Yeeehaaa.Bet Mares' Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 6m 31.73s

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Hamartia^t⁵³

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Brendan Powell| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 100

4/1

Placed twice in maiden hurdles in Ireland for Colm Murphy and respectable start over fences for current yard. Not taken lightly.

Form: 3F5P34-

Ask Lileen^t⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: R P McLernon| T: A J Honeyball| OR: 99| D

9/2

Winning pointer who's yet to build on hurdle debut fourth, running poorly on handicap bow last time. Should make a chaser at least.

Form: 431/444-

Cotton End²⁰⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-10| J: Sean Houlihan| T: Sheila Lewis| OR: 96

28/1

Losing run is mounting up but ran creditably by recent standards when third at Worcester. Stiff task there since but has an absence to overcome and stamina is unproven over this far.

Form: P/34435-

Honey I'm Good^p,t⁵¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Isabel Williams⁽³⁾| T: Evan Williams| OR: 96| D

10/1

Notched 3 chase wins last spring/summer but form has nosedived since.

Form: 3P7P6P-

Jessie Lightfoot¹³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-9| J: David Noonan| T: Henry Oliver| OR: 95| D

4/1

As good as ever when scoring at Taunton 2 weeks ago, her first run back with her former stable. Not an obvious type to follow up, however.

Form: B3/3431-

Santa Clarita^v³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: James Davies| T: T Symonds| OR: 86

4/1

Yet to score for this yard but 2 decent runner-up efforts over this C&D in recent months so she's respected back up in trip.

Form: 433282-

Shiroccosmagicbaby^t¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: S Bowen| T: Christian Williams| OR: 85| D

7/2

Winning Irish pointer. Very lightly raced under Rules and shaped with plenty of encouragement tried tongue tied for her debut over fences after 4 months off here (19.4f) in March. Failed to build on that next time though ground might have been too quick.

Form: 2/7P038-

Non-Runners

Love Actually⁹¹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 8

T: Kieran Burke J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Shiroccosmagicbaby (7/2), Hamartia (4/1), Jessie Lightfoot (4/1), Love Actually (4/1), Santa Clarita (4/1), Ask Lileen (9/2), Honey I'm Good (10/1), Cotton End (28/1)

LOVE ACTUALLY was surrounded by subsequent winners at Taunton in February so makes plenty of appeal down in class. Santa Clarita's 2 best efforts last season came here so is next best ahead of recent Taunton winner Jessie Lightfoot.