Next Raceday Sunday 8th March Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
1st	1	—	Keppel Queen (M) FAV Placed several times for previous yard and made the most of good opportunity in Warwick maiden hurdle (21f) on debut for new yard in October. Jumped poorly back chasing next time and similar story re…	4-21P31	S Bowen O Murphy	7	76.2kg	2.88 15/8
4th	2	—	Hellfire Princess (M) 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. Not in the same form when sixth of 10 at Ludlow (21f) 12 days ago.…	24-0164	C O'Farrell Kerry Lee	9	75.7kg	12 11/1
9th	3	—	Vroomoz Eile (M) Maiden Irish pointer but off the mark at third attempt over hurdles in mares' novice here (19f, soft) last February. Struggled in a handicap hurdle/chase at Cartmel over the summer but better back fr…	831-6P3	Leah Noreci James Moffatt	7	74.8kg	9.50 17/2
3rd	4	—	Smile Back (M) H Point/bumper winner. Brought along steadily in maiden hurdles and improved for the switch to handicaps, finishing runner-up twice over 2½m at Leicester on soft/heavy at the end of 2025. Too keen when…	4-92263	Finn Lambert R T Phillips	6	74.8kg	7 6/1
7th	5	—	Lizzie Luna (M) Sole success in a mares' maiden at Musselburgh last February. Back to that sort of form when narrowly denied in 3m Musselburgh handicap just before Christmas and respectable fourth back there (3m aga…	P-05324	Craig Nichol Ewan Whillans	6	73.9kg	11 10/1
8th	6	—	Zhanma Enki (M) T Modest form at best in a bumper and 3 qualifying runs over hurdles but it wouldn't be a big surprise were this well-bred filly to raise her game now handicapping over a longer trip. Also tongue tied …	30-40	J J Slevin S R B Crawford	5	72.1kg	34 33/1
5th	7	—	Maura Jeanne (M) PT Won staying handicap hurdles at Kelso and Ayr last season. Good second at the latter venue (3m, heavy) last month and could play a prominent role with her yard among the winners.	262526-	Alan Doyle I A Duncan	9	72.1kg	10 9/1
2nd	8	—	It's Maisy (M) Won staying handicap hurdles in the mud in 2023/24 season. Drawn a blank since but latest 2½m Newcastle fourth creditable and the step back up in trip could see her in a better light. Enters calculat…	842431-	Danny McMenamin J Parkinson & S Smith	8	71.2kg	4.50 7/2
6th	9	—	Moveonbuy (M) Much improved when winning handicap at Cartmel last summer. Back to that level when narrowly denied at Wetherby (3m, heavy) last month but needs to shrug off a lesser effort at Southwell since.	402566	William Maggs A Crook	6	66.7kg	15 14/1

Betting forecast: Keppel Queen (15/8), It's Maisy (7/2), Smile Back (6/1), Vroomoz Eile (17/2), Maura Jeanne (9/1), Lizzie Luna (10/1), Hellfire Princess (11/1), Moveonbuy (14/1), Zhanma Enki (33/1)