16:00 Cheltenham

Saturday 18 November 2017

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Experience The Theatre At The Festival Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race (Listed)

Off time: 16:03 | Winning time: 4m 17.7s

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Selected odds by:

Dory¹⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Andrew Tinkler| T: W Greatrex| D

12/1

Daughter of Westerner who justified favouritism in a Uttoxeter bumper in June. Promising and interesting to see if the market speaks for her again.

Form: 1

Glenmona⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Harry Bannister| T: H Whittington

25/1

Irish point-to-point winner who finished second to a useful sort on her bumper debut at Stratford. Likely to improve, but faces some stiff competition.

Form: 31-2

Grageelagh Girl²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: P J Brennan| T: F O'Brien| D

11/4

Won a bumper at Perth in June and was first pass the post ahead of Posh Trish at Aintree last month only to lose the race in the stewards' room. In-form stable does well in these contests and she looks a likely contender.

Form: 55-11D

Holding Pattern^h,t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: B J Geraghty| T: Mrs J Harrington| D

6/1

Comfortable winner of a Thurles bumper before finising third in a much-stronger race at Down Royal. Represents leading Irish connections and it will be surprising if she is not thereabouts.

Form: 13

Pineapple Rush

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: R Johnson| T: P Hobbs & J White

11/2

Kayf Tara filly out of a Be My Native mare, so plenty of appeal on paper. Hot race in which to make her debut, but leading connections will know what they have and she is worthy of a market check.

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Posh Trish²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| BF

9/4

Irish point-to-point winner who was awarded the race after finishing a close second to Grageelagh Girl on her bumper debut at Aintree. Reopposes on 4lb worse terms, but will be more streetwise this time.

Form: 1-1

Presenting Pearl³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden| D

25/1

Won the latest of her three bumper starts at Ludlow last month. Seems to be on the upgrade, but this is a much sterner test.

Form: 24-1

Rose Of Cimarron¹⁶⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Adrian Heskin| T: W Greatrex| D

16/1

Landed a Uttoxeter bumper in good style back in June. Second runner for stable which does well in this sphere, but she will need to take another big step forward to get involved.

Form: 51

Secret Escape²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: W T Kennedy| T: D McCain Jnr| D

10/1

Won her first two bumpers before finishing a respectable fourth in Posh Trish's race at Aintree. Should give a good account, but will do well to turn the tables even on slightly better terms.

Form: 114

Non-Runners

Lady Marwah²⁰

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: M Scudamore J: Benjamin Poste

Moonlight Escape¹⁹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: T Scudamore

Outofthisworld²³⁶

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: H Fry J: N D Fehily

Forecasts

Posh Trish (9/4), Grageelagh Girl (11/4), Pineapple Rush (11/2), Holding Pattern (6/1), Outofthisworld (6/1), Moonlight Escape (7/1), Secret Escape (10/1), Dory (12/1), Rose Of Cimarron (16/1), Presenting Pearl (25/1), Glenmona (25/1), Lady Marwah (25/1)

A really competitive mares' bumper in which Ireland have two strong representatives in Moonlight Escape and Holding Pattern. Both are likely to attract market support and are considered, along with Grageelagh Girl and Posh Trish who are closely matched on Aintree form. The selection, though, is OUTOFTHISWORLD, who was particularly impressive on debut at Market Rasen and represents a stable which could hardly be in better form.