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Friday 6 March 2026

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CRS Building Supplies 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

4YO plus | Class 4 | 2m 161y | 16 Runners | Turf

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Miss Amber Jackson-Fennell⁽⁷⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| CD

Successful on his sole start in point bumpers and was value extra over the result when following up in an Exeter bumper in March. Failed to progress at Aintree next time and now switches to hurdling in a first-time hood for new yard.

Form: 11-0

Bahati Bahati¹¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: C Gethings| T: Gordon Treacy

80/1

€1,000 3-y-o, Casamento gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Megalodon, stayed 2½m. Dam unraced. Unplaced completed start in points (Nov 2025).

Barford Brook

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Luke Scott⁽³⁾| T: K Bishop

33/1

£14,000 3-y-o, Telescope gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/fair chaser So Said I and fair hurdler/modest chaser My Lady Grey.

Can't Resist It^t⁸⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: J J Burke| T: F O'Brien| OR: 108

5/1

Fair bumper performer in Ireland and similar form when placed in maiden hurdles in the first half of 2024. Wasn't disgraced in the face of a stiff task back from a 13-month absence when mid-field in a Cheltenham novice (16.8f) in December and has claims back in more suitable company.

Form: 253/20-5

Crystal Orchard⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Freddie Gingell| T: J Tizzard

18/1

Bred more for stamina than speed and has shaped in kind all 3 starts in bumpers.

Form: 855

Docteur Romeo⁴⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean Houlihan| T: Nicky Martin

40/1

Doctor Dino gelding who didn't show much in a junior bumper at Hereford on debut 14 months earlier but bred to have a future over jumps.

Form: 8-

Georges Street⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Ben Godfrey| T: Claire Hitch

150/1

Unpromising in points and has shown little in a couple of hurdle starts at Taunton.

Form: P3-PP55

I Can See Formiles

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls

9/1

Telescope gelding. Brother to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler I Spy A Diva, stays 3¼m. Dam (c80/h135) bumper/19f-3m hurdle winner. Yard had success with this family but he's bred to need longer trips.

Limier D'arthel^h1⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Callum Pritchard⁽³⁾| T: P Hobbs & J White

5/2

Fairly useful form when winning maiden bumper at Moulins (11.9f) in 2023/24 for Emmanuel Clayeux. Went off second favourite but got no further than the first returning after 22 months off on Huntingdon hurdling debut. Hooded now and it will be interesting to see if his backers return.

Form: 41/F

Mr Winter³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: C O'Farrell| T: C Honour

25/1

Has shown little in a brace of bumper, going in snatches on latest outing.

Form: 94

On The Bayou⁷⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Bryan Carver| T: H Fry| BF

10/11

£140,000 purchase after winning sole outing in points. Ran to a borderline fair level in a Newton Abbot bumper prior to find only one too good on his hurdling debut over C&D, pulling a long way clear of rest. Sets the standard on that form.

Form: 1/52

Passage Du Maure¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: James Best| T: N J Hawke

18/1

Shaped much better than previously when fifth of 9 in maiden hurdle at Chepstow (16.1f, soft) recently and probably has more ability to reveal once he becomes more professional.

Form: 8-65

Sea Warrior⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Brendan Powell| T: J Tizzard| OR: 104

18/1

Showed promise in maiden/novice hurdles and was in touch when clipping heels and falling on Wincanton handicap debut in December. Finished down the field at Lingfield since, however.

Form: 47-5F0

Bee's Kiss⁷⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Rex Dingle| T: J D Frost

125/1

Point winner but sent off long odds and offered little in a brace of outings over hurdles at Wincanton and Exeter in December.

Form: PP12-7P

Bunny Bee³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Paul O'Brien| T: Miss H C Knight

100/1

Shaped much better than in a Huntingdon bumper when second in a Fontwell novice (17.7f) in January. However, went backwards in a big way at Wincanton later in the month.

Form: 02P

Mrs Pen⁸⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Chad Bament⁽⁷⁾| T: T Dennis

66/1

€8,000 3-y-o, Imperial Monarch mare. Closely related to fairly useful hurdle winner/useful chaser Above Board.

Forecasts

On The Bayou (1/1), Limier D'arthel (3/1), Can't Resist It (6/1), Amatchmadeinheaven (10/1), I Can See Formiles (14/1), Passage Du Maure (16/1), Crystal Orchard (20/1), Sea Warrior (25/1), Bunny Bee (33/1), Mr Winter (50/1), Mrs Pen (50/1), Docteur Romeo (50/1), Barford Brook (66/1), Bahati Bahati (66/1), Georges Street (100/1), Bee's Kiss (100/1)

ON THE BAYOU may have been thwarted by the longest-priced winner in British history on his hurdling debut over C&D in December, but the form hasn't worked out at all badly in behind and he's fancied to go one better having been given plenty of time to get over such a gruelling race. Limier d'arthel was well supported prior to departing early on his first outing over hurdles at Huntingdon and remains one to keep an eye on, with Can't Resist It also feared back at a more suitable level.