Velindre Cancer Charity Mares' Handicap Chase

Off time: 18:35 | Winning time: 6m 21.4s

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Dawnieriver^p¹⁹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: T Scudamore| T: M Scudamore| OR: 104| D

10/1

Landed two small-field mares' events last November but finished weakly behind Silent Steps at Southwell (3m, soft) in hat-trick bid when last spotted. Returns from a layoff.

Form: 362113-

Silent Steps^p³²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: Bryony Frost| T: N B King| OR: 100| D

11/4

Blinkers appeared to help case when halting hat-trick bid from Dawnieriver at Southwell in December. Has been more hit than miss since however and needs a big bounce back.

Form: P6444-3

Mrsrobin²²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-3| J: Shane Quinlan⁽⁷⁾| T: D L Williams| OR: 95| D

14/1

Won her first 2 starts over fences for Dan Skelton at up to 3m last summer but has lost her way for a number of trainers since. Bit more like it last time at Warwick but still requires more.

Form: PP7-P43

Midnight Folie²⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-7| J: Ben Jones⁽⁷⁾| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 85| D

4/6

Not seen under rules since 2017 when showing promise for trainer Ben Pauling, has been winning in the point-to-point fields recently and must stand a chance of repeating now.

Form: 21-1111

Gowell⁴⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: P J Brennan| T: D Faulkner| OR: 77| D

10/1

Not the most aptly-named, 14-race maiden with questionable attitude. Pulled up on stable debut in April at Chepstow (2m7½f, good; 50-1) and makes little appeal.

Form: 3248P-2

Forecasts

Midnight Folie (4/6), Silent Steps (11/4), Dawnieriver (10/1), Gowell (10/1), Mrsrobin (14/1)

Not a contest to set the pulse racing but, with recent winning form in point-to-point, MIDNIGHT FOLIE returns to racing under rules with seemingly strong claims of taking this. Dawnieriver was denied a hat-trick last year by Silent Steps when last spotted but can turn the tables on that rival now while Mrsrobin could have minor claims.