May 22 / 16.50 Ffos Las

16.50

Good

Vickers.Bet Mares’ Open Maiden National Hunt Flat Race (Category 3 Elimination) (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £2614.08
  • 1m 7f 182y
  • Class 5
  • 10 runners
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Vickers.Bet Mares’ Open Maiden National Hunt Flat Race (Category 3 Elimination) (GBB Race)

Runners: 10 runners

Type: NH Flat

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

7/2 (Won)

  • Win: £2.38
  • Place: £1.20

Form:

Last run:

W: 10st 10lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
12,000euros 3yo; seventh foal; half-sister to bumper/useful hurdle winner Thirsty Work and a point winner; dam unraced sister to top-class staying hurdler More Of That and very useful jumper Eastlake, and half-sister to smart hurdler Santenay; interesting newcomer from stable with very good bumper strike-rate (21% in last five seasons).
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8th

11

27th Mar 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 2f 152y

17:45 Clonmel

Walk Of The Roses

10st 12lb

J: Mike O’Connor

T: James Joseph Mangan

Bumper winner for David Pipe; mild promise over hurdles but has failed to fire in three starts since moving to this yard; mark is sliding but she needs to turn her form around; others preferred.

22/1

11th

12

5th Feb 2025

Heavy

2m 3f 165y

15:55 Fairyhouse

Walk Of The Roses

10st 6lb

J: Mike O’Connor

T: James Joseph Mangan

Bumper winner in Britain (good-to-firm) was placed three times in maiden hurdles; two runs for current yard leave her with a fair bit to find; blinkers fitted.

16/1

14/1

  • Place: £3.80

Form: 8-

Last run: 244 days

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Out of a fairly useful Flat-racer; arguably shaped with a bit more promise than eventual 21l defeat suggests on last month's rules debut at Warwick (good) but needs to learn to settle better.
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8th

16

6th Oct 2024

Good To Soft

1m 7f 168y

Class 5

17:20 Uttoxeter

Gladys Eva Jane

10st 2lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Jake Thomas Coulson

Showed some ability in bumpers but yet to be placed after seven hurdling starts; soundly beaten at Stratford (2m, good to firm) on latest outing six weeks ago and effectively on same mark here.

66/1

9th

16

27th Aug 2024

Good To Firm

2m 0f 70y

Class 5

17:25 Stratford

Gladys Eva Jane

10st 2lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Jake Thomas Coulson

towards rear

66/1

Form: 928-

Last run: 32 days

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Well beaten at Cheltenham last month but is back in calmer waters here and has good claims if judged on her 80-1 second at Warwick (good) two starts ago.
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4th

5

13th Jun 2025

Good

3m 2f 105y

Class 5

19:20 Newton Abbot

Quite The Getaway

11st 4lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Robert Bevis

Stayed on well to open account at Fontwell (3m2f, good) last month, having been upped in trip and fitted with first-time cheekpieces; 5lb rise demands more from her here but she's evidently good nick.

4/1

5

25th May 2025

Good

3m 1f 166y

Class 5

15:33 Fontwell

Quite The Getaway

10st 11lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Robert Bevis

Yet to be placed after seven hurdling starts but wasn't beaten far on final two outings last season (2m6f/2m7f); moves up in trip again and sports first-time cheekpieces here; could have a say.

6/1

5

25th May 2025

Good

3m 1f 166y

Class 5

15:33 Fontwell

Quite The Getaway

10st 11lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Robert Bevis

Yet to be placed after seven hurdling starts but wasn't beaten far on final two outings last season (2m6f/2m7f); moves up in trip again and sports first-time cheekpieces here; could have a say.

6/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 10st 10lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Half-sister to useful Irish hurdler Watch House Cross; bettered inauspicious point debut when third in Dingley maiden last month but was beaten about 19l there and needs to improve on rules debut.
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7th

8

14th Mar 2026

Good

2m 4f 110y

Class 2

15:18 Kempton

Shakeyatailfeather

10st 9lb

J: Liam Harrison

T: Dan Skelton

Three chase wins at 2m1f and 2m3f (all on good), the latest in October, but she hasn't lived up to that form since and was a long way behind Califet En Vol over C&D recently; needs revival.

33/1

7th

9

21st Feb 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 110y

Class 2

16:05 Kempton

Shakeyatailfeather

10st 10lb

J: Harry Atkins

T: Dan Skelton

Has done all her winning on good ground so any rain would be a negative, which counted against her in a Listed chase for mares last time; on a tempting mark with Harry Atkins taking off 7lb if she was on her game (wasn't the case the time before at Ascot).

20/1

6th

6

5th Feb 2026

Soft

2m 3f 189y

Class 1

14:00 Huntingdon

Shakeyatailfeather

11st 2lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

Fairly useful handicap chaser who scored three times last year, most recently at Kelso in October; always behind at Ascot latest start; place possibilities on these terms but ideally needs drying ground, having done her winning on good.

14/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Out of a sister to fairly useful chasers Easily Pleased and Foxesbow; sports headgear on debut and stable not known for winning bumpers; not the obvious answer.
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11

22nd Nov 2024

Good To Soft

2m 3f 100y

Class 4

12:30 Chepstow

Bestgetgoing

10st 11lb

J: Sean Houlihan

T: Richard Price

A well-beaten outsider on both hurdling starts this autumn; moves up from 2m today.

100/1

11

22nd Nov 2024

Good To Soft

2m 3f 100y

Class 4

12:30 Chepstow

Bestgetgoing

10st 11lb

J: Sean Houlihan

T: Richard Price

A well-beaten outsider on both hurdling starts this autumn; moves up from 2m today.

100/1

5th

6

12th Nov 2024

Good

2m 0f 53y

Class 4

12:40 Hereford

Bestgetgoing

10st 7lb

J: Sean Houlihan

T: Richard Price

Struggling by halfway when pulled up on recent hurdles debut at Bangor (2m, soft; 200-1); it's difficult to envisage her having a significant role to play until she makes the switch to handicapping.

50/1

Form: 9-

Last run: 26 days

W: 10st 10lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Towards rear throughout when 50-1 for last month's debut at Ludlow; can only be watched here.
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0

3

30th Jan 2024

Heavy

2m 0f 11y

Class 4

15:55 Chepstow

Britannia Girl

11st 2lb

J: Robert Dunne

T: Brian Eckley

Big prices and beaten hefty distances in bumpers at Ludlow and Ffos Las last spring; one to watch now hurdling.

66/1

6th

7

22nd May 2023

Good

1m 7f 182y

Class 5

16:50 Ffos Las

Britannia Girl

10st 10lb

J: Robert Dunne

T: Brian Eckley

Towards rear throughout when 50-1 for last month's debut at Ludlow; can only be watched here.

50/1

9th

10

26th Apr 2023

Good To Soft

1m 7f 169y

Class 4

17:28 Ludlow

Britannia Girl

10st 7lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Brian Eckley

Dam well beaten in bumpers, on Flat and over hurdles, half-sister to two winners over jumps; stable is 3-27 in bumpers in last five seasons; others preferred.

25/1

OUR TIP

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Fourth foal; dam point winner, sister to hunter chase winner Harbour Court; pedigree doesn't leap off the page but stable does pretty well in bumpers (14% strike-rate in last five seasons).
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7th

7

13th Apr 2024

Soft

2m 0f 11y

Class 4

13:10 Chepstow

Gone Away Madam

11st 0lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Neil King

Struggled in heavy-ground Newbury bumper last month, after a break, but created pretty good impression when winning good-ground Uttoxeter bumper by 12l last June and should have a future over jumps.

12/1

7th

7

13th Apr 2024

Soft

2m 0f 11y

Class 4

13:10 Chepstow

Gone Away Madam

11st 0lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Neil King

Struggled in heavy-ground Newbury bumper last month, after a break, but created pretty good impression when winning good-ground Uttoxeter bumper by 12l last June and should have a future over jumps.

12/1

Form: 5-

Last run: 40 days

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Out of a half-sister to smart hurdler Lac Fontana; looked rather one-paced on last month's debut at Southwell (good to soft) but stuck to her task pretty well and finished fifth; likely contender here.
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2nd

9

29th Jan 2024

Soft

2m 4f 114y

Class 4

13:50 Plumpton

Madam Ryder

11st 3lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Nicky Henderson

Promise in two bumpers; out the back on hurdling debut at Lingfield after absence (caught the eye of stewards) but has shaped as though this stiffer stamina test could suit; still early days for this well-bred mare and it wouldn't be a surprise if she left her latest form behind.

7/2

10th

9

11th Dec 2023

Good To Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

13:05 Lingfield

Madam Ryder

11st 3lb

J: James Bowen

T: Nicky Henderson

in touch with leaders

5/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 10st 10lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Second foal; half-sister to useful hurdler Landrake; dam fairly useful 2m hurdle winner, siblings include bumper/useful hurdle winner Venalmar, Grand National winner Rule The World and bumper/useful hurdle winner One Gulp; in good hands but riding arrangements suggest Madam Ryder is the stable's main hope.
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1st

9

15th Mar 2025

Good

2m 5f 0y

Class 2

14:45 Kempton

Aston Martini

11st 4lb

J: Nico de Boinville

T: Nicky Henderson

prominent, in touch with leaders 3rd

5/1

25

14th Mar 2025

Good To Soft

2m 4f 56y

Class 2

17:20 Cheltenham

Aston Martini

10st 7lb

J: Ben Bromley

T: Nicky Henderson

Reserve; record of 3-4 in her first season (2023-24); good second in two of her three starts this term, latest at Ascot (2m3f); chance of going one better in this field partly depends on how well she responds to first-time headgear.

40/1

2nd

11

18th Jan 2025

Good To Soft

2m 3f 58y

Class 2

14:50 Ascot

Aston Martini

10st 10lb

J: Freddie Gordon

T: Nicky Henderson

prominent early

14/1

Form: 0-

Last run: 26 days

W: 10st 10lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Tailed off after racing too freely on last month's debut at Ludlow; needs to have learned a considerable amount from that experience.
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10

22nd May 2023

Good

1m 7f 182y

Class 5

16:50 Ffos Las

Wendy Byrde

10st 10lb

J: James Best

T: John Flint

Tailed off after racing too freely on last month's debut at Ludlow; needs to have learned a considerable amount from that experience.

16/1

10th

12

26th Apr 2023

Good To Soft

1m 7f 169y

Class 4

17:28 Ludlow

Wendy Byrde

10st 7lb

J: Connor Brace

T: John Flint

Half-sister to winners Marty Byrde (2m5f hurdle) and Iontach Cheval (bumper/hurdle); dam bumper winner; suitably bred but yard has a modest record in bumpers.

16/1

Non-runners

Gone Away Madam, Madam Ryder, Aston Martini, Wendy Byrde

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Payout
Exacta £16.80
Straight Forecast £17.63
Trifecta £31.40

Selections

RP RATINGS:

Madam Ryder

The Times:

Aston Martini

SPOTLIGHT:

Walk Of The Roses

The Star:

Gone Away Madam

Telegraph:

Aston Martini

WEST COUNTRY:

Walk Of The Roses

POSTDATA:

Madam Ryder

LAMBOURN:

Madam Ryder

The Guardian:

Madam Ryder

Daily Mail:

Madam Ryder

D Express:

Madam Ryder

Daily Mirror:

Madam Ryder

The Sun:

Madam Ryder

Daily Record:

Madam Ryder