Late Roy Kneller 85th Birthday Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
5th	1	—	Greyval (M) Landed 2m4f handicap hurdles at Chepstow/Cheltenham last spring. Below form in a couple of runs over fences this term before posting a creditable sixth of 10 back in this sphere at Kempton (3m) in De…	1-52065	J J Burke F O'Brien	7	76.2kg	13 12/1
2nd	2	—	Masked Dance (M) Resumed winning ways with a career best in 7-runner handicap hurdle over C&D (soft) 49 days ago. Up 5 lb but that form has been franked so she's not taken lightly.	251226-	Charlie Deutsch Mrs M Rowley	8	75.3kg	8 7/1
4th	3	—	Dramatic Encore (M) P Made a winning hurdles debut at Huntingdon last February but lightly raced since and she came in a well-held fourth of 7 in 2m4f Sandown handicap in December. More is needed with cheekpieces added.	12-3441	Paul O'Brien Harry Derham	6	73.5kg	10 9/1
—	4	—	Pismo Beach (M) Pulled Up T Returned to win 2m4f novice at Hexham in October and not discredited when third of 12 in novice at Warwick (21f, good to soft) 35 days ago. In the mix with a tongue strap now fitted.	1543P2	Charlie Hammond S Edmunds	6	73kg	15 14/1
—	5	—	Notnowlinda (M) Winless since early 2024 and she's yet to fire after 18 months off in a pair of handicap hurdles at Newbury and Ascot this November. Has work to do.	22/0953-	Tristan Durrell D Skelton	9	73kg	26 25/1
1st	6	—	Magical Maggie (M) Course winner who wasn't disgraced after 17 months off the track when fourth of 6 in handicap hurdle here (15.8f, good to soft) 63 days ago, fading from last flight. Can build on it here.	563/413-	C Gethings A Ralph	9	73kg	12 11/1
9th	7	—	Our Bill's Aunt (M) T Signed off last term with 2m4f victory at Wetherby in February but off 9 months before coming in a remote fourth in 2m4f Leicester handicap 62 days ago. Needs to take a major step forward.	33121-4	Toby McCain-Mitchell A M Hales	10	72.6kg	26 25/1
3rd	8	—	Sallyville Lady (M) Irish point winner who has shown some promise when placed in a pair of novice hurdles at Warwick and Uttoxeter this winter, second of 5 in 22f event on latter occasion. Goes into handicaps on a handy…	1-323	Harry Skelton D Skelton	6	72.1kg	3.50 5/2
7th	9	—	Hard Dealt (M) FAV Irish point winner who has made an encouraging start to her Rules career, landing 2½m Worcester novice last spring. Good second of 7 in 2m4f Aintree handicap on Boxing Day too so must enter calculati…	227224	David Bass H D Daly	6	70.8kg	2.88 15/8
6th	10	—	Hellfire Princess (M) P Back to form with a bang to win Ffos Las mares' handicap (2¾m, soft) in November, albeit very much suited by the way that developed. A 6 lb rise might leave her vulnerable here though.	24-0164	C O'Farrell Kerry Lee	9	68.5kg	23 22/1
8th	11	—	Victoria Milano (M) T Dual 2m/2m5f hurdles winner in 2023/24 for Alastair Ralph. Generally below par last season though and again for his new yard on back of a wind op in 2m5f Haydock handicap 18 days ago. Others are more…	F8P-325	Craig Nichol O Greenall & J Guerriero	8	68.5kg	29 28/1

Betting forecast: Hard Dealt (15/8), Sallyville Lady (5/2), Masked Dance (7/1), Dramatic Encore (9/1), Magical Maggie (11/1), Greyval (12/1), Pismo Beach (14/1), Hellfire Princess (22/1), Our Bill's Aunt (25/1), Notnowlinda (25/1), Victoria Milano (28/1)