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Racing TV Mares’ Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £9530.5
  • 2m 0f 209y
  • Class 2
  • 8 runners
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Racing TV Mares’ Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)

Runners: 8 runners

Type: NH Flat

Surface: Turf

Weather: Light rain

Form: 31 D

Last run: 39 days

W: 11st 6lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Built upon debut promise when holding on well to make all at Kelso (good) last month, form that has recently been well advertised by the third; penalised in what looks a stronger here but may progress again.
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6th

8

2nd Jul 2026

Good

2m 0f 47y

Class 4

14:18 Perth

Dotties Promise

10st 11lb

J: Nathan Moscrop

T: Susan Corbett

Kelso bumper winner last September (2m, good); beaten more than 50l in her three runs over hurdles; perhaps best watched for now.

50/1

6th

6

11th Apr 2026

Good

2m 4f 62y

Class 4

16:32 Newcastle

Dotties Promise

10st 12lb

J: Nathan Moscrop

T: Susan Corbett

Justified market support, making all in a Kelso bumper (2m, good; 13-8 favourite) last September; jumped poorly on hurdles debut at Catterick (2m) on New Year's Day, and well beaten back there (2m4f) a few weeks later; difficult to retain the faith.

20/1

11th

10

21st Jan 2026

Good To Soft

2m 3f 66y

Class 4

13:17 Catterick

Dotties Promise

10st 9lb

J: Conor Rabbitt

T: Susan Corbett

Bumper winner for whom it's very early days over hurdles; however, she didn't jump well when tailed off here (1m7f, good; 13-2) on New Year's Day and has to leave that performance a long way behind.

40/1

OUR TIP

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Second foal from a point/hurdle winner; made all to win five-runner point on debut in January (good to soft); it's hard to gauge what that form is worth but she changed hands for £180,000 the following month and has joined a good stable for her rules career.
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8th

7

21st Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 118y

Class 1

15:00 Newbury

Edith Pelham

11st 2lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Fergal O’Brien

Trailed several of today's rivals at Market Rasen in her second hurdle race but showed that to be all wrong when winning at Southwell (2m5f, soft) 19 days ago, battling back after a bad mistake at the final flight; better is needed for this handicap debut and cheekpieces are added.

22/1

1st

5

2nd Mar 2026

Heavy

2m 4f 88y

Class 4

15:45 Southwell

Edith Pelham

11st 2lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Fergal O’Brien

Point/bumper winner who has raced twice over hurdles, better effort when placed at Warwick (2m3f, good to soft) on the first occasion; return to that form would give her major claims.

11/4

6th

6

17th Feb 2026

2m 0f 125y

Class 4

14:00 Market Rasen

Edith Pelham

11st 2lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Fergal O’Brien

Maiden point winner and made a winning debut under rules in a bumper at Aintree (2m1f, good to soft) in October; made a most encouraging hurdles debut when third of 14 finishers at Warwick (2m3f, good to soft) last month; promising sort but may not be suited by the step back in trip.

12/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Filly

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Form & Verdict
Third foal; dam unplaced in bumper/over hurdles, sister to connections' useful chaser Big Casino; with good yard but Sam Twiston-Davies has taken an outside ride in this race; market may guide.
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6th

5

25th Mar 2026

Good

2m 3f 147y

Class 5

16:30 Hereford

Hey Flint

11st 6lb

J: Toby McCain-Mitchell

T: Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies

Didn't really achieve too much in her qualifying runs and never figured when pulled up on her handicap debut over C&D (good) 18-days ago; remains on a tough mark despite the 3lb drop; cheekpieces now added.

33/1

1

7th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 3f 147y

Class 5

15:25 Hereford

Hey Flint

11st 12lb

J: James Turner

T: Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies

An opening mark of 95 looks tough on the bare form of her qualifying runs but she has fewer convictions than most of these and rates a potential improver in handicaps; interesting contender, particularly if backed.

9/2

8th

10

18th Feb 2026

1m 7f 169y

Class 4

14:00 Ludlow

Hey Flint

10st 9lb

J: James Turner

T: Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies

Ran okay in a bumper here but has finished pretty much tailed off in two hurdle races, at huge odds.

100/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
11,500euros 3yo; sixth foal; closely related to useful jumper Up The Straight, half-sister to a bumper winner; dam well held in bumpers, closely related to useful jumper Shady Operator; stable not prolific in bumpers but she's worth a glance in the betting.
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6th

8

17th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 0f 161y

Class 5

16:40 Exeter

Illhaveabitofthat

10st 12lb

J: Bryan Carver

T: Chris Honour

Well beaten in seventh on her first two starts (2m1f/2m, good to soft) and a transformation is necessary today.

100/1

4

26th Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 209y

Class 2

16:05 Aintree

Illhaveabitofthat

11st 1lb

J: Finn Lambert

T: Chris Honour

11,500euros 3yo; sixth foal; closely related to useful jumper Up The Straight, half-sister to a bumper winner; dam well held in bumpers, closely related to useful jumper Shady Operator; stable not prolific in bumpers but she's worth a glance in the betting.

14/1

Form: 32 BF

Last run: 145 days

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
All runs on good ground; comfortably won point bumper on debut in March and made the frame in two rules bumpers later in the spring, more recently when very close second at Southwell, but this race looks stronger.
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4th

6

18th Jul 2026

Good

2m 1f 46y

Class 3

15:10 Cartmel

Ladies Day

11st 3lb

J: Miss Gina Andrews

T: T Ellis

Runner-up in a Listed bumper last season and 2-3 since switched to hurdles this spring, having beaten subsequent wide-margin winner Eternal Angel at Uttoxeter on latest outing; must be considered on handicap debut.

3/1

1st

3

13th Jun 2026

Good

1m 7f 168y

Class 4

18:12 Uttoxeter

Ladies Day

11st 3lb

J: Jack Andrews

T: T Ellis

Point winner who ran to a useful level in bumpers without success; got off the mark on her second run over hurdles when scoring at Bangor (2m, good) three weeks ago; strong claims.

6/4

1st

7

23rd May 2026

Good

2m 0f 145y

Class 4

13:50 Bangor-on-Dee

Ladies Day

10st 11lb

J: Jack Andrews

T: T Ellis

Finished second in three of her last four bumpers including a Listed mares' event at Huntingdon in December; runner-up again on recent hurdling debut at Fakenham (2m4f, good) and that was a promising effort behind an 11-10 favourite who made all; sets a fair standard on that form and she's a big player back in trip.

2/5

Form: 6-

Last run: 192 days

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Filly

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Form & Verdict
Represents trainer with 0-24 strike-rate in bumpers and does not have a striking pedigree but belied 250-1 odds and shaped with considerable promise when sixth of 18 at Cheltenham (good) in April; sports a hood here; needs to be taken much more seriously this time.
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2

24th May 2026

Good To Soft

2m 1f 162y

Class 5

14:35 Fontwell

Lady Dapple Rose

11st 10lb

J: Callum Pritchard

T: Ben Pauling

0-5 over hurdles for Harriet Dicken but signed off for her with respectable fifth at Ludlow (2m5f, good) last month, where her margin of defeat was magnified by a penultimate-flight error; drops back in trip for stable debut (same owners); interesting to see what Ben Pauling can do with her.

4/1

5th

1

22nd Apr 2026

Good

2m 5f 55y

Class 5

16:00 Ludlow

Lady Dapple Rose

11st 12lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Harriet Dickin

Second of four on hurdling debut at Leicester (1m7f, soft) in November but she's not gone on from that and was a remote third in a Chepstow maiden last month; now switches to a handicap needing improvement on this step up in trip.

14/1

3rd

3

26th Mar 2026

Good

2m 0f 16y

Class 4

15:20 Chepstow

Lady Dapple Rose

11st 0lb

J: James Best

T: Harriet Dickin

Second of four on hurdling debut at Leicester (1m7f, soft) in November but the value of that form is open to question and she was safely held on her next two outings; others look stronger.

20/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
90,000euros 3yo; third foal; half-sister to two French jumps winners; dam well beaten French hurdle, half-sister to a French Listed chase winner; top stable has very good 20% bumper strike-rate; shortlisted.
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7

26th Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 209y

Class 2

16:05 Aintree

Lady Motivator

11st 1lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

90,000euros 3yo; third foal; half-sister to two French jumps winners; dam well beaten French hurdle, half-sister to a French Listed chase winner; top stable has very good 20% bumper strike-rate; shortlisted.

4/1

Form: 2

Last run: 166 days

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Half-sister to useful jumpers Frontal Assault, The Folkes Tiara and Riskintheground; made promising debut when second of nine at Worcester (good) in May, albeit grossly flattered by proximity to hard-held winner, and ought to be on the premises again here.
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2nd

6

22nd Feb 2026

Soft

2m 0f 53y

Class 4

14:40 Hereford

Lyrical Choice

11st 6lb

J: David Bass

T: Henry Daly

Placed in two bumpers; fair form in runs over hurdles, last time finishing 10.5l fifth of 13 in a Taunton mares' maiden (2m, good to soft; form working out quite well); interesting.

11/1

5th

9

17th Jan 2026

Good To Soft

2m 0f 104y

Class 4

13:32 Taunton

Lyrical Choice

11st 4lb

J: David Bass

T: Henry Daly

Competitive in her two bumpers but at 22-1 she was soon left behind in a Hereford maiden; has to step up on that form.

25/1

8

26th Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 209y

Class 2

16:05 Aintree

Lyrical Choice

11st 1lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Henry Daly

Half-sister to useful jumpers Frontal Assault, The Folkes Tiara and Riskintheground; made promising debut when second of nine at Worcester (good) in May, albeit grossly flattered by proximity to hard-held winner, and ought to be on the premises again here.

9/2

Non-runners

Milano Lady

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £18.00
Straight Forecast £19.05
Trifecta £84.60

Selections

Telegraph:

Ladies Day

The Times:

Edith Pelham

The Star:

Hey Flint

POSTDATA:

Lady Motivator

SPOTLIGHT:

Lady Dapple Rose

D Express:

Ladies Day

Daily Record:

Ladies Day

Daily Mirror:

Edith Pelham

The Sun:

Edith Pelham