3A's Leisure Caravans And Motorhomes Conditional Jockeys' Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:08 | Winning time: 5m 11.38s

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Somethingtosomeone^t1¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Joe Anderson| T: Ben Clarke| OR: 93

6/1

Runner-up only start in points and there's been promise to glean from her exploits in trio of mares' maiden/novice events at around 2m this season. Pedigree suggests she's bred to stay at least this far and she's one to note in the betting now handicapping. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 2-3F5

Presenting Nelly^p,t²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fenelon| T: Mrs A M Thorpe| OR: 91| D

28/1

Bumper/3-time hurdle winner for Dan Skelton but ended time with that yard out of sorts and no upturn in 3 runs for present stable since the turn of the year.

Form: 60P053

Arctic Angel¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Isabel Williams| T: Evan Williams| OR: 86

4/1

Lightly raced maiden who has found some improvement switched to handicaps the last twice, keeping on for fourth in 13-runner contest at Stratford (22f) 11 days ago. Leaves the impression she has a bigger effort in her locker and she's worth a second look.

Form: P84034

Miss Pearl¹³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Lewis Saunders⁽³⁾| T: Sheila Lewis| OR: 81

12/1

Still a maiden but went very close to bucking that trend when runner-up at Bangor (19.5f) in February. Followed that with a good third at Hereford (21.7f) later that month but under performer tackling extended 25f trip back there last time. Drops back in distance now.

Form: 74-7235

Bridget Mary^p,t²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Callum Pritchard| T: Miss R Curtis| OR: 80

11/4

Made winning chasing start in October before being held back by jumping errors in that sphere. Latest hurdles fourth at Chepstow (19.5f) was more like it following wind surgery, albeit not looking entirely suited by the drop in trip. Still, she's not discounted.

Form: 514334

Queen Of Steel^p1²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Jack Hogan⁽³⁾| T: F O'Brien| OR: 79

9/4

Modest maiden under both codes for Mark Usher and never gave her supporters much hope after 6 months off/for new stable when sixth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Huntingdon (19.6f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Cheekpieces reached for now and not one to write off yet.

Form: 4-37676

Triple Nickle^p¹²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-12| J: Charlie Price| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 77| C

7/1

Just one win (back in 2021) over hurdles but runner-up a couple of times last spring and added a Flat success to her tally at this track last summer. Final run over hurdles in November was below par and this run may well bring her on.

Form: 3P2-228

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Arctic Stream⁵²

Weight: 11-13| Age: 8

T: R Bandey J: Dylan Johnston

Forecasts

Queen Of Steel (9/4), Bridget Mary (11/4), Arctic Angel (4/1), Somethingtosomeone (6/1), Arctic Stream (13/2), Triple Nickle (7/1), Miss Pearl (12/1), Presenting Nelly (28/1)

QUEEN OF STEEL's stable debut effort at Huntingdon 4 weeks ago has to go down as disappointing but she's on a workable mark on the pick of her hurdles form and could be worth another chance with first-time cheekpieces enlisted. Arctic Angel and Bridget Mary are others to consider, whilst a market move for Somethingtosomeone, on handicap debut, would look significant.