3.30 2m. 125yds. 15 Declared. Market Rasen Racecourse's Centenary Celebration Year Handicap Hurdle (Class 5 ) of £7,750.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €4,093.00 2nd - €1,883.00 3rd - €942.00 4th - €471.00 5th - €235.00
Formscan - King Of The Road won comfortably over an extended 2m2f here and demands respect under a 7lb penalty, while Huntingdon scorer Ruler Legend must also enter calculations. The vote, however, goes to handicap debutant SMURFETTE. She has performed creditably in each of her four starts to date, particularly when chasing home the useful Lunar Discovery (since Listed-placed) at Hexham last time, and an opening mark of 100 seems fairly lenient.