Racecards
16:50 Hereford
Support Countryside Mares' Amateur Riders' Handicap Hurdle (Class F )
- 11 Runners
- Distance: 2m 3f 110y
- Going: Soft, Heavy in places
- Form 0-0005P
- Age 8
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 98
- Trainer C J Price
- Jockey Mr G Tumelty
held up in touch, pushed along and headway after 4th, ridden approaching 7th, led and rider mistook winning post briefly flat, headed close home
Miss Pross
13- Form 000522
- Age 5
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 96
- Trainer T D Walford
- Jockey Mr M Walford
always behind, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
- Form 4P3444
- Age 9
- Weight 11-3
- Official Rating 91
- Trainer S G Griffiths
- Jockey Mr T Greenall
held up, headway approaching 7th, weakened 2 out
- Form R42355
- Age 7
- Weight 11-1
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer John Allen
- Jockey Mr S Peltell
held up, headway after 3 out, led approaching last, headed and not quicken flat
- Form 5-10P5
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 88
- Trainer D P Keane
- Jockey Mr T J O'Brien
held up in touch, weakened approaching 6th
Fairly Smart
10- Form 00-012
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer M Harris
- Jockey Mr Simon Walker
in touch, hit 5th, ridden and every chance after 2 out, soon beaten
- Form P5PP46
- Age 10
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer M D I Usher
- Jockey Mr L Newnes
held up, well behind 6th, soon pushed along, headway approaching 2 out, ran on to lead close home
Vallica
13- Form 02-600P
- Age 6
- Weight 10-6
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer Mrs A M Thorpe
- Jockey Miss S Beddoes
always prominent, led approaching 7th, headed approaching last, soon weakened
- Form 522405
- Age 7
- Weight 10-5
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer T Wall
- Jockey Miss E J Jones
chased leader until approaching 7th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
- Form 40P5-06
- Age 6
- Weight 10-4
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer R H Alner
- Jockey Mr A Glassonbury
held up in rear, ridden and headway approaching 7th, weakened before 3 out, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
- Form 2114F5
- Age 7
- Weight 10-4
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer D McCain Jnr
- Jockey Mr D F Williams
led, clear approaching 4th, headed approaching 7th, weakened approaching 2 out
- Form 3360-50
- Age 8
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 100
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey Mr R Mccarthy
Nonrunner
Opera Hall
12- Form 36-0404
- Age 5
- Weight 11-7
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer H D Daly
- Jockey Mr Marc Barber
Nonrunner
Fire Ranger
47- Form 4-23645
- Age 9
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 90
- Trainer J D Frost
- Jockey Mr D Mckenna
Nonrunner
- Form 0-60P25
- Age 6
- Weight 11-1
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer S A Brookshaw
- Jockey Mr S F Magee
Nonrunner
Solo Dancer
101- Form 2PP6P0
- Age 7
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer Mrs H M Bridges
- Jockey Miss Lucy Bridges
Nonrunner
Lilac
16- Form 4033-FP
- Age 6
- Weight 10-8
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer R J Price
- Jockey Mr T Messenger
Nonrunner
In depth
Verdict
A poor contest to end the day's proceedings with what can only be a tentative vote going to Fairly Smart, who is preferred to Cashel Dancer and Pink Harbour. The last mentioned was in good form earlier in the season but has paid the penalty at the hand of the handicapper for her efforts then and now looks to be a shade high in the weights. Tim Walford's Miss Pross has found one too good in each of her last two starts, latterly in a handicap at Southwell and while open to improvement needs to step up considerably to trouble the selection. Henry Daly has his string in good from now so Opera Hall has to be respected along with Robert Alner's Cansalrun, who has slipped to an attractive mark. La Marette has been performing consistently of late and is another worthy of a mention although a bigger threat may come from Cashel Dancer, who showed enough at Ludlow last time to suggest that a race of this nature would be within her compass. The vote though goes to Fairly Smart, who is less exposed than most of these and comes here on the back of an improved display at Plumpton last time.