EBF bet365 Mares' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 14:50 | Winning time: 5m 50.7s

Marlow Moss⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Nick Scholfield| T: Jamie Snowden

14/1

Midfield on sole start in a Bumper, then pulled up having jumped poorly on hurdling debut here in January. Needs to improve.

Form: 9P

Miss Molly Mae⁶⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: James Best| T: N P Mulholland

16/1

Has shown a glimmer of ability in a Bumper and pair of hurdles. Early days and probably open to improvement but will need to find it even in a weak race such as this.

Form: 06-P

Scarlet Couture²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Joshua Moore| T: G & J Moore

5/1

Tailed off both runs but did at least go well for a while until blunder 3 out at Lingfield on hurdling bow and that offered something to work on.

Form: 9-6

Shapiro³⁵⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Rex Dingle⁽⁵⁾| T: A J Honeyball

5/4

Best run in four bumpers was a second at Uttoxeter in December 2017. Off the track for 12 months so presumably has had a problem and now goes hurdling.

Form: 6235-

Smart Getaway⁸⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: M D Grant| T: D J S Ffrench Davis

15/8

Similar level of form in three bumpers and was off the track for over a year before the latest of them. Goes hurdling now and entitled to come on for latest run.

Form: 64-3

Viking Ruby⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: N P Mulholland

20/1

Offered little in a pair of bumpers 8 months apart and plenty of improvement needed now going hurdling. Yard also represented by Miss Molly Mae.

Form: 6-0

Forecasts

Shapiro (5/4), Smart Getaway (15/8), Scarlet Couture (5/1), Marlow Moss (14/1), Miss Molly Mae (16/1), Viking Ruby (20/1)

Hard to imagine a weaker novice hurdle and a tentative vote goes to SCARLET COUTURE who at least ran well until a bad blunder stopped her in her tracks at Lingfield. Miss Molly Mae may prove the pick of her trainers pair while Shapiro looks best of the rest judged on her Uttoxeter effort.