12:00 Stratford

Thursday 2 November 2023

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Hollies B&B Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:00 | Winning time: 5m 44.13s

Bobbi's Beauty¹⁹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: S Bowen| T: M Keighley

40/1

Successful in an Irish point and best excused (lost action) her debut at Cheltenham 6 months ago. Not one to write off, particularly if the market speaks in her favour.

Form: U10-

Coco Mademoiselle²¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton

4/6

Off mark in Irish points and comfortably followed up in a bumper at Wetherby 7 months ago. Likely to go in again on first go over hurdles.

Form: 611-

Drumlee Spud²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Beau Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: B Pauling

10/3

Successful on sole outing in points and promising efforts both starts under Rules, second in a novice at Bangor a month ago. Open to improvement and should feature.

Form: 1-22

Getaway Theatre²¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: C Gethings| T: S Edmunds

16/1

€3,000 3-y-o, Getaway mare. Dam (c134/h124), 2½m-3m hurdle/chase winner, closely related to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3m) Clan Tara. Off mark in Irish points at second attempt (Apr 2).

Form: 41-

La Gomera²⁰⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Kielan Woods| T: A M Hales| OR: 106

9/1

Successful on her sole outing in points and showed plenty to work on when runner-up on her Doncaster hurdling debut (19.4f) a year ago. Yet to back that up but could get back on track fresh from 6 months off.

Form: 12P4-

Our Pink Lady^t²⁹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Tom Cannon| T: James Owen| OR: 103

33/1

Westerner filly who did shape better than in bumpers when third in a Catterick maiden (19.3f) on hurdling debut. Too keen at Ayr 9 months ago and has left Stuart Crawford since. Worth monitoring in the betting.

Form: 67533-

Riccirella^h,t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Jonathan England| T: S England

200/1

Showed fair form when reaching the frame in a pair of Southwell bumpers in June, but offered little on Flat debut at Carlisle the following month and no short-term promise so far over hurdles.

Form: P32R79

Newmill Getaway²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: C Brace| T: D Brace| BF

15/2

Fair bumper winner who offered mild encouragement when runner-up in a novice at Exeter on hurdling debut 3 weeks ago. Should build on that.

Form: 43122

Smugglers Haven²⁰⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Ben Jones| T: M Bradstock

150/1

€10,000 3-y-o, £32,000 4-y-o, Elusive Pimpernel filly. Dam ran once on Flat, half-sister to smart hurdler (stayed 3m) Limini. Beat only other finisher on sole outing in points (Apr 8).

Form: 1-

Forecasts

Coco Mademoiselle (4/6), Drumlee Spud (10/3), Newmill Getaway (15/2), La Gomera (9/1), Getaway Theatre (16/1), Our Pink Lady (33/1), Bobbi's Beauty (40/1), Smugglers Haven (150/1), Riccirella (200/1)

Having landed a point, COCO MADEMOISELLE created a good impression when winning a bumper at Wetherby 7 months ago and she's fancied to make a successful start to hurdling at the likely expense of Drumlee Spud, a fellow winner between the flags who has already offered plenty of encouragement under Rules. Newmill Getaway is another one to consider.