January 30 / 16.25 Wincanton

16.25

Heavy

Start Your Irish Racing Journey Mares’ Open Maiden National Hunt Flat Race (Cat 3) (GBB) (Div II)

  • Prize money: £2112.4
  • 1m 7f 50y
  • Class 5
  • 8 runners
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Start Your Irish Racing Journey Mares’ Open Maiden National Hunt Flat Race (Cat 3) (GBB) (Div II)

Runners: 8 runners

Type: NH Flat

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

14/1 (Won)

  • Win: £6.50
  • Place: £1.70

Form: 3-4

Last run: 45 days

W: 11st 2lb

6 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Beaten in the region of 10l at Warwick (soft) and Plumpton (good to soft) and will need to step up to be more competitive here.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

1st

6

30th Jan 2025

Heavy

1m 7f 50y

Class 5

16:25 Wincanton

Mustang Betty

11st 2lb

J: Kevin Brogan

T: Toby Lawes

Beaten in the region of 10l at Warwick (soft) and Plumpton (good to soft) and will need to step up to be more competitive here.

14/1

1st

6

30th Jan 2025

Heavy

1m 7f 50y

Class 5

16:25 Wincanton

Mustang Betty

11st 2lb

J: Kevin Brogan

T: Toby Lawes

Beaten in the region of 10l at Warwick (soft) and Plumpton (good to soft) and will need to step up to be more competitive here.

14/1

4th

10

16th Dec 2024

Soft

2m 1f 164y

Class 5

15:40 Plumpton

Mustang Betty

11st 2lb

J: Kevin Brogan

T: Toby Lawes

Closely related to smart jumper Sandor Clegane; kept on for third (no threat to front pair) in what has turned out to be a fairly good mares' bumper at Warwick (soft) just over a year ago (Chique Angel was fourth); absent since but clearly has ability; wore hood on debut.

4/1

5/2

  • Place: £1.40

Form: 5

Last run: 53 days

W: 11st 2lb

6 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Half-sister to smart hurdler Go Dante; contested a Listed race on Huntingdon debut (soft; 14-1) and shaped well in going down by 11l to a talented winner; improvement on the cards.
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5th

3

22nd Apr 2026

Soft

2m 4f 35y

Class 4

16:10 Perth

Fresh As A Daisy

11st 6lb

J: James Bowen

T: Nicky Henderson

Uttoxeter mares' novice winner last May (2m4f, good); placed in two similar races late last year but pulled up on handicap debut in a hot race at Newbury last month; this easier; worth considering.

9/2

8

21st Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 118y

Class 1

15:00 Newbury

Fresh As A Daisy

11st 1lb

J: James Bowen

T: Nicky Henderson

Made a winning hurdle debut at Uttoxeter (2m4f, good) last May and put reappearance behind her when chasing home Indannya at Warwick (2m5f, good to soft) on New Year's Eve; more to offer on this handicap debut.

13/2

14/1

  • Place: £1.50

Form:

Last run:

W: 10st 3lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Fourth foal; dam French 2m3f Listed hurdle winner, half-sister to winners Gaelic Ocean (useful French 2m1f-2m2f hurdle/chase) and Great Jane (2m1f/2m5f chase; dam of high-class French jumper Galop Marin); stable gets bumper winners.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

7th

12

21st Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 118y

Class 1

15:00 Newbury

Gaelic Saint

10st 10lb

J: Ben Poste

T: Tom Symonds

About 11l fourth to Betty's Daisy at Ludlow (2m5f, good to soft) on second start over hurdles; a bit better when coming from the rear for sixth of 12 at Market Rasen (near 2m5f, soft) on latest, which isn't the most persuasive evidence but this handicap debut should give her a better chance.

33/1

6th

9

17th Feb 2026

2m 4f 139y

Class 4

15:02 Market Rasen

Gaelic Saint

11st 4lb

J: Ben Poste

T: Tom Symonds

Two fair runs over hurdles this term, last time finishing fourth in a 2m5f mares' novice at Ludlow (good to soft); each-way chance on handicap debut.

10/1

Form: 4

Last run: 29 days

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
From the family of talented hurdler/chaser Lalor; beaten under 5l when fourth of the eight runners at Exeter (soft); they never went much of a pace there but she clearly has ability.
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No / Draw
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6th

6

20th Mar 2025

Good

2m 0f 11y

Class 4

15:30 Chepstow

Seventeenothree

11st 0lb

J: Harry Kimber

T: Kayley Woollacott

Fourth in January in her two bumpers (soft/heavy) but tailed off at Wincanton in her two hurdle races.

40/1

8th

9

6th Mar 2025

Good To Soft

1m 7f 50y

Class 4

14:50 Wincanton

Seventeenothree

11st 0lb

J: Ben Godfrey

T: Kayley Woollacott

An each-way case can be made on her January bumper form (2m/1m7f, soft/heavy; including here) but she was tailed off over C&D (soft; 10-1) on last month's hurdle debut and needs to leave that run miles behind.

50/1

14

15th Feb 2025

Good To Soft

1m 7f 50y

Class 4

14:50 Wincanton

Seventeenothree

11st 0lb

J: Harry Kimber

T: Kayley Woollacott

From the family of talented hurdler/chaser Lalor; similar sort of form in her two bumpers (soft/heavy), the latest here when beaten a little over 6l; looks to have a future.

7/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
First foal out of a useful and prolific bumper and 2m-3m1f hurdle/chase winner; could easily have a part to play, and especially if strong in the market.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

4th

4

8th Mar 2025

Good

2m 0f 53y

Class 5

16:55 Hereford

Dream County

11st 2lb

J: James Turner

T: Nigel Twiston-Davies

First foal from a useful and prolific bumper/jumps winner; shaped with promise before weakening into fifth (about 7l behind Gaelic Saint) at Wincanton (heavy) in January; a possible if today's faster ground suits better.

6/1

5th

2

30th Jan 2025

Heavy

1m 7f 50y

Class 5

16:25 Wincanton

Dream County

11st 2lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Nigel Twiston-Davies

First foal out of a useful and prolific bumper and 2m-3m1f hurdle/chase winner; could easily have a part to play, and especially if strong in the market.

6/1

5th

2

30th Jan 2025

Heavy

1m 7f 50y

Class 5

16:25 Wincanton

Dream County

11st 2lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Nigel Twiston-Davies

First foal out of a useful and prolific bumper and 2m-3m1f hurdle/chase winner; could easily have a part to play, and especially if strong in the market.

6/1

Form: 3

Last run: 30 days

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Half-sister to smart jumpers Easter Legend and Easter Meteor; the yard's apparent second string at Uttoxeter (good to soft) but finished in front of her stablemate, coming off the pace to be beaten three and a half lengths; that form gives her every chance and she should improve.
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1

22nd Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

15:10 Worcester

Ghina Di Tacco

11st 0lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Fergal O’Brien

Made a nice debut to be third in a Uttoxeter bumper (good to soft) and the ground was heavy next time; could be a factor.

8/1

6th

5

30th Jan 2025

Heavy

1m 7f 50y

Class 5

16:25 Wincanton

Ghina Di Tacco

11st 2lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Fergal O’Brien

Half-sister to smart jumpers Easter Legend and Easter Meteor; the yard's apparent second string at Uttoxeter (good to soft) but finished in front of her stablemate, coming off the pace to be beaten three and a half lengths; that form gives her every chance and she should improve.

100/30

6th

5

30th Jan 2025

Heavy

1m 7f 50y

Class 5

16:25 Wincanton

Ghina Di Tacco

11st 2lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Fergal O’Brien

Half-sister to smart jumpers Easter Legend and Easter Meteor; the yard's apparent second string at Uttoxeter (good to soft) but finished in front of her stablemate, coming off the pace to be beaten three and a half lengths; that form gives her every chance and she should improve.

100/30

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 2lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Fourth foal; half-sister to point/2m7f chase winner So They Say; dam point/2m4f hurdle winner; stable 0-8 in bumpers during recent seasons.
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7th

6

29th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

2m 0f 70y

Class 5

16:40 Stratford

Never Told Me

11st 8lb

J: Jack Hogan

T: Fergal O’Brien

Showed promise in maiden hurdles last summer and she ran well for a long way before falling at the last on her reappearance at Fakenham (2m, good; first run after wind surgery) last month; still unexposed after only six starts and she needs watching in market on handicap debut.

10/1

3

31st May 2026

Good

2m 0f 3y

Class 4

15:05 Fakenham

Never Told Me

11st 4lb

J: Jack Hogan

T: Fergal O’Brien

Displayed clear promise in three good-ground maiden hurdles last summer, perhaps most notably when second of five at Newton Abbot (2m1f) on latest appearance; had wind op in September and should have more to offer this year; hood removed after one use.

5/1

2

30th Aug 2025

Good

2m 0f 167y

Class 4

14:15 Newton Abbot

Never Told Me

11st 8lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Fergal O’Brien

Very respectable eighth of 18 in Cheltenham bumper for Polly Gundry in April and has shaped with clear promise in two maiden hurdles for Fergal O'Brien this summer, arguably performing better than bare form suggests on both occasions; now hooded for first time; leading contender.

7/2

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 2lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
First foal out of an unraced half-sister to winners Ebadiyan (1m4f Flat and smart 2m-2m3f hurdle), Ensaya (Listed-placed 1m4f) and Ebasani (useful 1m-1m4f); bred to have a future.
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8th

3

30th Jan 2025

Heavy

1m 7f 50y

Class 5

16:25 Wincanton

Ebarana

11st 2lb

J: James Davies

T: Noel Williams

First foal out of an unraced half-sister to winners Ebadiyan (1m4f Flat and smart 2m-2m3f hurdle), Ensaya (Listed-placed 1m4f) and Ebasani (useful 1m-1m4f); bred to have a future.

12/1

8th

3

30th Jan 2025

Heavy

1m 7f 50y

Class 5

16:25 Wincanton

Ebarana

11st 2lb

J: James Davies

T: Noel Williams

First foal out of an unraced half-sister to winners Ebadiyan (1m4f Flat and smart 2m-2m3f hurdle), Ensaya (Listed-placed 1m4f) and Ebasani (useful 1m-1m4f); bred to have a future.

12/1

Non-runners

Baby Thyme

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £22.30
Straight Forecast £20.01
Trifecta £79.10

Selections

POSTDATA:

Ghina Di Tacco

SPOTLIGHT:

Fresh As A Daisy

The Times:

Baby Thyme

Daily Mail:

Dream County

D Express:

Baby Thyme

The Guardian:

Ghina Di Tacco

Daily Mirror:

Ghina Di Tacco

The Star:

Ghina Di Tacco

Daily Record:

Ghina Di Tacco

RP RATINGS:

Fresh As A Daisy

Telegraph:

Fresh As A Daisy

The Sun:

Fresh As A Daisy