16:12 Huntingdon

Thursday 6 February 2020

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Betway EBF Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 16:12 | Winning time: 3m 48.91s

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Allavina

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Aidan Coleman| T: O Murphy

11/2

Getaway mare, half-sister to bumper winner/fair hurdler One Cool Scorpion. Dam unraced. Highly respected on debut for yard with 28% strike-rate in bumpers the last 12 months and in superb form now.

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Aurello²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: G Sheehan| T: W Greatrex

40/1

Has shown some ability in three starts, although the best of those was her first. Will need improvement to win this, even accounting for a recent pipe-opener.

Form: 6-57

Cimetta

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: J Reveley| T: M Herrington

22/1

Half-sister to a bumper and dual 1m4f Flat winner, and a soft ground 2m3f hurdle winner. Stable 1-8 (plus two placed) in bumpers over past five seasons. Worth a market check ahead of her debut.

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Dionette

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: S Francois⁽³⁾| T: Y Mathijs

10/1

First foal of an unraced dam. French trainer has had no recorded British runners in the past five seasons, so looks one to watch on debut.

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First Romance^h1¹²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: R P McLernon| T: P R Webber

50/1

Shirocco filly out of a Grade 2 winning mare. Debut run at Ludlow in October wasn't devoid of promise, hood added and may want a longer trip.

Form: 7

Indian Glory

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson

9/2

€55,000 three-year-old Fame And Glory mare. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/very smart chaser (Grand National winner) Ballabriggs. Bumper runners from Seven Barrows much-respected.

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Jeans Genie^h1²⁸⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Adrian Heskin| T: S Drinkwater

66/1

Daughter of Kayf Tara out of a mare who won on the Flat and five times over hurdles. 20-1 on debut, when she produced a respectable effort to be 11L fourth at Fontwell last April. Returns for different trainer in a hood. Improvement anticipated.

Form: 4-

Little Red Devil⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: David Bass| T: B Pauling

80/1

Sent off 20-1 on debut at Chepstow in December, when she finished a distant last. Reported to have been unsuited by heavy ground there, so could see more from her on this very different surface.

Form: 7

Marada⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton

9/2

From a good family and 66-1 third in C&D Listed bumper in December sets the standard of those that have run (underwent wind op after debut). There should be more to come.

Form: 4-3

Methodtothemagic²⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Daniel Hiskett⁽³⁾| T: R T Phillips

33/1

Sans Frontieres mare. Half-sister to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Lowtown Charlie and fairly useful hurdler/chaser Crazy Jack. 0-3 in point-to-points and others more convincing now.

Form: 36-3

Misshirocco²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: E J Walsh| T: Mrs S J Humphrey

150/1

Well held on debut at Fakenham in October. Made some improvement on that when beating three home in a mares' bumper at Ludlow last time, but likely to be up against it again here.

Form: 08

Saucy Poem

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: P Hobbs & J White

20/1

Yeats mare. Sister to bumper winner/useful hurdler Conflated, stays 2½m, and half-sister to a winner. One to keep in mind making debut for Philip Hobbs.

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Coquelicot^t¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Rex Dingle⁽³⁾| T: A J Honeyball| D

9/4

Had shown promise prior to justifying odds-on favouritism at Taunton last month (2m½f, heavy). More on his plate here but trainer has an excellent record in bumpers.

Form: 221

Genial Hawkstone

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: P J Brennan| T: F O'Brien

8/1

Cokoriko filly. Dam, 2m4f-2m5f chase winner, half-sister to smart chaser (2m1f-2m4f winner) Mikador. Worth a check in the betting on debut.

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Just Tottie^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Adam Wedge| T: N Kent

150/1

Fair Mix filly. Sister to a point-to-point winner. Wears hood on first outing and others make more appeal on paper for this contest.

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Ucanaver

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Page Fuller⁽³⁾| T: A West

80/1

Maxios filly. Half-sister to bumper winner Golden Spread. Dam (h113) 2m-2m5f hurdle winner, also 2m winner on Flat. Yard 0-5 with bumper runners before now.

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Forecasts

Coquelicot (9/4), Marada (9/2), Indian Glory (9/2), Allavina (11/2), Genial Hawkstone (8/1), Dionette (10/1), Saucy Poem (20/1), Cimetta (22/1), Methodtothemagic (33/1), Aurello (40/1), First Romance (50/1), Jeans Genie (66/1), Ucanaver (80/1), Little Red Devil (80/1), Just Tottie (150/1), Misshirocco (150/1)

Marada outran a big price in a Listed C&D bumper in December and sets the standard on that basis. She is set to be rather short in the betting however and this doesn't look straightforward. Debutantes Allavina, Indian Glory and Saucy Poem all command close inspection given their connections but experience may count and there was plenty to like about the way COQUELICOT did the job at Taunton last time as favourite. Anthony Honeyball's filly may have as good a chance as any here.