Wishing Everyone A Healthy 2025 Mares Hurdle

Off time: 12:10 | Winning time: 4m 13.8s

Aurora Vega⁶⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| BF| D

10/11

Fantastically bred very useful bumper winner who easily landed the odds in 17-runner novice hurdle at Cork (17f, good to soft) on return. 1/10, amiss (clinically abnormal) at Wexford (20f, heavy, 1/10) 66 days ago and remains with potential.

Form: 1143-1P

Cast A Spell^v¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Donagh Meyler| T: T Hogan| OR: 113| D

13/2

Fair hurdler. Latest win in hurdle at Navan in November. Good fourth of 15 in handicap hurdle (8/1) at Navan (20f, good to soft) 17 days ago, better placed than most.

Form: 233174

Magic Boum²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| D

5/1

£110,000 point winner who took 19-runner novice hurdle at Navan (16f, soft, 10/1) on NH debut 25 days ago. Open to improvement for top yard and key player here.

Form: 1-1

Mongibello²⁰⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford| D

11/4

Won 9-runner novice hurdle (5/2) at Perth (20.2f, good to firm) on hurdles bow 6 months ago, doing well to get there after handing the initiative to the runner-up, who won next time. She's open to progress.

Form: 3/2180-1

Chautuaqua¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: D King| T: D Hogan| OR: 102| D

22/1

Bumper winner. Fair maiden hurdler. Off 15 months, unseated rider in listed hurdle at Thurles (16.1f, good, 100/1) 11 days ago won by Cottesloe Sunshine.

Form: 5442/3-U

Unique Frequency¹⁰²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: H E Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: A Sexton

100/1

Half-sister to 3 winners, including fairly useful hurdler El Beau (winner around 2m, by Camacho) and fairly useful hurdler Dame Rapide (2m-2¼m winner, by Footstepsinthesand). Well held in Flat maiden in September for James M. Barrett.

Form:

Non-Runners

Pastorale²²

Weight: 10-13| Age: 6

T: H De Bromhead J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Aurora Vega (10/11), Mongibello (11/4), Pastorale (4/1), Magic Boum (5/1), Cast A Spell (13/2), Chautuaqua (22/1), Unique Frequency (100/1)

AURORA VEGA remains with plenty of potential in the hope she's none the worse for whatever ailed her at Wexford and she can get back on track with victory. Magic Boum did well to win at Navan and is the danger ahead of Pastorale.