienJ: Tom Broughton (5)

Prominent, briefly led on bend after 3 out, headed approaching 2 out, outpaced by leading pair before last, weakened run-in op 8/1

4^th

Getmetothemoon

711-13

3/1

T: A J HoneyballJ: Chad Bament (7)

Prominent, mistake 4 out, outpaced 3 out, weakened after 2 out op 11/4 tchd 5/2

5^th

3 ¼

L'inoubliable

510-6

12/1

T: K BishopJ: James Best

Never better than mid-division, outpaced after 3 out, weakened after last op 16/1 tchd 11/1

6^th

Getarose

511-9

80/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Conor Ring

Narrowly led, pushed along when headed 4 out, mistake 3 out, weakened quickly before 2 out, soon faded op 50/1 tchd 100/1

Also Ran

Jukebox Annie

710-9

11/4f

T: Claire HitchJ: Mr Jack Stenhouse (7)

Raced in close second, lost ground quickly 4 out, tailed off and pulled up after 3 out (trainer said mare was unsuited by the going, which in her opinion was slower than the advertised good going) tchd 3/1

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Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 20p in the pound

Non-Runners

Bluenose Belle⁴⁵

Weight: 11-2| Age: 8

T: R T Phillips J: Finn Lambert

East End Girl¹⁹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 9

T: A Ralph J: C Gethings

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.60Pl:£2.40, £3.60EX:£30.30Trifecta:£193.10Tricast:£299.02SF:£38.58Swingers:£5.20, £4.20, £10.80

Forecasts

Jukebox Annie (11/4), Getmetothemoon (3/1), Bluenose Belle (3/1), East End Girl (7/2), Broomfield Gale (9/2), Ruler Of The River (10/1), L'inoubliable (12/1), Best Night (14/1), Getarose (80/1)

Dual-hurdles scorer BLUENOSE BELLE made a pleasing return at Ludlow in November and remains on a workable mark. She gets the nod. East End Girl and Getmetothemoon rate the principal dangers.

BLUENOSE BELLE (USA)
EAST END GIRL
GETMETOTHEMOON

Previous Winners

2025

Ironed Out

Weight: 10-13 |Age: 5

J: Isabel Williams | T: Evan Williams

6/1

Prize Money

1st: £4,753.002nd: £2,187.003rd: £1,094.004th: £547.005th: £273.00