15:52 Chepstow

Tuesday 28 January 2025

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Following Fitzdares On X Mares' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 11y  |   Heavy  |   13 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:52  |   Winning time: 4m 25.95s
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Horse silk
125/1
Little show in points in 2022 and well held in 2 novice hurdles.
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Horse silk
Blazeon Five33
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-2| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King| D
11/8
Developed into a useful handicapper on Flat (stays 2¼m), bagging second success of 2023 at Ascot (2m) in July. Related to hurdle winners and shaped as if better for the run after more than a year off when fourth of 11 in a Wincanton novice on Boxing Day. Will surely improve.
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Horse silk
50/1
Dam half-sister to useful hurdler (2m winner) Ardlui. Fair handicapper at best on Flat (stays 1½m), successful once in 2024, well held last 2 starts. Could have a future over hurdles.
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Horse silk
8/1
Runner-up in a Southwell bumper on debut in June 2023 and wasn't seen to best effect when seventh of 10 in novice hurdle at Huntingdon (15.8f, heavy) 51 days ago, badly hampered third. Remains with some potential in this sphere but handicaps may see her in a better light.
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Horse silk
9/1
Showed a bit more than previously in a first-time tongue strap when third of 7 in maiden at Ffos Las (15.8f, heavy, 50/1) 40 days ago. Needs this for a handicap mark.
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Youmzain mare. Dam multiple bumper winner/made frame sole start over hurdles. Placed on the second of her 2 starts between the flags back in March 2023.
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9
Horse silk
150/1
Well beaten in bumpers and all 3 starts over hurdles.
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10
Horse silk
5/1
Saint Des Saints mare. Sister to 2 winners, including winning hurdler/smart chaser Fidelio Vallis. Makes appeal on paper and could go well on debut.
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Horse silk
Lagertha17
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-2| J: G Sheehan| T: Katy Price
6/1
Encouragement both starts in bumpers last season but is seemingly being brought along with handicaps in mind in this sphere and needs this for a mark.
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12
Horse silk
25/1
Disappointed following an encouraging debut in bumpers and has shown little both starts over hurdles.
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Horse silk
Variniat41
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-2| J: Charlie Hammond| T: S Edmunds| D
100/1
Winner of the second of her 2 starts between the flags but she hasn't shown much in a bumper/mares' novice hurdles since embarking on a career under Rules.
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Horse silk
Sophie Powerh,t30
Age: 4|  Weight: 10-3| J: Benjamin Poste| T: H Dickin
22/1
Won a 1½m conditions event on soft ground for Henri Devin on sole Flat start in France. Tame finishing effort on hurdle debut at Wincanton and, although she showed more in a first-time hood/tongue strap combination at Doncaster next time, it won't be until handicaps she's of any interest.
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Horse silk
Volakes30
Age: 4|  Weight: 10-3| J: C Gethings| T: S Edmunds
8/1
Mid-division at best in maiden/minor events on Flat. Sold from William Haggas for only 6,500 gns in November but showed some aptitude for hurdling nonetheless when third in an 8-runner event at Doncaster the following month. May do better.
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Non-Runners

1
Horse silk
Queens Wish12
Weight: 11-9|  Age: 6
T: D Skelton  J: Harry Skelton
NR
5
Horse silk
Don't Tell Rosie29
Weight: 11-2|  Age: 5
T: J Scott  J: Bryan Carver
NR
13
Horse silk
Paradise Park279
Weight: 11-2|  Age: 7
T: T Faulkner  J: Charlie Deutsch
NR

Forecasts

Queens Wish (1/2), Blazeon Five (11/8), Kupka Vallis (5/1), Lagertha (6/1), Volakes (8/1), Granny Hawkins (8/1), Kate Of The Lodge (9/1), Paradise Park (12/1), Sophie Power (22/1), Northern Symphonie (25/1), King's Consort (28/1), Don't Tell Rosie (33/1), Cherryhawk (50/1), Varinia (100/1), Arctic Stream (125/1), Kiss Me Moon (150/1)

Verdict

BLAZEON FIVE, a progressive stayer on the Flat, understandably shaped as if better for the outing after more than a year off when fourth at Wincanton on last month's hurdling debut, and with much better to come as a hurdler with that run behind her, she's expected to lower the colours of likely favourite Queens Wish, who looked very professional when making a winning hurdling debut at Newcastle recently. Volakes could be the one to fill the places.

Previous Winners

2024
Chosen Hero
Weight: 11-2  |Age: 6
5/2

Prize Money

1st: £4,193.002nd: £1,932.003rd: £966.004th: £484.00
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