Paul Ferguson's Jumpers To Follow Mares' Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 14:41 | Winning time: 5m 7.22s

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Make My Heart Fly^t²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: R Johnson| T: G Elliott| OR: 125| C

1/1

Unbeaten in two starts over hurdles at Perth (2m-3m), and notched the hat-trick when scoring readily by 7L at Sedgefield (2m1f, good) latest; 18lb worth of penalties to carry, but difficult to oppose despite the marginally softer conditions.

Form: 0-50111

Carrolls Milan¹⁵⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: P J Brennan| T: F O'Brien

10/1

£20,000 recruit from the Irish point-to-point scene; 14/1 when running green and staying on out of the pack for a midfield finish in a Southwell mares bumper in April (good); hurdles debut.

Form: B726-

Harrisons Promise^h1,t²⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: James Corbett⁽⁵⁾| T: S Corbett

4/1

Performed consistently in four starts in bumpers, winning by 9L in soft ground at Wetherby (2m) in November 2017; makes her hurdles debut off an eight month absence with a hood applied.

Form: 2/315-

Mrs Vonn^h1¹²²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Sam Coltherd⁽⁵⁾| T: W Coltherd

200/1

Half-sister to 2m-2m1f hurdle winner Goochypoochyprader, but pulled up on all three starts in Irish point-to-points, and debuts over hurdles for new connections wearing a hood.

Form: PP-P

Rubytwo¹²²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: R D Day⁽³⁾| T: N G Richards

7/2

Runner-up here in a 2m bumper (soft) in August 2017, and re-emerged from a winter hiatus when driven out to justify favouritism at Kelso in May (2m, good), beating Keep The River by a neck; switched to hurdling at a realistic level; respected.

Form: 352-1

Westbank^v⁵⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: B S Hughes| T: S R B Crawford

50/1

0-5 in Irish point-to-points (featuring plenty of letters in her form figures); 100/1 when finishing a distant third (beaten 45L) to Go Another One over C&D (maiden) in July.

Form: PP-P4P3

Wise Coco¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Craig Nichol| T: A C Whillans

80/1

Eight-race maiden; shown little aptitude for AW Flat racing of late (1m-1m4f), and it was a similar story in a trio of bumpers prior to that; holds little chance on hurdles bow.

Form: 807-

Keep The River³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Ross Chapman⁽³⁾| T: I Jardine

8/1

Off the mark in bumpers at the second attempt at Uttoxeter in June (2m, good), after bustling up today's rival Rubytwo on debut at Kelso a month earlier; has produced a lesser effort here since, and now tries hurdling for the first time.

Form: 214

Forecasts

Make My Heart Fly (1/1), Rubytwo (7/2), Harrisons Promise (4/1), Keep The River (8/1), Carrolls Milan (10/1), Westbank (50/1), Wise Coco (80/1), Mrs Vonn (200/1)

Despite shouldering penalties galore, it is difficult to look beyond the three-time hurdles winner MAKE MY HEART FLY. She appears to be a fairly versatile filly in terms of trip, and there's probably very few concerns regarding the softer ground unless an absolute deluge arrives (not forecast). Unbeaten at Perth so far, she's strongly fancied to make it 3 from 3 in Scotland, with the others simply playing for places.