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Ten key statistics for Cheltenham (Thursday)

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Fillies and mares take centre stage at Cheltenham on Thursday with a dedicated seven-race card.

Racecourse : Cheltenham Picture: (Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Fillies and mares take centre stage at Cheltenham on Thursday with a dedicated seven-race card. We look at ten key statistics to use on the day:

  • Pink Legend and Hawthorn Cottage in the 16:25 (Class 3 Mares' Handicap Chase) are the only two horses on the card with placed course form. Pink Legend has never finished out of the frame in three attempts at the track.
     
  • Jockey Harry Cobden is operating at a 17% strike rate at Cheltenham this season. He rides three on Thursday – Grivetana, Ahorsewithnoname and Good Luck Charm.
     
  • Gordon Elliott has a 21% win rate when sending horses from his base in Ireland to Cheltenham. He has current favourite Deeply Superficial in the 14:40 (Listed Mares' Novices' Hurdle).
     
  • Fergal O'Brien is +27.29 to a level £1 stake at Cheltenham over the last five years and he saddles Dontyawantme and Leave Her To Me in the 17:00 (Class Two Mares' Open National Hunt Flat Race).
     
  • Trainer Gary Moore is in excellent form with a 40% strike rate from the last fourteen days (18-45).
     
  • Jockey Jamie Moore is chasing his father's current strike rate and is demonstrating good form himself with 33% (6-18).
     
  • Although La Domaniale (14:05 – G2 British EBF Mares' Novices' Limited Handicap Chase Final) was a beaten favourite on her last start, she boasts two wins and one second from four attempts over the race distance (2m4f).
     
  • There are 82 horses declared to run over the seven-race card with the maximum field of 20 in the 17:00 (Class Two Mares' Open National Hunt Flat Race).
     
  • Philip Kirby 's Lone Star has the best form figures on offer on Thursday with five wins and a second from her past six outings. She runs in the 13:30.
     
  • There are only five horses on the card that have unseated or fallen in their last six runs - Ilovethenightlife (14:40), Komedy Kicks (15:50), La Breille (15:50), Bobbys Beauty (17:00) and Micks Jet (17:00).