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17:20 Cheltenham

Spreadex Sports And Financial Betting Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race (Class 4)

  • 15 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 179y
  • Going: Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £7,500 added
  • Winner: £4,874
  • 2nd: £1,431
  • 3rd: £716
  • 4th: £358
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 21.10s
  • Off Time: 17:23:07
  • 15 Ran
1
Silk - Black and orange check, black sleeves, orange stars, hooped cap

Meribel Millie

139 t D
4/1
  • Form 1
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-7

held up towards rear, headway 6f out, 4th over 1f out, stayed on same pace

2
Silk - Maroon, Light Blue hoop, Dark Green sleeves, Light Blue cap
33/1
  • Form 164
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-7

held up in rear, took keen hold, headway over 3f out, 5th and no extra over 1f out

3
Silk - White, Royal Blue stars, Royal Blue and White striped sleeves, Red cap
12/1
  • Form 21
  • Age 4
  • Weight 11-1

led, headed over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out

4
Silk - Light Blue, Red star, Red sleeves, Light Blue stars, Red cap, Light Blue star
33/1
  • Form 40
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-0

prominent, pushed along over 3f out, soon lost place, tailed off

5
Silk - Pink and black diabolo, hooped sleeves, pink cap, black star
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-0

held up towards rear, struggling final 7f, tailed off

6
Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow diamond, halved sleeves and star on cap
20/1
  • Form 4
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-0

mid-division, ridden and struggling final 3f

8
Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow seams, halved sleeves and star on cap
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-0

gave trouble in preliminaries, bucking, bronking and virtually unrideable for 1f, behind until caught up over 14f out, mid-division 8f out, soon ridden and weakened, pulled up after

9
Silk - Dark blue, beige sleeves
14/1
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-0

mid-division, struggling over 3f out

10
Silk - Red, white hoops and armlets, hooped cap
10/1
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-0

in touch in mid-division, outpaced over 3f out, weakened over 1f out

11
Silk - Yellow, Purple stripe, hooped sleeves, striped cap
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-8

raced wide, always prominent, led over 2f out, stayed on, driven out

12
Silk - Dark blue, mauve hoop, striped sleeves, mauve cap

Kahaleesi

101 BF
10/1
  • Form 6
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-8

mid-division on outside, closed 6f out, pushed along 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

13
Silk - Black and light blue diamonds, light blue cap, black diamond
11/4
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-8

tracked leaders, close 3rd when switched left over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong

14
Silk - Black, Red inverted triangle, sleeves and cap
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-8

tracked leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, held by winner inside final furlong, stayed on

15
Silk - RED and YELLOW stripes, YELLOW sleeves, RED armlets, RED cap
  • Form 50
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-8

held up in rear on outside, headway over 4f out, stayed on from over 1f out, no impression on leaders

16
Silk - Black, White hoop and sleeves, hooped cap
50/1
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-8

prominent, lost place over 3f out

7
NR
25/1
  • Form 9
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-0

withdrawn

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

Midnight Glory is a half-sister to three winning jumpers but Richard Johnson is sticking with Kahaleesi, even though the Shirocco filly disappointed when an odds-on market leader at Ludlow in January. Jessica Harrington has sent over Katy P and she's another interesting newcomer while Tara View is probably better than she showed on her debut at Newbury when easy to back. MERIBEL MILLIE ran green on her debut at Doncaster in November but kept finding to repel all challengers. She should know more today and can improve past stablemate Water Willow and Westerbee, who also carries a penalty. Dalton Glance is a likely improver and a market move for Hitherjacques Lady would be interesting.

Formwatch

Meribel Millie 3-1fav (10-11) Tracked leaders, led 3f out, hung left when ridden 1f out, kept on strongly, won at Doncaster 2m 1f (6) gd in Nov beating Chase End Charlie (11-4) by 2 1/4l, 9 ran.

Westerbee (IRE) 9-1 (11-8) Held up in rear, headway 4f out, chased leaders when hung left over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, modest 4th over 1f out, 4th of 9, 15 3/4l behind Canoodle (10-7) at Newbury 2m (6) sft in Mar.

Water Willow 4-1 (10-10) Made all, clear over 1f out, ridden entering final furlong, kept on well, won at Towcester 1m 6f fll (6) gd in Nov beating Passmore (10-10) by 1 1/4l, 6 ran.

Bitter Virtue 20-1 (10-12) In touch in mid-division, outpaced 5f out, well beaten final 3f, tailed off, 15th of 17, 35 1/4l behind Lamanver Alchemy (10-12) at Warwick 2m (6) gs in Nov.

Blossom Again Apple Tree M out of Millkom Elegance.

Dalton Glance 16-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, challenged over 4f out, led over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 10l behind Little Miss Poet (10-5) at Warwick 2m (6) sft in Feb.

Pacific Pearl (IRE) Westerner M out of Claudia's Pearl.

Roxy Belle Black Sam Bellamy M out of Royal Roxy.

Tara View 25-1 (10-10) Always behind, 11th of 14, 26 1/2l behind Sam's Adventure (10-13) at Newbury 2m (2) sft in Mar.

Hitherjacques Lady (IRE) Robin Des Champs filly out of Crackin' Liss.

Kahaleesi 10-11fav (10-6) Held up, headway 7f out, outpaced over 3f out, weakened 2f out, 6th of 7, 35 1/2l behind Royal Debutante (11-4) at Ludlow 1m 6f (5) hvy in Jan.

Katy P Ask filly out of Kingara.

Midnight Glory Midnight Legend filly out of Land Of Glory.

Miss Maiden Over (IRE) 10-1 (10-7) Held up in mid-division, pushed along and struggling 6f out, 11th of 13, 18 1/4l behind Scorpion Princess (11-0) at Southwell 2m (6) gd in Mar.

Pearlita Milan filly out of Pearl Buttons.

Lady Longshot 25-1 (11-0) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 11, 25 3/4l behind Queen Odessa (11-0) at Doncaster 2m 1f (6) gd in Jan.