March 25 / 16.18 Bangor-on-Dee

16.18

Good To Soft

Beck’s Mares’ Handicap Chase (Challenger Mares Staying Chase Series Qualifier)

  • Prize money: £7804.5
  • 3m 0f 5y
  • Class 3
  • 5 runners
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Beck’s Mares’ Handicap Chase (Challenger Mares Staying Chase Series Qualifier)

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

16/1 (Won)

  • Win: £11.00
  • Place: £3.00

Form: 1P-95P D

Last run: 14 days

W: 12st 0lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 119

Form & Verdict
Useful hurdler when on song but badly out of sorts on her three appearances this season, the last twice over fences; wore refitted tongue-tie/cheekpieces on latest outing; no headgear today; needs to turn a corner.
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7

27th Dec 2023

Good

3m 0f 121y

Class 2

15:40 Kempton

Emmpressive Lady

10st 9lb

J: Sean Houlihan

T: Sue Gardner

Had interesting times over fences, a wide-margin winner on one occasion from five attempts but pulled up three times and finished remote on the other; dropped right out on return to hurdles in November but she did run well in this race in 2020 before winning it the following year and is lower in the weights than for either of those runs; cannot ignore.

16/1

5th

4

22nd Nov 2023

Heavy

2m 7f 191y

Class 3

14:50 Ffos Las

Emmpressive Lady

11st 9lb

J: Sean Houlihan

T: Sue Gardner

A case of all or nothing over fences earlier in the year, a 41l success at Bangor (3m, good to soft) in March surrounded by four modest efforts; has dropped 4lb lower than when last winning over hurdles, though, and won't have a problem with the trip or likely testing ground; shortlisted.

10/1

16/1

  • Place: £5.50

Form: -75840

Last run: 6 days

W: 11st 0lb

6 yo Mare

OR: 105

Form & Verdict
0-9 in Ireland when trained by Gavin Cromwell and failed to build upon reasonably encouraging stable debut (over fences; first-time cheekpieces) when tailed off over hurdles on Sunday; others have much less to prove.
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6

3rd Nov 2024

Good

2m 3f 137y

Class 4

14:33 Huntingdon

Moon Eagle

11st 0lb

J: Lee Edwards

T: Tom Gretton

0-6 over hurdles and hasn't run over them since March 2023 but unpenalised for 2m7f chase win here (good) in April and ran well over 2m4f at Cheltenham next time; place chance.

13/2

6

3rd Nov 2024

Good

2m 3f 137y

Class 4

14:33 Huntingdon

Moon Eagle

11st 0lb

J: Lee Edwards

T: Tom Gretton

0-6 over hurdles and hasn't run over them since March 2023 but unpenalised for 2m7f chase win here (good) in April and ran well over 2m4f at Cheltenham next time; place chance.

13/2

4th

6

27th May 2024

Good To Soft

2m 7f 129y

Class 5

16:25 Huntingdon

Moon Eagle

11st 2lb

J: Lee Edwards

T: Tom Gretton

disputing second, raced in third before 9th, outpaced and reminders 3 out, carried head awkwardly before 2 out, lost third last, weakened run-in

9/2

OUR TIP

Form: -12611 CD

Last run: 34 days

W: 11st 10lb

9 yo Mare

OR: 115

Form & Verdict
Scored over C&D (good) in September and returns here after two small-field wins at Musselburgh (3m, good to soft/soft) last month; may not have much margin for error off current mark but still commands respect.
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3rd Feb 2024

Good To Soft

2m 7f 138y

Class 3

16:00 Musselburgh

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10st 12lb

J: Derek Fox

T: Lucinda Russell

Finished with a flourish to win lower-grade version of this race a year ago and followed up in C&D match race a fortnight later; back down to a similar mark now but posed no threat behind Half Shot here in November, after a break, and has been off for another 65 days since.

11/1

6th

7

30th Nov 2023

Good To Soft

2m 7f 138y

Class 3

14:45 Musselburgh

Methodtothemadness

11st 3lb

J: Derek Fox

T: Lucinda Russell

Dual C&D winner in two small-field events last season; acts on good or slower; absent since may and has had wind surgery; goes well when fresh and should be competitive from this mark.

15/2

Form: 143

Last run: 54 days

W: 11st 3lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 108

Form & Verdict
Four-time point winner who drew nicely clear in Cheltenham hunter chase (3m1f, good) on rules debut last April and bettered her low-key stable debut when very respectable third in Huntingdon handicap (2m4f, good to soft) in January; will be suited by today's move back up in trip and remains unexposed; interesting.
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5th

2

19th May 2024

Good

2m 3f 98y

Class 5

16:05 Stratford

Feuille De Lune

11st 13lb

J: Henry Brooke

T: Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero

Very promising pointer/hunter chaser in 2021-22 but unable to make much impact in handicap chases last year; had wind op during seven-month break; not written off just yet but returns with quite a bit to prove.

7/1

5th

2

19th May 2024

Good

2m 3f 98y

Class 5

16:05 Stratford

Feuille De Lune

11st 13lb

J: Henry Brooke

T: Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero

prominent, weakened after 4 out, tailed off

7/1

4th

2

24th Oct 2023

Good

3m 1f 44y

Class 4

16:10 Hereford

Feuille De Lune

11st 12lb

J: Henry Brooke

T: Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero

Looked set for a bright career after winning four points and a Cheltenham hunter chase but didn't find her way in four starts this spring, nor at Warwick last month; yard in flying form now and too soon to be giving up on this mare but she does need to turn matters around soon.

8/1

Form: /643/6

Last run: 23 days

W: 11st 2lb

9 yo Mare

OR: 107

Form & Verdict
Lightly raced since beginning hurdling career with two wins in 2019-20 season and returned from two-year absence with 29l defeat in handicap chase at Ludlow (2m4f, good; bled from the nose) last month; entitled to have benefited from that outing but is not yet proven over 3m and her current ability is hard to gauge.
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10

7th Apr 2024

Heavy

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

16:45 Exeter

Penny Mallow

10st 9lb

J: Ned Fox

T: Venetia Williams

Regressive mare who has been out of form this season and is now 0-8 over fences; difficult to enthuse over.

25/1

10

7th Apr 2024

Heavy

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

16:45 Exeter

Penny Mallow

10st 9lb

J: Ned Fox

T: Venetia Williams

Regressive mare who has been out of form this season and is now 0-8 over fences; difficult to enthuse over.

25/1

8th

5

26th Mar 2024

Good To Soft

2m 5f 150y

Class 5

16:50 Taunton

Penny Mallow

11st 3lb

J: Ned Fox

T: Venetia Williams

Bumper and dual hurdle winner; 0-7 over fences and jumping lacked fluency when a tailed-off third last time (2m4f, heavy), with that on the back of a fall; stable having plenty of winners but this mare needs to pull her socks up.

8/1

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Payout
Exacta £104.30
Straight Forecast £121.10
Trifecta £106.50

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