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Holland Cooper Mares' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) (Class 3) Racecard

  • Channel: RTV
  • Distance: 2m 62y
  • Going: Good
Cheltenham
Runners
6

Type
Chase Turf

Surface
Turf

Weather
Cloudy

Selection

No myracing analysis available for this race

No.(Draw)
Runner
Best Odds
1
Lime Drop silk
D
Lime Drop
J: Sam Twiston-Davies
T: Henry Daly
D
8 x Distance Winner - Won 8 times before at this distance
Consistent mare and a 4lb rise for beating Ostrava Du Berlais last time seems very fair
132151
Age: 9
Weight: 12-0
OR: 119
Days: 39
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
9 Mar 25 War Warwick 16.5f Gd 3HcChM 11-8 1/3 Ostrava Du Berlais (4¾L) 10/11F 115 121
9 Feb 25 Exe Exeter 17.5f GS NvChLM 11-2 5/5 Only By Night (52L) 33/1 115 84
25 Jan 25 Utt Uttoxeter 16f GS 3HcChM 10-11 1/4 Sacre Coeur (½L) 3/1 112 119
31 Dec 24 Utt Uttoxeter 20f GS 4NvHcCh 11-4 2/9 Taras Halls (15L) 17/2 113 111
11 Dec 24 Her Hereford 16f GS 3NvHcCh 11-1 3/6 Beat Box (5L) 9/1 114 118
16 Nov 24 Utt Uttoxeter 16f Gd 4HcChM 10-13 1/6 Ip Up (1½L) 7/2 109 118
2
Somespring Special silk
CD
Somespring Special t
J: Micheal Nolan
T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
CD
C&D Winner - Won before on this course at this distance
Won this last year and returned to winning ways after a break at Wincanton
1-5401
Age: 7
Weight: 12-0
OR: 119
Days: 24
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
24 Mar 25 Wcn Wincanton 20f Gd 4HcCh 11-5 t 1/3 Jaramillo (7L) 4/5F 113 123
28 Jul 24 Utt Uttoxeter 20f Gd 4HcCh 11-6 t 10/16 Get Up Mush (28L) 12/1 117 100
13 Jun 24 Wor Worcester 16.5f Gd 3NvHcCh 10-7 t 4/4 Matterhorn (56L) 7/2 118 70
18 May 24 Ban Bangor-on-Dee 17.5f GS 2HcCh 10-5 t 5/11 Fringill Dike (21L) 7/2F 119 111
18 Apr 24 Chl Cheltenham 16.5f Gd 3HcChM 9-13 t 1/8 Sacre Coeur (2L) 6/5F 112 119
14 Apr 24 Plu Plumpton 20f Gd 4HcCh 11-6 t 1/5 Magistrato (8½L) 10/1 112 122
3
Ostrava Du Berlais silk
D
Ostrava Du Berlais h
J: Charlie Deutsch
T: Venetia Williams
D
Distance Winner - Won before at this distance
Cold Recent Form Jockey - 0 wins from 14 in the last 14 days (0%)
Beaten fair and square off this mark the last time and perhaps vulnerable again
157322
Age: 7
Weight: 11-4
OR: 109
Days: 28
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
20 Mar 25 Lud Ludlow 20f Gd 4NvHcCh 11-3 h 2/4 Idy Wood (¾L) 9/2 109 112
9 Mar 25 War Warwick 16.5f Gd 3HcChM 11-2 h 2/3 Lime Drop (4¾L) 5/4 109 112
19 Feb 25 Lud Ludlow 20f GS 3HcChM 10-8 h 3/8 Sacre Coeur (11½L) 9/2 110 107
19 Jan 25 Fak Fakenham 21f Gd 2HcChM 10-13 h 7/11 Telepathique (35L) 9/1 113 97
11 Jan 25 Ffo Ffos Las 16f Sft 3HcCh 10-6 h 5/8 Keep Running (25L) 7/2 113 100
12 Dec 24 Tau Taunton 18f Gd 5HcChM 12-2 h 1/5 My Mate Polly (9½L) 1/4F 104 118
4
Shakeyatailfeather silk
Shakeyatailfeather
J: Harry Skelton
T: Dan Skelton
Best chase run was the latest over 2m4f and she's worth trying back at this trip
264042
Age: 6
Weight: 11-1
OR: 106
Days: 41
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
7 Mar 25 Lei Leicester 20f GS 4HcChM 10-10 2/6 Party Vibes (1¾L) 5/1 105 111
30 Dec 24 Tau Taunton 23f GS 4NvHcCh 11-11 4/10 Langley Hundred (6¼L) 20/1 107 109
14 Dec 24 Chl Cheltenham 20.5f GS 3HcChM 10-10 10/13 Game On For Glory (43L) 28/1 109 76
30 Nov 24 Don Doncaster 19f Gd 4NvHcCh 11-1 4/5 Classic King (4L) 15/2 110 109
24 Oct 24 Lud Ludlow 21.5f GS 4NvHM 11-7 6/12 Dameofthecotswolds (16L) 11/4 110 103
3 Oct 24 Sth Southwell 24.5f Gd 4NvH 10-7 2/4 Sunshine Diamond (hd) 7/4 108 112
5
It's Easy silk
It's Easy
J: Adam Wedge
T: Evan Williams
Held by Lime Drop on their clash in January and could have run better last time
642313
Age: 7
Weight: 10-13
OR: 104
Days: 34
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
14 Mar 25 Fak Fakenham 21f GS 5HcChM 12-0 3/4 Rock On Rita (21L) 8/1 104 97
13 Feb 25 Lei Leicester 20f Sft 4HcChM 11-2 1/4 Largy Force (3¼L) 11/4 102 105
25 Jan 25 Utt Uttoxeter 16f GS 3HcChM 10-2 3/4 Lime Drop (5L) 9/4J 103 106
8 Jan 25 Tau Taunton 16f Sft 4NvHcCh 11-7 2/7 Torneo (1¼L) 8/1 101 105
11 Dec 24 Her Hereford 16f GS 5HcHM 11-11 4/9 Jackeline (2¾L) 13/2 101 100
20 Nov 24 Ffo Ffos Las 22f Sft 5HcHM 11-11 6/10 Cast's Tasha (12L) 7/1 102 91
6
Dromlac Jury silk
D
Dromlac Jury
J: Ben Poste
T: Tom Symonds
D
Distance Winner - Won before at this distance
Still early days as a chaser but probably needs a career best to be winning this
1-2273
Age: 6
Weight: 10-6
OR: 97
Days: 32
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
16 Mar 25 Chp Chepstow 19.5f Gd 3HcHM 10-5 3/7 Greyval (7½L) 10/1 101 94
21 Dec 24 Her Hereford 16f GS 4HcCh 11-5 7/8 Salt Rock (24L) 8/1 100 82
4 Dec 24 Lud Ludlow 16f GS 4NvHcCh 11-9 2/6 Ostrava Du Berlais (10L) 11/4 101 103
29 Oct 24 Ban Bangor-on-Dee 17.5f Sft 5HcCh 12-0 2/9 Mutual Respect (1¾L) 15/2 102 103
21 Mar 24 Lud Ludlow 16f Sft 4HcHM 11-2 1/5 Brendas Asking (¾L) 7/2 99 102
25 Feb 24 Her Hereford 16f Sft 4MdHM 11-6 3/9 Mighty Moth (7¾L) 11/1 - 100
Verdict

This drop back to 2m could work in favour of SHAKEYATAILFEATHER who is belatedly reunited with Harry Skelton.

Verdict silk image
Shakeyatailfeather

Betting Forecast:

7/4 Somespring Special,

7/2 Lime Drop,

100/30 Shakeyatailfeather,

13/2 Ostrava Du Berlais,

15/2 Dromlac Jury,

10/1 It's Easy

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