16.10
SoftFreda Woolley Memorial Mares’ Handicap Chase (Challenger Mares’ Series Qualifier) (GBB Race)
- Prize money: £7023.73
- 2m 7f 3y
- Class 4
- 5 runners
Runners: 5 runners
Type: Chase Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Sunny
5/1 (Won)
- Win: £3.00
- Place: £1.40
Form: 41F124
Last run: 17 days
W: 10st 11lb
7 yo Mare
OR: 103
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
23rd Apr 2026 Good 3m 1f 100y Class 2 |
11st 11lb |
4-10 over fences and better than ever this season with front-running wins at Taunton (2m7f; good to soft/good); this track will suit her style but a collective 17lb rise for those wins could see her vulnerable. |
5/1 |
|
1st 5 |
24th Mar 2026 Good 2m 7f 3y Class 4 |
11st 6lb |
Lightly raced this term but she looked better than ever last time when gaining a second C&D success, cosily making all; hiked up 10lb but she's a big player. |
3/1 |
|
1st 7 |
26th Feb 2026 Soft 2m 7f 3y Class 4 |
11st 6lb |
Front-running winner of this race last year, but she's had only three runs since and was tailed off at Hereford (2m5f, soft) last month; needs to bounce back after that but she's feasibly treated if she can get back near best; has won on good and heavy ground. |
12/1 |
5/1
- Place: £1.90
Form: -P2414 D
Last run: 39 days
W: 11st 3lb
9 yo Mare
OR: 109
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 4 |
6th Mar 2026 Soft 2m 4f 25y Class 4 |
11st 3lb |
Built on November's promising reappearance when a wide-margin winner at Fakenham (2m5f, soft), but has failed to reproduce that level since and was pulled up at Taunton eight days ago; capable off this mark but she isn't the easiest to predict. |
14/1 |
|
4 |
26th Feb 2026 Soft 2m 7f 3y Class 4 |
11st 10lb |
Overall record of 4-35 but her last win was a dominant display at Fakenham (2m5f, soft) in December; still looks feasibly treated on that form but she's not easy to predict and was last of eight back at Fakenham last month; risks attached. |
12/1 |
|
8th 2 |
18th Jan 2026 Good To Soft 2m 5f 44y Class 2 |
11st 1lb |
Not the force of old but exploited favourable mark when beating Jacks Touch by 21l in two-finisher C&D (soft) contest last month, her second C&D success; also suited by much faster ground but has gone back up 7lb. |
4/1 |
4/1
Form: -5223P D
Last run: 17 days
W: 11st 3lb
9 yo Mare
OR: 109
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12 |
17th Apr 2025 Good 3m 1f 56y Class 2 |
10st 10lb |
Ran well on both previous visits to Cheltenham, latterly when second of 13 in December (2m4f, good to soft); below that form lately but will be fine over today's trip and Harry Cobden is an interesting booking. |
10/1 |
|
12 |
17th Apr 2025 Good 3m 1f 56y Class 2 |
10st 10lb |
Ran well on both previous visits to Cheltenham, latterly when second of 13 in December (2m4f, good to soft); below that form lately but will be fine over today's trip and Harry Cobden is an interesting booking. |
10/1 |
|
3rd 2 |
31st Mar 2025 Good 3m 1f 30y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
prominent, jumped slightly right 8th, raced in second from 4th |
7/2 |
10/1
Form: /333R/ D
Last run: 761 days
W: 12st 0lb
10 yo Mare
OR: 120
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
24th Mar 2025 Good 3m 1f 30y Class 4 |
11st 11lb |
Three wins over fences in 2021/22, but had been off for 761 days before finishing a well-beaten fourth of five at Taunton (2m7f, soft) last month (below-par Space Voyage finished behind); others make greater appeal. |
9/1 |
|
4th 2 |
27th Feb 2025 Soft 2m 7f 3y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
Three-time chase winner; placed off 5lb higher at Cheltenham (2m4f, good) in December 2022 but absent since refusing to race in cross-country chase there the following month and tricky to weigh up after her layoff. |
10/1 |
|
14 |
28th Jan 2023 Good To Soft 3m 6f 37y Class 2 |
10st 2lb |
Bordering on a career best when third in a mares' handicap here in December (2m4f, good) and won at up to 3m2f last season; however, she is prone to mistakes and it's hardly ideal being 9lb out of the handicap on her first taste of cross-country action. |
66/1 |
Evs
Form: 1-56P1 D
Last run: 35 days
W: 12st 2lb
8 yo Mare
OR: 122
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 6 |
23rd Apr 2025 Good 2m 7f 180y Class 1 |
11st 0lb |
Has shown fairly useful form in handicaps at Market Rasen (won by 15l) and Wincanton (ran well under big weight) since wearing blinkers; may have more to offer in the retained blinds. |
16/1 |
|
3rd 6 |
23rd Apr 2025 Good 2m 7f 180y Class 1 |
11st 0lb |
Has shown fairly useful form in handicaps at Market Rasen (won by 15l) and Wincanton (ran well under big weight) since wearing blinkers; may have more to offer in the retained blinds. |
16/1 |
|
2nd 1 |
24th Mar 2025 Good 3m 1f 30y Class 4 |
12st 9lb |
Four-time winner over hurdles who made it 2-4 over fences with a 15l success in first-time blinkers at Market Rasen (3m, good) eight days ago; Beau Morgan's claim partly offsets the 7lb penalty and she is a major player once again. |
8/11 |
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £7.80 |
| Straight Forecast | £9.75 |
| Trifecta | £20.40 |
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