15:00 Hereford

Wednesday 4 January 2023

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Follow Vickers.Bet On Facebook Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 5m 54.0s

Drumlees Pet¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Conor Ring⁽³⁾| T: G Harris

100/1

Well held in a pair of Irish bumpers/completed start over hurdles.

Form: 343-26P

Fairy Gem^p1,t⁵¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: S Bowen| T: H Fry| BF

6/5

Fairly useful in bumpers (winner on debut) but has failed to meet expectations on both starts over hurdles, including upped in trip last time. Clearly thought capable of better and maybe first-time cheekpieces will unlock some improvement.

Form: 123-64

Gamesters Girl^h⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Craig Nichol| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero

16/1

Hinted at ability in bumpers and made an encouraging debut in this sphere in a first-time hood after 5 months off when third at Bangor (19.6f) in September. Went backwards at Stratford next time but was still in need of the experience. Back from short break.

Form: 5-435

Inchagoill Lady^t1⁴⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Paul O'Brien| T: Claire Harris

50/1

Mahler mare. Placed both starts in Irish points in November 2020 but offered little in a Chepstow maiden hurdle 2 years on. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 23/0

Kraqueline³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Brendan Powell| T: Kerry Lee

5/2

Showed fair form when reaching the frame in a couple of bumpers and ran to a similar level sent hurdling when fifth at Ffos Las (15.8f) in October. Failed to improve for the step up in trip at Leicester subsequently but it remains early days.

Form: 42-54

Lillywave

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: T J O'Brien| T: P Hobbs & J White

11/1

Gentlewave mare. Half-sister to numerous winners, including smart hurdler Attaglance, stayed 3m, and useful hurdler/chase winner Hi George. Dam (h68) bumper winner. Makes plenty of appeal on paper.

Form:

Mighty Mississippi^h1⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mitchell Bastyan| T: R L Llewellyn

250/1

100/1, last of 7 in novice hurdle at Uttoxeter (15.8f, good to soft) on NH debut 53 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 7

Palmagreen⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Isabel Williams⁽³⁾| T: Evan Williams

150/1

Never dangerous in 2 bumpers and well held on recent hurdling debut at Wincanton. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 067

Presenting Belle⁶³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Bryony Frost| T: L Wadham

18/1

€1,500 3-y-o, £32,000 4-y-o, Valirann mare. Dam unraced. Held when fell last sole start in Irish points (Apr 2021). Yard still struggling for winners but requires a market check all the same.

Form: F/

Presenting Doyen⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D F O'Regan| T: C Collins

13/2

Doyen mare. Half-sister to bumper winner Barranco. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 3½m) Cannington Brook. Made frame both completed starts in points, runner-up last time (Nov 20). Market likely to be informative.

Form: 4U2

The Eminent Goose¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Dylan Whelan⁽⁷⁾| T: B Pauling

16/1

Finished third on her sole start in points in March 2021 but offered little on her belated Rules debut at Ludlow 15 days ago. Hood left off this time.

Form: 3/P

Non-Runners

Don't Rightly Know³⁸³

Weight: 11-4| Age: 8

T: P Gundry J: Miss Chloe Emsley

Forecasts

Fairy Gem (6/5), Kraqueline (5/2), Don't Rightly Know (11/4), Presenting Doyen (13/2), Lillywave (11/1), The Eminent Goose (16/1), Gamesters Girl (16/1), Presenting Belle (18/1), Inchagoill Lady (50/1), Drumlees Pet (100/1), Palmagreen (150/1), Mighty Mississippi (250/1)

DON'T RIGHTLY KNOW is clearly not the easiest to train but a reproduction of her Uttoxeter second could be enough to take this. Lillywave is an appealing debutante and warrants respect, while Fairy Gem shouldn't be written off now fitted with first-time cheekpieces.