April 24 / 17.15 Taunton

17.15

Good

League Of Friends Musgrove Park Hospital Mares’ Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £5281
  • 2m 7f 198y
  • Class 5
  • 15 runners
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League Of Friends Musgrove Park Hospital Mares’ Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 15 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

20/1 (Won)

  • Win: £44.50
  • Place: £9.70

Form: 6-467P

Last run: 82 days

W: 10st 3lb

6 yo Filly

OR: 73

Form & Verdict
Has failed to offer much in five handicaps and was well behind a couple of these two runs back; new headgear combination will need to make a difference.
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8

5th Dec 2024

Soft

2m 6f 151y

Class 5

12:55 Leicester

Harkangel

10st 7lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Tom Gretton

Won a 3m handicap hurdle at Taunton earlier this year but that effort remains a standout in her profile; struggles continued on chase debut latest and soft ground might not be what she wants.

14/1

8

5th Dec 2024

Soft

2m 6f 151y

Class 5

12:55 Leicester

Harkangel

10st 7lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Tom Gretton

Won a 3m handicap hurdle at Taunton earlier this year but that effort remains a standout in her profile; struggles continued on chase debut latest and soft ground might not be what she wants.

14/1

4th

6

18th Nov 2024

Good To Firm

2m 6f 151y

Class 5

15:10 Leicester

Harkangel

10st 6lb

J: Robert Dunne

T: Tom Gretton

Won mares' handicap hurdle at Taunton in April (3m, good; 33-1) with tongue-tie and cheekpieces on for first time; poor efforts both starts since; has same headgear on chase debut.

14/1

14/1

  • Place: £4.30

Form: 9/5685

Last run: 13 days

W: 10st 9lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 79

Form & Verdict
A weakener on her switch to handicaps over 2m here two weeks ago (soft); with a pointing background this longer trip could help but she's unconvincing.
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2

27th Sep 2025

Good

2m 7f 191y

Class 5

16:05 Market Rasen

Summerleaze

11st 12lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

Started off for Olly Murphy with three hurdle wins this spring (2m6f-2m7f); well beaten on chasing debut in July but travelled strongly for a long way before fading into fourth at Stratford (3m3f, good to firm) last month, and today's drop back in trip looks the right move; shortlisted.

4/1

1

18th Aug 2025

Good To Firm

3m 3f 119y

Class 5

17:00 Stratford

Summerleaze

12st 0lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

Started off for Olly Murphy with three hurdle wins this spring (2m6f-2m7f) and also ran well when upped to 3m2f here for next outing; well beaten when ridden much more patiently than usual on last month's chasing debut but runs this track very well and could still have a future over fences.

9/4

10/1

  • Place: £6.50

Form: 33P233

Last run: 100 days

W: 10st 6lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 76

Form & Verdict
Her latest third behind Major Fortune (serious improver who nearly won at Ayr last week) reads well but she's a longstanding maiden and the bare form is surely flattering to some extent.
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8

4th Nov 2024

Good

2m 3f 147y

Class 5

13:38 Hereford

Joyful Kit

10st 2lb

J: Chad Bament

T: Harriet Brown

Runs well now and again but she's a 35-race maiden and again out of the weights.

25/1

8

4th Nov 2024

Good

2m 3f 147y

Class 5

13:38 Hereford

Joyful Kit

10st 2lb

J: Chad Bament

T: Harriet Brown

Runs well now and again but she's a 35-race maiden and again out of the weights.

25/1

5th

11

17th Oct 2024

Good

3m 0f 150y

Class 5

14:18 Wincanton

Joyful Kit

10st 2lb

J: Ben Godfrey

T: Harriet Brown

held up in rear, outpaced after 3 out, stayed on from 2 out, never near to challenge

33/1

Form: 63-99P

Last run: 134 days

W: 11st 10lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 94

Form & Verdict
Not shown a lot in three hurdles (2m3f-2m5f) but she was third in a bumper on good to soft ground and there could be some improvement lurking now sent into handicaps in a tongue-tie; market informative.
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4th

3

24th Apr 2024

Good

2m 7f 198y

Class 5

17:15 Taunton

Jersey Gem

11st 10lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Harry Derham

Not shown a lot in three hurdles (2m3f-2m5f) but she was third in a bumper on good to soft ground and there could be some improvement lurking now sent into handicaps in a tongue-tie; market informative.

6/1

4th

3

24th Apr 2024

Good

2m 7f 198y

Class 5

17:15 Taunton

Jersey Gem

11st 10lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Harry Derham

Not shown a lot in three hurdles (2m3f-2m5f) but she was third in a bumper on good to soft ground and there could be some improvement lurking now sent into handicaps in a tongue-tie; market informative.

6/1

0

5

12th Dec 2023

Soft

2m 5f 82y

Class 4

13:45 Wincanton

Jersey Gem

11st 0lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Harry Derham

held up in last but in touch with leaders, struggling 8th, weakened before 2 out, pulled up approaching last

14/1

Form: 3U56-1 CD

Last run: 13 days

W: 11st 0lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 84

Form & Verdict
Had looked limited until running away with a C&D handicap two weeks ago on the back of wind surgery (second run in a tongue-tie); that was after an absence of 350 days so this is a quick turnaround, but a 6lb rise should be manageable.
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5th

8

24th Apr 2024

Good

2m 7f 198y

Class 5

17:15 Taunton

Hazy Dream

11st 0lb

J: Ben Jones

T: Joe Tickle

Had looked limited until running away with a C&D handicap two weeks ago on the back of wind surgery (second run in a tongue-tie); that was after an absence of 350 days so this is a quick turnaround, but a 6lb rise should be manageable.

4/1

5th

8

24th Apr 2024

Good

2m 7f 198y

Class 5

17:15 Taunton

Hazy Dream

11st 0lb

J: Ben Jones

T: Joe Tickle

Had looked limited until running away with a C&D handicap two weeks ago on the back of wind surgery (second run in a tongue-tie); that was after an absence of 350 days so this is a quick turnaround, but a 6lb rise should be manageable.

4/1

1st

7

11th Apr 2024

Soft

2m 7f 198y

Class 5

14:08 Taunton

Hazy Dream

10st 2lb

J: Ben Jones

T: Joe Tickle

prominent early, raced in last but in touch with leaders after 2nd, headway after 8th, led 2 out, kept on well, ridden out

25/1

Form: 7P-733 D

Last run: 246 days

W: 10st 13lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 83

Form & Verdict
Would have found the ground too soft when pulled up in this last year after a similar break; can be quirky and wore cheekpieces and a visor (together with tongue-tie) when close up on her final two runs; wears just a tongue-tie this time and has a big run in her off this mark.
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4

21st Oct 2025

Good To Firm

2m 7f 25y

Class 5

16:00 Exeter

Danzini

10st 6lb

J: Tom Bellamy

T: Keiran Burke

Has won good-ground handicaps at 3m and 3m2f; hard to dismiss off this mark despite being below par the last twice.

10/1

7th

9

21st Aug 2025

Good

3m 2f 105y

Class 5

17:00 Newton Abbot

Danzini

10st 9lb

J: Adam Wedge

T: Keiran Burke

Safely held over C&D in June but that was her first start for seven months and she's now back on the same mark as when winning at Fontwell (3m2f, good) last spring; contender if she comes on from that reappearance run.

12/1

Form: 8-570P

Last run: 23 days

W: 11st 0lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 84

Form & Verdict
Maiden in Ireland; 50-1 when pulled up in a Chepstow handicap on stable debut; headgear is soon turned to.
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7th

7

24th Apr 2024

Good

2m 7f 198y

Class 5

17:15 Taunton

Lyla Garrity

11st 0lb

J: Brendan Powell

T: Henrietta C Knight

Maiden in Ireland; 50-1 when pulled up in a Chepstow handicap on stable debut; headgear is soon turned to.

14/1

7th

7

24th Apr 2024

Good

2m 7f 198y

Class 5

17:15 Taunton

Lyla Garrity

11st 0lb

J: Brendan Powell

T: Henrietta C Knight

Maiden in Ireland; 50-1 when pulled up in a Chepstow handicap on stable debut; headgear is soon turned to.

14/1

14

1st Apr 2024

Soft

2m 3f 100y

Class 4

16:55 Chepstow

Lyla Garrity

10st 2lb

J: Jack Tudor

T: Henrietta C Knight

0-12 over hurdles in Ireland, signing off with down-the-field run at Punchestown in January; makes stable debut from a workable mark but is not the most obvious answer.

20/1

Form: 52O844

Last run: 105 days

W: 11st 11lb

6 yo Mare

OR: 95

Form & Verdict
Irish maiden point winner; didn't look on an obviously good mark for handicap debut at Doncaster (3m, good to soft) and was duly well held in fourth; Daire Davis can claim 7lb this time and that will help.
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8th

5

16th Jan 2025

Good To Soft

2m 4f 62y

Class 5

14:45 Newcastle

Faha Belle

11st 6lb

J: Sean Quinlan

T: Lizzie Quinlan

prominent

11/1

8th

5

16th Jan 2025

Good To Soft

2m 4f 62y

Class 5

14:45 Newcastle

Faha Belle

11st 6lb

J: Sean Quinlan

T: Lizzie Quinlan

prominent, not fluent 5th

11/1

Form: 13P440

Last run: 105 days

W: 10st 8lb

6 yo Filly

OR: 78

Form & Verdict
AW winner and both hurdle wins came on good ground last year, handicaps at 2m4f and 3m2f; has slipped back to a good mark following her latest struggles on good to soft; hard to dismiss.
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9

21st Oct 2024

Good

3m 0f 217y

Class 5

17:30 Plumpton

Baby Sham

10st 2lb

J: James Best

T: Seamus Mullins

midfield, dropped to rear 8th, detached 5 out, pulled up before 4 out

12/1

9th

12

24th Sep 2024

Good

3m 1f 166y

Class 5

15:05 Fontwell

Baby Sham

10st 2lb

J: Oscar Palmer

T: Seamus Mullins

midfield

16/1

10th

16

7th Sep 2024

Good

2m 2f 148y

Class 5

16:12 Stratford

Baby Sham

10st 2lb

J: Oscar Palmer

T: Seamus Mullins

Won twice over hurdles in spring 2023 (2m4f/3m2f) but has lost her way in this sphere and, although she made the frame on the Flat in July, she makes only limited appeal from 11lb out of the weights here.

33/1

Form: 1539P0 D

Last run: 100 days

W: 10st 12lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 82

Form & Verdict
Won a 3m handicap off 2lb higher last summer but mostly well held in the meantime; makes stable debut after wind surgery and others are safer.
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7

9th Sep 2024

Soft

2m 4f 216y

Class 5

15:15 Newton Abbot

Sunshine Girl

10st 5lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Max Young

Won over hurdles for an Irish stable last summer (3m, good to soft) but has lost her way; well beaten on both starts for Max Young, the latter her chasing debut in May; cheekpieces tried here.

40/1

5th

7

27th May 2024

Good To Soft

2m 7f 129y

Class 5

16:25 Huntingdon

Sunshine Girl

10st 3lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Max Young

in touch with leaders, lost ground quickly before 2 out, tailed off before last

25/1

Form: 3-469

Last run: 120 days

W: 10st 8lb

6 yo Mare

OR: 78

Form & Verdict
Placed in heavy-ground Cork bumper in March of last year; hasn't shown much at all in three novice hurdles (2m1f-2m3f) for current yard but she's up in trip for handicap debut and with stamina in the pedigree.
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9

5th Jun 2024

Good

3m 2f 105y

Class 5

15:10 Newton Abbot

Step It Out Goldie

10st 2lb

J: Rex Dingle

T: Chris Gordon

Placed in heavy-ground Cork bumper in March 2023; failed to show much in three novice hurdles (2m1f-2m3f) or a 3m handicap (12-1) so has serious work to do in the first-time headgear from 4lb out of the handicap.

25/1

11th

12

24th Apr 2024

Good

2m 7f 198y

Class 5

17:15 Taunton

Step It Out Goldie

10st 8lb

J: Rex Dingle

T: Chris Gordon

Placed in heavy-ground Cork bumper in March of last year; hasn't shown much at all in three novice hurdles (2m1f-2m3f) for current yard but she's up in trip for handicap debut and with stamina in the pedigree.

8/1

11th

12

24th Apr 2024

Good

2m 7f 198y

Class 5

17:15 Taunton

Step It Out Goldie

10st 8lb

J: Rex Dingle

T: Chris Gordon

Placed in heavy-ground Cork bumper in March of last year; hasn't shown much at all in three novice hurdles (2m1f-2m3f) for current yard but she's up in trip for handicap debut and with stamina in the pedigree.

8/1

OUR TIP

Form: 12P-3

Last run: 37 days

W: 12st 0lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 98

Form & Verdict
Could be interesting in her second handicap, as heavy ground was probably not ideal when reappearing from a long absence in her first; did well in juvenile hurdles (on good and good to soft) and if as good as she was then this mark should be fine.
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5th

2

5th Jul 2024

Good

2m 5f 122y

Class 5

17:45 Newton Abbot

Sailing Grace

11st 9lb

J: Ben Godfrey

T: Anthony Honeyball

Lightly raced since winning hurdle debut in 2022; returned from long absence with respectable third on handicap debut at Fontwell (2m3f, heavy) in March but pulled up over 3m in April and well held at Worcester since; needs to bounce back with tongue-tie now added.

9/1

6th

7

1st Jun 2024

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

15:30 Worcester

Sailing Grace

11st 0lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Anthony Honeyball

Very lightly raced since winning hurdle debut in 2022; returned from long absence with respectable third on handicap debut at Fontwell (2m3f, heavy) in March but was pulled up over 3m the following month; current ability tricky to gauge.

8/1

1

24th Apr 2024

Good

2m 7f 198y

Class 5

17:15 Taunton

Sailing Grace

12st 0lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: Anthony Honeyball

Could be interesting in her second handicap, as heavy ground was probably not ideal when reappearing from a long absence in her first; did well in juvenile hurdles (on good and good to soft) and if as good as she was then this mark should be fine.

6/1

Form: 235F55 CD

Last run: 29 days

W: 11st 10lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 94

Form & Verdict
Has lost her way since winning over C&D last March but she's back to a similar mark now and her latest run here on ground softer than ideal was a step back in the right direction; considered.
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4

24th Apr 2024

Good

2m 7f 198y

Class 5

17:15 Taunton

Spitfire Girl

11st 10lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Has lost her way since winning over C&D last March but she's back to a similar mark now and her latest run here on ground softer than ideal was a step back in the right direction; considered.

12/1

4

24th Apr 2024

Good

2m 7f 198y

Class 5

17:15 Taunton

Spitfire Girl

11st 10lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Has lost her way since winning over C&D last March but she's back to a similar mark now and her latest run here on ground softer than ideal was a step back in the right direction; considered.

12/1

5th

2

26th Mar 2024

Good To Soft

2m 7f 198y

Class 5

15:20 Taunton

Spitfire Girl

11st 9lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Quickly lost her way after finishing first (subsequently demoted to second) on seasonal/chase debut in October and again struggled when reverted to hurdling last month; now only 2lb higher than when winning this race a year ago (good to soft) but it takes a leap of faith to support her.

10/1

Form: -7P457

Last run: 29 days

W: 11st 6lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 90

Form & Verdict
Responded well to cheekpieces when fourth at Doncaster in December (3m) but soon back in the doldrums; much depends on what effect the visor might have.
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7th

4

9th May 2024

Good

3m 1f 10y

Class 5

14:25 Huntingdon

Malina Jamila

11st 10lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Neil King

Both of her wins (bumper and maiden hurdle) were at this track and they have been her only two visits, the latter two years ago; fair fourth with first-time cheekpieces at Doncaster (3m) in December but back in the doldrums since; visor takes over and she returns to Huntingdon, so there are potential positives.

16/1

7th

4

9th May 2024

Good

3m 1f 10y

Class 5

14:25 Huntingdon

Malina Jamila

11st 10lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Neil King

led, not fluent and joined 4 out, headed after 3 out, soon weakened

16/1

5

24th Apr 2024

Good

2m 7f 198y

Class 5

17:15 Taunton

Malina Jamila

11st 6lb

J: Beau Morgan

T: Neil King

Responded well to cheekpieces when fourth at Doncaster in December (3m) but soon back in the doldrums; much depends on what effect the visor might have.

16/1

Form: P5334P

Last run: 23 days

W: 11st 5lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 89

Form & Verdict
Fair shout if repeating her fourth at Doncaster in January (3m) but hasn't gone on from there in handicaps at 2m7f and 2m4f; risky enough.
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2nd

4

19th Nov 2024

Good

2m 7f 95y

Class 5

13:25 Fakenham

Little Talks

10st 13lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Neil King

11-race maiden over hurdles but has made the frame in all four starts at this track; tailed off at Fontwell recently following a four-month break but the return to this track could see her back to her best.

5/1

2nd

4

19th Nov 2024

Good

2m 7f 95y

Class 5

13:25 Fakenham

Little Talks

10st 13lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Neil King

11-race maiden over hurdles but has made the frame in all four starts at this track; tailed off at Fontwell recently following a four-month break but the return to this track could see her back to her best.

5/1

8

23rd Oct 2024

Soft

2m 5f 164y

Class 5

14:30 Fontwell

Little Talks

10st 12lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Neil King

Ran game race from the front when close third of six at Fakenham (2m7f, good) in June but we haven't seen her again since and she's 0-10 over hurdles now; others appeal more.

8/1

Non-runners

Doras Addrezz

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £825.60
Straight Forecast £358.39
Tricast £8335.05
Trifecta £1580.60

Selections

RP RATINGS:

Hazy Dream

The Sun:

Sailing Grace

WEST COUNTRY:

Danzini

SPOTLIGHT:

Spitfire Girl

D Express:

Jersey Gem

Daily Record:

Sailing Grace

Daily Mirror:

Danzini

LAMBOURN:

Spitfire Girl

POSTDATA:

Hazy Dream

The Times:

Hazy Dream

Telegraph:

Hazy Dream

The Guardian:

Hazy Dream

Daily Mail:

Hazy Dream

The Star:

Hazy Dream