Racing TV For The Cheltenham Festival Mares' Handicap Hurdle.
Wetherby · Thursday, 26 Feb · 20:45
· 2m 3f 154y
· Class 4
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
16:45
Off time
6
Runners
Soft (Good to Soft in places)
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 7 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
2.38
11/8
02 · 🥈 2nd
3
2/1
03 · 🥉 3rd
6
5/1
04 · —
8.50
15/2
05 · —
12
11/1
06 · —
15
14/1
07 · —
41
40/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 1 | — |
La Marquise (M)
[P]
Dual bumper winner who looked a good prospect when overcoming inexperience to make a successful hurdling debut at Ludlow (2m) in October 2024. Hasn't kicked on since, though, only fourth of 6 in handicap hurdle at Market Rasen (18.6f, good…
|
G Sheehan | Jamie Snowden | 6 | 77.1 kg |
12
11/1
|
| 6th | 2 | — |
Northern Symphonie (M)
Completed a hat-trick of small-field handicap wins in the spring and even better form when second of 3 at Uttoxeter (23.3f) in June. However, offered little on debut for new yard at Sandown in December.
|
Miss Megan Bevan | H Dickin | 6 | 74.4 kg |
41
40/1
|
| 4th | 3 | — |
Devon Skies (M)
Has proved a different proposition switched to front-running tactics, completing hat-trick at Market Rasen in November. Quickly bounced back from rare disappointing effort when winning 7-runner handicap hurdle (18/5) at Catterick (19.3f, s…
|
Joe Williamson | P A Kirby | 7 | 74.4 kg |
6
5/1
|
| 1st | 4 | — |
Just Call Me Lucy (M)
FAV
Goes well here and was runner-up behind a progressive rival at C&D in November. Disappointing when only fifth of 7 in handicap hurdle at Newcastle (20.3f, heavy) 30 days ago but better showing expected returned to Wetherby.
|
Jamie Hamilton | M Walford | 8 | 73.5 kg |
2.38
11/8
|
| — | 5 | — |
Parisian Fashion (M)
[P1]
Successful Irish pointer who opened her account under Rules in a Newcastle maiden hurdle last March and made the frame switched to handicaps next 2 starts. Let down by jumping at Musselburgh on penultimate start and stopped alarmingly quic…
|
William Maggs | R Menzies | 7 | 72.6 kg |
15
14/1
|
| 2nd | 6 | — |
Queenofthejukebox (M)
[T]
Dual soft-ground bumper winner last season but yet to match that form over hurdles, though there was a bit more promise on her first start after a wind-op when seventh of 16 in novice hurdle (10/1) at Kempton (16f, soft) 24 days ago and sh…
|
S Bowen | Noel Williams | 6 | 72.6 kg |
3
2/1
|
| 5th | 7 | — |
Laysoft (F)
Landed junior bumper at Huntingdon in November and has finished placed all 3 starts over hurdles, albeit out of her depth when remote third in a fillies' listed juvenile event at Doncaster last month. Not ruled out receiving plenty of weig…
|
Danny McMenamin | J Parkinson & S Smith | 4 | 65.8 kg |
8.50
15/2
|
Betting forecast: Just Call Me Lucy (11/8), Queenofthejukebox (2/1), Devon Skies (5/1), Laysoft (15/2), La Marquise (11/1), Parisian Fashion (14/1), Northern Symphonie (40/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 4304.0 GBP |
| P2 | 1980.0 GBP |
| P3 | 990.0 GBP |
| P4 | 496.0 GBP |
| P5 | 246.0 GBP |