Racecards
14:25 Wetherby
'Rye' Mares' Only Novices' Hurdle (Class E)
- 25 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
- Form 21
- Age 6
- Weight 11-7
- Trainer C R Egerton
- Jockey A P McCoy
with leader, led 4th, ridden and headed approaching 3 out, weakened next
- Form 0F
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer J Howard Johnson
- Jockey P Buchanan
mid-division, weakened halfway
- Form 2-3136
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey R Garritty
in touch, headway and effort approaching 3 out, one pace next
- Form 512
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
tracked leaders, led approaching 3 out, ridden out
Double Deal
17- Form 063
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey G Carenza
in touch, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened
Farne Isle
45- Form 650-444
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
in touch, pushed along 4 out, ridden and effort approaching next, soon beaten
First Grey
11- Form 0420-0
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer E Tuer
- Jockey B P Harding
towards rear, never dangerous
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer M Todhunter
- Jockey D N Russell
mid-division, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened next
- Form 4F4-2
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs M Reveley
- Jockey A Dempsey
held up in rear, headway after 4 out, ridden to chase winner 3 out, kept on same pace
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer C Bealby
- Jockey N D Fehily
in touch to halfway, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out
- Form 0-0
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Miss M Rowland
- Jockey K Johnson
behind, weakened halfway, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer J Howard Johnson
- Jockey D McGann
behind, lost touch halfway, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
- Form 4
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
towards rear, never dangerous
Sister Anna
227- Form 206-F
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer T D Walford
- Jockey R Walford
mid-division, headway and effort approaching 3 out, no extra from 2 out
Stock Dove
36- Form 20
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs P Robeson
- Jockey A Honeyball
mid-division, ridden approaching 3 out, no impression
Top Notch
21- Form 60-0556
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer K Bailey & M Nicholls
- Jockey J P McNamara
led to 4th, remained prominent until ridden and weakened approaching 3 out
Upright Ima
11- Form 3-464
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
in touch, not fluent 4th and 5th, weakened approaching 3 out
- Form 5-054P
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer R D E Woodhouse
- Jockey D Elsworth
mid-division, headway 4 out, soon ridden, no impression from next
- Form F55
- Age 4
- Weight 10-2
held up in rear, headway approaching 3 out, soon ridden, kept on one pace from 2 out
Sea Cove
51- Form 45
- Age 4
- Weight 10-2
- Trainer J Jefferson
- Jockey G Lee
mid-division, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out
In depth
Verdict
Druids Confederacy can defy a penalty to overcome the challenges of Magical Filed and Doce Vida in this mares' only event. Druids Confederacy won by a distance at Towcester on Boxing Day, after which trainer Charlie Egerton nominated the Crandon Mares' Final at Newbury as her main target. She must therefore be quite highly rated, and is reckoned to be a potentially useful three mile chaser in the making in time. She should have enough talent to see off Magical Field who was a beaten favourite at Doncaster after racing too keenly. A stayer on the Flat, she will be seen to better effect over further than two miles. Doce Vida comes from a yard housing plenty of hurdling talent this season and is sure to have been well schooled for her timber debut. The market should be closely watched for more clues, but on the evidence so far, Druids Confederacy is the form pick.