October 05 / 14.00 Warwick

14.00

Good

racingtv.com Mares’ “National Hunt” Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £4084.5
  • 2m 0f 0y
  • Class 4
  • 10 runners
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racingtv.com Mares’ “National Hunt” Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race)

Runners: 10 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Cloudy

OUR TIP

12/1 (Won)

  • Win: £3.25
  • Place: £1.10

Form: 265-

Last run: 168 days

W: 11st 0lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Shaped with significant promise in all three bumpers, most recently when fifth of 15 in good-quality contest at Cheltenham (good) in April; holds each-way claims at least on this hurdling debut.
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7th

8

19th Aug 2024

Good

2m 0f 110y

Class 4

14:30 Worcester

Flight Of Freedom

11st 0lb

J: Tom Bellamy

T: Emma Lavelle

1-3 over hurdles last season but has yet to make an impact in handicaps after three starts, albeit she didn't enjoy a clear passage at Ludlow latest; down another 2lb and easy to make a case for on the pick of her hurdles form; interesting on chase debut.

8/1

7th

4

12th May 2024

Good

1m 7f 169y

Class 4

15:28 Ludlow

Flight Of Freedom

11st 12lb

J: Tom Bellamy

T: Emma Lavelle

Won at Warwick in October before chasing home the very classy Favour And Fortune at Hereford (2m, good), after which she didn't appear to stay 2m3f; back over 2m for handicap debut after a break at Huntingdon last month, she only lost out on the places on the run-in; might well strip fitter for that; respected.

6/1

7th

4

12th May 2024

Good

1m 7f 169y

Class 4

15:28 Ludlow

Flight Of Freedom

11st 12lb

J: Tom Bellamy

T: Emma Lavelle

Won at Warwick in October before chasing home the very classy Favour And Fortune at Hereford (2m, good), after which she didn't appear to stay 2m3f; back over 2m for handicap debut after a break at Huntingdon last month, she only lost out on the places on the run-in; might well strip fitter for that; respected.

6/1

8/1

  • Place: £1.90

Form: 4354-

Last run: 176 days

W: 11st 0lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Not beaten far in any of four bumpers last season, with best run arguably her third of 18 here (soft) in November, but almost certainly needs to improve to make a winning hurdle debut.
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4th

4

14th Apr 2024

Good

3m 0f 217y

Class 5

14:05 Plumpton

Fortune Forever

11st 11lb

J: Mr Tom Broughton

T: Fergal O’Brien

midfield

9/4

4th

4

14th Apr 2024

Good

3m 0f 217y

Class 5

14:05 Plumpton

Fortune Forever

11st 11lb

J: Mr Tom Broughton

T: Fergal O’Brien

midfield

9/4

2nd

1

26th Mar 2024

Good To Soft

2m 7f 198y

Class 5

15:20 Taunton

Fortune Forever

12st 0lb

J: Mr Tom Broughton

T: Fergal O’Brien

Unexposed after only four hurdling starts and shaped very much as though today's longer trip might suit when keeping on well for fourth of 15 on handicap debut at Hereford (2m3f, good) in January; high on the list.

4/1

12/1

  • Place: £1.60

Form: 602-

Last run: 199 days

W: 11st 0lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Showed some ability in bumpers last season, most notably when second (no match for impressive winner) on latest outing in March; should have a future over jumps but others have much stronger form; had wind op during this summer.
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8

8th Oct 2024

Good

3m 1f 10y

Class 4

16:00 Huntingdon

Clararose

11st 3lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

midfield, weakened 3 out, pulled up before 2 out

4/1

2nd

2

24th Sep 2024

Good

3m 2f 0y

Class 4

17:10 Warwick

Clararose

11st 13lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

Scored by 5l here (2m5f, good) in May and has remained in good form since (2m3f-2m7f); not yet proven on ground slower than good to soft or over this far but still features prominently in calculations.

9/4

3rd

9

6th Sep 2024

Good

2m 7f 32y

Class 2

16:30 Bangor-on-Dee

Clararose

10st 2lb

J: Tristan Durrell

T: Dan Skelton

Won at Warwick (2m5f, good) in May and has been a good second on two of her three starts since (2m3f/2m4f, good; including here); unproven at today's trip but this lightly raced 6yo has stamina in her pedigree and is open to further improvement for her top trainer; key player.

7/2

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 0lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
1-11 in points, the win gained in a match in April; changed hands for £5,000 in June and has joined a good stable for rules career but faces a tough task here.
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0

6

15th Jan 2024

Good

2m 3f 147y

Class 5

14:07 Hereford

Super Dawn

11st 4lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: James Owen

Made quite a promising hurdle debut for Chris Gordon in the autumn but beaten about 35l on last month's handicap debut at Plumpton (2m, good to soft); ought to be suited by today's step up in trip but needs to take a big step forward on first start for new stable.

9/1

7th

6

18th Dec 2023

Good To Soft

1m 7f 195y

Class 5

14:40 Plumpton

Super Dawn

11st 8lb

J: Rex Dingle

T: Chris Gordon

One win (in a match) from 11 point starts; very respectable fourth on rules debut at Warwick (2m, good) in October but didn't build on that performance on next two outings; improvement needed on handicap debut.

8/1

6th

15

30th Nov 2023

Good To Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

13:45 Lingfield

Super Dawn

10st 7lb

J: Freddie Gordon

T: Chris Gordon

midfield

33/1

Form: 94-3

Last run: 143 days

W: 10st 13lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Flat-bred filly who appeared to show improvement when placed behind Hot Fizzy Lizzy in Southwell bumper in May; significant further progress is needed to pose a threat on hurdling debut, though; had wind op in June.
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9th

4

8th May 2024

2m 3f 29y

Class 5

20:10 Fontwell

Selkirk Grace

11st 4lb

J: Tom Cannon

T: Hughie Morrison

Eight-race maiden who was pulled up at Hereford last time but she looks interesting on her close call in a Taunton handicap (2m, soft) in January; has claims if she can bounce back after wind surgery and yard is in decent form; cheekpieces added.

7/1

9th

4

8th May 2024

2m 3f 29y

Class 5

20:10 Fontwell

Selkirk Grace

11st 4lb

J: Tom Cannon

T: Hughie Morrison

Eight-race maiden who was pulled up at Hereford last time but she looks interesting on her close call in a Taunton handicap (2m, soft) in January; has claims if she can bounce back after wind surgery and yard is in decent form; cheekpieces added.

7/1

4

14th Feb 2024

Good To Soft

2m 5f 163y

Class 5

16:00 Hereford

Selkirk Grace

11st 0lb

J: David Bass

T: Hughie Morrison

There was some promise before she went down by only a neck on her handicap debut at Taunton (2m, soft); not a given on pedigree that this longer trip will suit but she's only 4lb higher than last time and probably improving.

4/1

Form: 0-12 D BF

Last run: 126 days

W: 10st 13lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Improved to cause 40-1 surprise in good-ground Southwell bumper in May, her second start, but that form looks modest and she was turned over at short odds in four-runner race on next outing; Harry Skelton rides the stable's other one; best watched.
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9

6th Dec 2024

Soft

2m 0f 178y

Class 5

14:20 Sedgefield

Hot Fizzy Lizzy

10st 11lb

J: Tristan Durrell

T: Dan Skelton

raced in last, mistake 3 out

12/1

9

6th Dec 2024

Soft

2m 0f 178y

Class 5

14:20 Sedgefield

Hot Fizzy Lizzy

10st 11lb

J: Tristan Durrell

T: Dan Skelton

raced in last, mistake 3 out

12/1

6

24th Sep 2024

Good

2m 3f 0y

Class 5

16:05 Warwick

Hot Fizzy Lizzy

11st 4lb

J: Tristan Durrell

T: Dan Skelton

Placed in slowly run Stratford novice (2m, good to firm) in July and reportedly lost her action when pulled up on handicap debut there later that month; not one of her stable's stars but remains unexposed.

8/1

Form: 496-3

Last run: 148 days

W: 11st 0lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Behind Flight Of Freedom when sixth in Cheltenham bumper in April then was placed in a lesser event at Fontwell (good) the following month; not the most obvious answer today but worth keeping an eye on with the future in mind.
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7th

9

5th Oct 2023

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

14:00 Warwick

Whispering Gold

11st 0lb

J: James Davies

T: Nick Gifford

Behind Flight Of Freedom when sixth in Cheltenham bumper in April then was placed in a lesser event at Fontwell (good) the following month; not the most obvious answer today but worth keeping an eye on with the future in mind.

20/1

3rd

7

10th May 2023

Good

2m 1f 162y

Class 5

20:15 Fontwell

Whispering Gold

11st 2lb

J: James Davies

T: Nick Gifford

Nearly 4l behind Mays Hill on debut at Lingfield (AW) in December and safely held in good-quality events at Ascot and Cheltenham since; has her sights lowered today, though, and is not ruled out each-way.

16/1

6th

15

20th Apr 2023

Good

2m 0f 179y

Class 2

17:00 Cheltenham

Whispering Gold

11st 2lb

J: James Davies

T: Nick Gifford

Stayed on for fourth on debut at Lingfield (AW) in December but then well held at Ascot when huge odds.

50/1

Form: 71- D

Last run: 178 days

W: 10st 13lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Has good Flat pedigree and bettered her low-key bumper debut when coming from behind to win at Fakenham (soft) in April; that form isn't anything to get too excited about, though, and others have much stronger claims here.
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1st

8

15th Mar 2024

Good To Soft

2m 0f 3y

Class 5

15:45 Fakenham

Birdhouse

10st 4lb

J: Charlie Hammond

T: Stuart Edmunds

Soft-ground C&D bumper winner last Easter but yet to run to a comparable level over hurdles, last month's Market Rasen handicap third in debuted cheekpieces (retained) still comprising a 13l beating; mark unchanged.

7/1

3rd

8

6th Feb 2024

Good To Soft

2m 0f 125y

Class 5

14:35 Market Rasen

Birdhouse

10st 2lb

J: Charlie Hammond

T: Stuart Edmunds

midfield, not fluent 4th, mistake 3 out

14/1

0

9

8th Jan 2024

Soft

2m 0f 104y

Class 5

16:05 Taunton

Birdhouse

11st 1lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Stuart Edmunds

Resolute winner of a soft-ground bumper at Fakenham last April; has kept a low profile in two completions over hurdles but she's on a plater's mark and is surely capable of better at this modest level.

5/1

33/1

Form: 79351-

Last run: 174 days

W: 11st 7lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Belied 100-1 odds when third (just behind Little Miss Dante) in Huntingdon bumper (good to soft) in January but struggled on subsequent hurdle debut at Sedgefield and was very fortunate to win there in April (in remote third when left in front by final-flight chaos); looks vulnerable under penalty.
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8th

6

2nd May 2026

Good

2m 7f 63y

Class 5

20:15 Hexham

Its Maisy

11st 5lb

J: Oscar Palmer

T: Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith

Has won five of her 19 races over hurdles, the latest a four-runner mares' handicap for today's claimer at Newcastle in April (2m7f, good); up 4lb in a tougher race.

6/1

1st

3

11th Apr 2026

Good

2m 7f 149y

Class 5

12:55 Newcastle

Its Maisy

11st 8lb

J: Oscar Palmer

T: Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith

On a losing sequence but she is holding her form well, third of seven in 3m3f Sedgefield handicap hurdle 23 days ago; a bold showing is on the cards off the same mark.

2/5

3rd

4

19th Mar 2026

Good

3m 3f 9y

Class 5

16:10 Sedgefield

Its Maisy

11st 12lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith

Runner-up at Carlisle (3m1f, soft) last month and perhaps the race came too soon when fourth to Dillarchie at Catterick (3m1f, good to soft) eight days later; probably okay on good ground; might not be far away.

3/1

Form: P

Last run: 130 days

W: 11st 0lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
From a good jumping family (mainly for Pam Sly) but struggled on debut for Henry Oliver in May; now with new stable.
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0

7

5th Oct 2023

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

14:00 Warwick

Real Pieces

11st 0lb

J: Charlie Hammond

T: Max Young

From a good jumping family (mainly for Pam Sly) but struggled on debut for Henry Oliver in May; now with new stable.

100/1

11

28th May 2023

Good

2m 3f 207y

Class 3

14:50 Uttoxeter

Real Pieces

10st 12lb

J: David Noonan

T: Henry Oliver

Seventh foal; half-sister to six winners including Xcitations (useful 2m hurdle/chase), Actinpieces (useful 2m-3m1f hurdle/chase) and Mortens Leam (useful 2m3f-2m5f chase); watching brief is probably best.

25/1

Non-runners

Little Miss Dante, Politacus

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Payout
Exacta £11.00
Straight Forecast £11.20
Trifecta £35.80

Selections

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Little Miss Dante

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Telegraph:

Little Miss Dante

The Guardian:

Little Miss Dante

Daily Mail:

Little Miss Dante

D Express:

Little Miss Dante

Daily Mirror:

Little Miss Dante

The Star:

Little Miss Dante

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WEST COUNTRY:

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Politacus

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