Racecards
12:50 Leicester
Ladbrokes.Com Mares' Only Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Class E)
- 11 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f 110y
- Going: Good to Soft (Soft plcs)(Chs - Good, Gd/Frm plcs, Soft Flat)
Farne Isle
199- Form 46453-5
- Age 5
- Weight 11-12
held up, headway after 7th, led and mistake 2 out, clear last, easily
- Form 5-1
- Age 5
- Weight 11-10
- Trainer D Keane
- Jockey Timmy Murphy
tracked leaders, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened quickly
- Form 6-44502
- Age 4
- Weight 11-7
- Trainer Mrs P Dutfield
- Jockey P Holley
held up, headway approaching 3 out, soon ridden, weakened last
- Form 50-0
- Age 5
- Weight 11-7
- Trainer A Hales
- Jockey B J Crowley
held up, headway approaching 5th, ridden, mistake 3 out, weakened last
- Form P11/4P-4
- Age 6
- Weight 11-5
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey M A Fitzgerald
tracked leaders, pushed along and lost place after 6th, soon behind
- Form 26/0
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Karen George
- Jockey A Honeyball
held up, headway 5th, ridden after 3 out, weakened approaching last
Starry Mary
25- Form 00/005
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer R Price
- Jockey Wayne Hutchinson
mid-division, lost place after 2nd, ridden and headway approaching 2 out, kept on to go 2nd flat, no chance with winners
- Form 364P4P
- Age 5
- Weight 10-10
prominent, ridden and lost place after 7th, soon behind,
Norton Sapphire
155- Form 02-60P0
- Age 5
- Weight 10-2
jumped left, led, ridden and headed 2 out, one pace
Spring Bee
25- Form 00-00
- Age 4
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer T Wall
- Jockey T Scudamore
mid-division, headway 3rd, ridden and every chance approaching 2 out, kept on one pace
In depth
Verdict
Lizzie Bathwick showed enough last time to suggest that she can follow up here, with Titian Flame and Lissnabrucka the obvious dangers. The selection did as well as could be expected on bottomless ground when scoring at Uttoxeter on her seasonal reappearance, staying on strongly in the mud over a trip similar to today's. She jumps well and will probably be better suited by somewhat better ground here, so she can go in again. Titian Flame has plenty more experience over timber but has yet to win in this sphere. She can handle most ground, so that won't be a problem, but she is not open to the improvement of the selection, nor is she proven at the trip, so she is opposed. Lissnabrucka will probably appreciate slightly better ground than when beaten 26 lengths last time out at Chepstow. A mistake four out cost her any chance that day, but she will be better for the run and looks capable of making the frame, but for the winner we return to Lizzie Bathwick.