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Vandemoortele Worcester ‘Shaping A Tasty Future’ Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle (Qual’) (GBB) (Div II)

  • Prize money: £4901.4
  • 2m 0f 0y
  • Class 4
  • 10 runners
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Vandemoortele Worcester ‘Shaping A Tasty Future’ Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle (Qual’) (GBB) (Div II)

Runners: 10 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Rain

3/1 (Won)

  • Win: £2.88
  • Place: £1.20

Form: 21- D

Last run: 247 days

W: 11st 0lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Shaped well when a debut second in Ludlow bumper and much more settled when scoring readily in similar company at Catterick in February; this daughter of Midnight Legend is a player now starting out over hurdles.
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1

8th Feb 2025

Soft

2m 5f 0y

Class 1

14:40 Warwick

You Wear It Well

11st 6lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Jamie Snowden

Below her best this season but has been running over fences and chasing doesn't appear to suit; won two Grade 2 mares' novice hurdles in early 2023 (2m4f/2m1f, good to soft/soft) and second in a mares' Grade 2 last January (3m, good); could bounce back with big run now reverting to hurdles.

5/1

1

8th Feb 2025

Soft

2m 5f 0y

Class 1

14:40 Warwick

You Wear It Well

11st 6lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Jamie Snowden

Below her best this season but has been running over fences and chasing doesn't appear to suit; won two Grade 2 mares' novice hurdles in early 2023 (2m4f/2m1f, good to soft/soft) and second in a mares' Grade 2 last January (3m, good); could bounce back with big run now reverting to hurdles.

5/1

4th

4

17th Jan 2025

Soft

2m 0f 33y

Class 1

13:50 Windsor

You Wear It Well

10st 9lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

raced in last, mistake 5th, mistake and struggling 7th, jumped left 3 out, never dangerous

4/1

2/1

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 1- D

Last run: 204 days

W: 11st 0lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Daughter of Kayf Tara who belied her odds of 40-1 when easily winning Uttoxeter bumper on her debut in March; she's an interesting prospect now going hurdling.
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2nd

2

6th Apr 2024

Heavy

2m 3f 207y

Class 4

14:45 Uttoxeter

Blue Beach

11st 13lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: Mel Rowley

Ran okay over fences before returning to hurdles with the cheekpieces back on and going close in a 2m4f handicap hurdle at Market Rasen (soft); another big run looks on the cards off just 2lb higher.

7/2

2nd

2

6th Apr 2024

Heavy

2m 3f 207y

Class 4

14:45 Uttoxeter

Blue Beach

11st 13lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: Mel Rowley

Ran okay over fences before returning to hurdles with the cheekpieces back on and going close in a 2m4f handicap hurdle at Market Rasen (soft); another big run looks on the cards off just 2lb higher.

7/2

8/1

  • Place: £2.50

Form: 00-4F

Last run: 127 days

W: 11st 0lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Offered little in two bumpers but she has been much improved in two runs over hurdles after a breathing op, still holding every chance when falling at the last in 2m2f Stratford novice in June; she can't be ruled out.
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11th

2

6th Jun 2024

Good

1m 7f 168y

Class 5

15:13 Uttoxeter

Symbolic Spirit

11st 13lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

Always prominent when off the mark with a narrow verdict at Hereford (2m, good) two weeks ago; had little in hand and she's gone up 6lb, yet the runner-up had won his previous race.

5/2

1st

6

24th May 2024

Good

2m 0f 53y

Class 5

20:00 Hereford

Symbolic Spirit

11st 4lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

0-11 over hurdles; managed only third of six when warm favourite for stable debut in March (2m) and was pulled up last month (2m4f); however, she was found to be slightly lame after that latest run and may yet come good for Dan Skelton.

8/1

1st

6

24th May 2024

Good

2m 0f 53y

Class 5

20:00 Hereford

Symbolic Spirit

11st 4lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

0-11 over hurdles; managed only third of six when warm favourite for stable debut in March (2m) and was pulled up last month (2m4f); however, she was found to be slightly lame after that latest run and may yet come good for Dan Skelton.

8/1

Form: 64-32

Last run: 29 days

W: 10st 13lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Has made the frame on three of her four outings in bumpers, runner-up at Warwick last month; she's no forlorn hope on her hurdling debut.
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8th

5

21st May 2023

Good

3m 2f 83y

Class 5

16:05 Stratford

Treefinch

11st 1lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Stuart Edmunds

Took good step in right direction when fifth at Warwick (2m5f, good) three weeks ago and could quite plausibly have untapped potential over staying trips, but she didn't look straightforward when soundly beaten in her first two handicaps and there are safer options here.

16/1

5th

13

1st May 2023

Good

2m 5f 0y

Class 4

17:32 Warwick

Treefinch

10st 10lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Stuart Edmunds

Placed in two bumpers last season and began hurdling career with two quite promising runs but looked far from straightforward when soundly beaten in her first two handicaps and is a risky proposition at the moment.

25/1

7th

9

10th Apr 2023

Good

2m 4f 145y

Class 4

14:45 Huntingdon

Treefinch

11st 0lb

J: Brian Hughes

T: Stuart Edmunds

Minor honours in five of her seven races; soundly beaten, however, when 16-1 for handicap debut at Uttoxeter (2m4f, good to soft) four months ago when last seen; best of her earlier form also requires improvement.

14/1

Form: 133 D

Last run: 20 days

W: 10st 13lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Got off to a winning start in Newton Abbot bumper in July and took her form up a notch when third here and at Warwick since; she's one to consider on her hurdling debut.
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2

17th Jun 2025

Good

2m 0f 70y

Class 3

15:50 Stratford

Carrigeen Kampala

11st 0lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Fergal O’Brien

Headstrong front-runner who gained two of her five hurdling wins over C&D and is well suited by good ground; absent since her very respectable third in Listed grade at Wetherby (2m, good) in November but has won when fresh before and has a big role to play here if fully tuned up.

4/1

3rd

2

2nd Nov 2024

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 1

13:50 Wetherby

Carrigeen Kampala

11st 0lb

J: Jack Hogan

T: Fergal O’Brien

Headstrong front-runner who won a handicap at Newton Abbot (2m2f, good) in June and was a good second in a handicap at Plumpton (2m, good to soft) in September; however, she was only sixth of eight in a Listed race at Kempton (2m, good) a fortnight ago and looks vulnerable once more.

25/1

3rd

2

2nd Nov 2024

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 1

13:50 Wetherby

Carrigeen Kampala

11st 0lb

J: Jack Hogan

T: Fergal O’Brien

Headstrong front-runner who won a handicap at Newton Abbot (2m2f, good) in June and was a good second in a handicap at Plumpton (2m, good to soft) in September; however, she was only sixth of eight in a Listed race at Kempton (2m, good) a fortnight ago and looks vulnerable once more.

25/1

Form: 83-53

Last run: 131 days

W: 11st 0lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Modest form shown in three bumpers and also on her hurdling debut when third of seven in 2m novice at Newton Abbot in June; hood goes on now and she needs to take a step forward.
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5th

4

15th Feb 2023

Good

2m 5f 163y

Class 5

15:35 Hereford

Kentford Swansong

10st 13lb

J: Daniel Sansom

T: Seamus Mullins

Maiden; third on first attempt over hurdles but well beaten next two and fell on handicap debut latest (80-1); plenty to prove.

14/1

8

26th Dec 2022

Good To Soft

2m 3f 49y

Class 5

15:27 Fontwell

Kentford Swansong

11st 2lb

J: Daniel Sansom

T: Seamus Mullins

Some ability in bumpers and not beaten far on hurdling debut in June but two heavy defeats since; handicap debut.

20/1

10th

7

14th Nov 2022

Good

2m 2f 111y

Class 4

15:30 Exeter

Kentford Swansong

11st 0lb

J: Daniel Sansom

T: Seamus Mullins

Has finished respectable thirds in a bumper and a novice hurdle but RPRs in the 90s put those efforts into some perspective; ran moderately in a hood last time and is unlikely to be good enough.

33/1

Form: 4657-

Last run: 204 days

W: 10st 13lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Shaped well on her bumper debut when fourth at Newbury in December but she didn't kick on in the manner expected in three subsequent outings; she goes hurdling now with a bit to prove.
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3rd

7

22nd May 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

20:11 Worcester

Kylenoe Dancer

10st 7lb

J: Tom Bellamy

T: Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls

Has won a handicap (off 6lb lower) but there are long absences in her profile and she was pulled up when returning from one at Fontwell in March.

9/1

Form: 9P-9F

Last run: 13 days

W: 11st 0lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 74

Form & Verdict
No worthwhile form on the Flat and it's been the same story in this code too; it's easy to look elsewhere.
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13th

17

7th Jul 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 5

17:30 Worcester

Tiger Print

10st 2lb

J: Charlie Price

T: William de Best-Turner

10yo who has struggled in her 11 starts, including in seven runs over hurdles; returns after more than two years off and can only be watched from out of the weights.

66/1

8

1st Mar 2023

Good

1m 7f 50y

Class 5

16:45 Wincanton

Tiger Print

10st 3lb

J: Ben Ffrench Davis

T: William de Best-Turner

Struggled to get competitive when 80-1 for handicap hurdle debut at Leicester (1m7f, good to firm) in November and needs to take a huge step forward here.

66/1

OUR TIP

Form: 00-

Last run: 301 days

W: 11st 0lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Well held in bumpers at Aintree and Ludlow last winter for Dan Skelton; has since changed hands for £2,500 and lots more is required on her hurdling/yard debut.
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9th

11

21st Feb 2023

Good

2m 7f 198y

Class 5

16:30 Taunton

Blue Suede Shoes

10st 2lb

J: Harry Reed

T: Neil Mulholland

Well beaten all starts, in handicap latest; cheekpieces join recent tongue-tie but she can only be watched; 7lb out of the weights.

66/1

5th

11

5th Feb 2023

Good

2m 3f 147y

Class 5

14:33 Hereford

Blue Suede Shoes

10st 2lb

J: Harry Reed

T: Neil Mulholland

Well beaten at triple-digit odds in three 2m novice/maiden hurdles towards end of 2022 and is 8lb out of the weights for today's handicap debut but, nevertheless, is still worth a glance in the betting.

12/1

12th

16

22nd Dec 2022

Good To Soft

1m 7f 182y

Class 4

13:10 Ffos Las

Blue Suede Shoes

10st 12lb

J: Robert Dunne

T: Neil Mulholland

Well beaten at triple-digit odds on first two hurdling starts; needs the first-time tongue-tie to make a massive difference.

100/1

Form: 170- D

Last run: 195 days

W: 11st 0lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Winning pointer who also scored on her bumper debut at Ludlow in December after undergoing a wind op; pulled very hard when well held in Grade 2 bumper at Aintree in April but she's one to consider now going hurdling.
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5

29th Oct 2025

Good

2m 5f 44y

Class 4

15:37 Fakenham

Fancy Stuff

10st 11lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Tom Gretton

2-13 over fences, latest off 1lb higher in June 2024 under Sean Bowen; form has been mixed since but she ran well for a long way at Chepstow on return from nearly four months off; on a fair mark if building on that.

4/1

5

29th Oct 2025

Good

2m 5f 44y

Class 4

15:37 Fakenham

Fancy Stuff

10st 11lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Tom Gretton

2-13 over fences, latest off 1lb higher in June 2024 under Sean Bowen; form has been mixed since but she ran well for a long way at Chepstow on return from nearly four months off; on a fair mark if building on that.

4/1

Non-runners

Fancy Stuff

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £5.40
Straight Forecast £4.96
Trifecta £25.40

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Blue Beach

POSTDATA:

Carrigeen Kampala

LAMBOURN:

You Wear It Well

WEST COUNTRY:

Carrigeen Kampala

Daily Mail:

Carrigeen Kampala

Daily Express:

Carrigeen Kampala

RP Ratings:

Blue Beach

The Times:

Blue Beach

Telegraph:

Blue Beach

The Sun:

Blue Beach

The Star:

Blue Beach

Daily Record:

Blue Beach

The Guardian:

You Wear It Well

Daily Mirror:

You Wear It Well