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| Grade 3 Handicap, Wetherby 13:35 £50,000 guaranteed, 4yo plus, 3m 45y, Class 1  |
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The race is set to feature an exciting entry in the form of Sine Nomine, trained by Fiona Needham. This eight-year-old mare is a Cheltenham Festival hero, having claimed the St. James’s Place Festival Challenge Cup Open Hunters’ Chase in March. A regular on the point-to-point circuit, Sine Nomine has won four of her six hunter chases, showcasing her talent and consistency.
Sine Nomine runs down Its On The Line to win the St. James’s Place Festival Challenge Cup Open Hunters' Chase
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Sine Nomine made her return to racing last month in the Bud Booth Mares’ Chase at Market Rasen after a 257-day break from her Cheltenham success. Unfortunately, she unseated her jockey John Dawson five fences from the finish, but Needham remains optimistic about her form. “It was unfortunate at Market Rasen. She was running well. I was pleased with how she was running. She wants softer ground and that’s why she wasn’t out until then,” said Needham. “She was a little bit fresh and it was a bit of miscommunication, shall we say. She should come on for the run.”
The Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase at Wetherby will be a key race to determine Sine Nomine's future plans. Needham will assess the mare’s performance before deciding whether to stay in higher grades or return to the hunter chasing circuit. “I don’t know what the target is and we’ll see what happens at Wetherby. To go back to the St. James’s Place we’d have to pull out to go back hunter chasing,” she added.
Needham is taking a cautious approach, planning to evaluate Sine Nomine’s suitability for the competitive field at Wetherby. “We’ll see what happens Boxing Day and that was always the plan. We’ll see what happens and if we’re outclassed it’s nice that she’s still qualified for Cheltenham and Aintree (hunter chases) so we have that option,” she said.
Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase
£50,000 guaranteed, 4yo plus, 3m 45y, Class 1
19 entries
Going: Good to Soft
NO. FORM HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY
1 362-3P Ahoy Senor 9 - Lucinda Russell
2 511-47 Cruz Control 7 - Tom Lacey
3 11-P26 Deise Aba 11 - Alexandra Dunn
4 6-P111 East Street 8 - James Owen
5 5P-PPU Erne River 9 - Nick Kent
6 /U19-1 Fontaine Collonges 9 - Venetia Williams
7 50-332 Good Boy Bobby 11 - Nigel Twiston-Davies
8 4P-40P Jetoile 9 - Ryan Potter
9 112P55 Kinondo Kwetu 8 - Sam England
10 74-V64 Lord Baddesley 9 - Anthony Honeyball
11 P16-13 Marble Sands 8 - David Killahena & Graeme McPherson
12 /2UP-P Mr Incredible 8 - Sandy Thomson Ryan Mania
13 354-22 Passing Well 7 - Jamie Snowden
14 P1P1-P Regal Blue 7 - Jonjo & A J O'Neill
15 49F0-4 Richmond Lake 8 - Donald McCain
16 1211-U Sine Nomine 8 - Fiona Needham
17 124-P4 Some Scope 6 - Richard Hobson
18 3122-5 Tahmuras 7 - Paul Nicholls
19 13P-25 Young Buster 8 - Fergal O'Brien
