February 10 / 14.20 Warwick

14.20

Soft

TrustATrader Warwick Mares’ Hurdle (Listed Race) (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £17085
  • 2m 5f 0y
  • Class 1
  • 4 runners
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TrustATrader Warwick Mares’ Hurdle (Listed Race) (GBB Race)

Runners: 4 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Light rain

Form: 15-132

Last run: 13 days

W: 11st 6lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 144

Form & Verdict
Tough, dependable type who enjoyed her finest hour when winning at the Cheltenham Festival in 2023; typically gave her running when second in Grade 2 event at Doncaster (upped in trip to 3m, good) two weeks ago; handles soft ground, tactically versatile and probably the one to beat.
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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

OUR TIP

Form: 125-33 D BF

Last run: 29 days

W: 11st 2lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 110

Form & Verdict
Lightly raced 7yo; has been chasing so far this season and was a creditable third of five in handicap at Huntingdon last month, but she's up markedly in grade here and looks out of her depth.
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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

Form: 65-414 D

Last run: 42 days

W: 11st 2lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 137

Form & Verdict
4-14 over hurdles; best recent effort when making all in handicap at Newbury (2m4f, good to soft) in December; a repeat of that form would give real claims here but she folded tamely over the same C&D (soft) next time.
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10th

2

17th May 2024

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 2

18:55 Aintree

Get A Tonic

11st 9lb

J: Tristan Durrell

T: Dan Skelton

Posted career-best performance when winning readily from the front at Newbury (2m4f, good to soft) in December but weakened rather tamely there later that month, and a switch to patient tactics didn't pay dividends at Ascot in March; now has a point to prove.

8/1

10th

2

17th May 2024

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 2

18:55 Aintree

Get A Tonic

11st 9lb

J: Tristan Durrell

T: Dan Skelton

Posted career-best performance when winning readily from the front at Newbury (2m4f, good to soft) in December but weakened rather tamely there later that month, and a switch to patient tactics didn't pay dividends at Ascot in March; now has a point to prove.

8/1

6th

1

24th Mar 2024

Good

2m 5f 141y

Class 3

17:05 Ascot

Get A Tonic

12st 0lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

Inconsistent in the last two seasons and well beaten at Newbury in December last time out, but she comfortably made all there (2m4f, good to soft) earlier that month and can make bold bid if back on song after a break.

7/1

Form: 113-14 D

Last run: 56 days

W: 11st 2lb

6 yo Filly

OR: 132

Form & Verdict
Progressive 6yo; started this campaign with a convincing victory in handicap at Wetherby (2m3f, soft) in November and ran creditably off a much higher mark at Cheltenham (2m4f, soft) the following month; may not have reached her limit just yet and well worth her place in this higher grade.
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4th

9

11th May 2024

Good

3m 0f 58y

Class 2

13:35 Haydock

Windtothelightning

11st 1lb

J: Henry Brooke

T: Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero

Mare who was progressive last year and returned to form when seventh of 15 at Cheltenham (2m4f, good) last month, beaten just under 3l; she went very close in a 3m point and this first attempt at a staying trip under rules is worth a go; not discounted.

11/1

4th

9

11th May 2024

Good

3m 0f 58y

Class 2

13:35 Haydock

Windtothelightning

11st 1lb

J: Henry Brooke

T: Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero

Mare who was progressive last year and returned to form when seventh of 15 at Cheltenham (2m4f, good) last month, beaten just under 3l; she went very close in a 3m point and this first attempt at a staying trip under rules is worth a go; not discounted.

11/1

7th

4

17th Apr 2024

Good To Soft

2m 4f 56y

Class 2

14:05 Cheltenham

Windtothelightning

11st 5lb

J: Henry Brooke

T: Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero

midfield, lost position 5th

12/1

Verdict

This looks a good opportunity for Cheltenham Festival heroine YOU WEAR IT WELL to return to winning ways. She ran a cracker when second in a Grade 2 at Doncaster last month and won’t be inconvenienced if conditions are testing. Get A Tonic finished weakly on her most recent outing and the progressive Windtothelightning is preferred for the forecast.[Richard O’Brien]