Racecards
17:10 Stratford
Mission Foods Ladies' Hunters' Chase (For The Stratford Millennium Rose Bowl) (Class H)
- 16 Runners
- Distance: 3m
- Going: None specified
- Form 154-312
- Age 11
- Weight 11-7
- Trainer S Flook
- Jockey Miss C Thomas
behind, ridden and headway approaching 3 out, onepaced from 2 out
- Form 5RPP/3-1
- Age 12
- Weight 11-3
- Trainer Mrs D Grissell
- Jockey Miss H Grissell
behind, mistake 1st, headway 11th, weakend 14th
- Form 3/F33-4F
- Age 10
- Weight 11-3
- Trainer S Flook
- Jockey Miss S Sharratt
behind, headway 9th, led approaching 14th, clear 3 out, soon ridden, hit 2 out, soon headed, hit last, soon weakened
- Form 4412-F2
- Age 8
- Weight 11-3
- Trainer Miss J Foster
- Jockey Miss J Foster
chased leaders, mistake 3rd and 14th, ridden to lead after 2 out, headed last, onepaced flat
- Form 23P3-32
- Age 14
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs B Thomson
- Jockey Miss J Wormall
held up, headway 9th, outpaced 14th, rallied approaching 2 out, led last, ran on
Derring Dove
19- Form P233-P3
- Age 11
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer H Lavis
- Jockey Mrs Lucy Rowsell
behind from 7th, tailed off and pulled up before 14th
Dovetto
20- Form 6P5/P-41
- Age 14
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer A Price
- Jockey Miss V Price
behind, some headway 13th, soon weakened
- Form 5031-22
- Age 11
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer R Gurney
- Jockey Miss A Goschen
led 2nd, chased leaders, lost place 11th, behind when pulled up before 2 out
Lord George
21- Form PF042-5
- Age 11
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer G Evans
- Jockey Miss S Beddoes
mid-division, mistake 9th, weakened after 11th
- Form P2P46-1
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Miss S Robinson
- Jockey Miss Sarah Robinson
mistakes, led 2nd to 4th, led again 6th, ridden and headed approaching 14th, weakened approaching 2 out
- Form 0PP1-P6
- Age 10
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer T Jewitt
- Jockey Miss K Clift
behind, blundered and unseated rider 9th
- Form 1P14-04
- Age 10
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer A Hollingsworth
- Jockey Miss P Gundry
towards rear, headway 13th, soon ridden, weakened approaching 4 out
Sunburnt
21- Form 644P1-1
- Age 9
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs J Mansell
- Jockey Miss J Houldey
mid-division, headway 11th, ridden 3 out, kept on onepaced
The Bounder
14- Form PP21P/3
- Age 13
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer A Tizzard
- Jockey Miss C Tizzard
with leader, led 4 to 6, mistake 11th, ridden and 3rd when fell 3 out
In depth
Verdict
Not as competitive as this looks on paper and this hunter chase can be taken by Epsilo De La Ronce, with The Bounder a potential danger. Steve Flook's 11-year-old will have his stamina tested to the full here, and though he has generally been campaigned over shorter, he has always looked as though he could get home over further, so he is worth chancing in a race where there are plenty of question marks about the opposition. Not the easiest of rides, Epsilo De La Ronce tends to needs kidding along in his races and if he takes the spoils he is likely to have felt the whip once or twice along the way. However, he does respond to being driven and vitally he relishes the fast ground. He can score. Meanwhile The Bounder is proven over three miles in the past and has been some useful sorts in his time, so cannot be discounted. Third in a point recently after a long lay-off, he should come on for the run and can go close. Of the remainder Esprit De Cotte stands out, but he does not win very often and in any case would prefer juice in the ground.