Racecards
13:10 Kelso
E.b.f./tba Mares' Novices' Chase (qualifier) (Class 4)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 2m 6f 110y
- Going: Heavy
- Surface: Turf
- £5,500 added
- Form 21P2-F1
- Age 7
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 117
- Trainer N G Richards
- Jockey A Dobbin
towards rear, close up 8th, ridden 2 out, headway and every chance last, kept on to lead run-in, all out
Mrs O'Malley
16- Form 8374-P3
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer D McCain Jnr
- Jockey J M Maguire
prominent, led 2nd, headed 9th, hit 3 out, soon ridden and weakened
Nasrha (FR)
46- Form 32-3
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer J Ewart
- Jockey G Berridge
tracked leaders, hit 9th and 12th, soon behind and reminders, soon beaten
- Form 5P5113-
- Age 9
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer K G Reveley
- Jockey James Reveley
led until 2nd, led again 9th, ridden approaching last, headed and no extra run-in
- Form 1821-49
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 115
- Trainer N G Richards
- Jockey B P Harding
held up, hit 11th, 3 lengths down and in touch when blundered badly and fell 13th
In depth
Verdict
Keith Reveley's point-to-point winner Truckers Lady has to be respected back over the regulation fences but this may go to one of the two Nicky Richards runners in the race, with the vote going to Scarvagh Diamond over Westgrove Berry. The selection is proven with plenty of cut in the ground and showed improved form over fences when landing a similar contest at Ayr last month. A reproduction of that effort may well suffice. Don McCain's Mrs O'Malley needs to improve on all known form to trouble the judge, while Nasrha is less exposed than his rivals but is hard to recommend from what we have seen from him so far. Westgrove Berry should be all the better for her recent reappearance and she has to be respected but preference is for stablemate Scarvagh Diamond.