18:03 Worcester

Wednesday 19 August 2026

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CopyBet Support Safer Gambling Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m  |   Good  |   14 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 18:03  |   Winning time: 3m 52.14s
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Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
1
Horse silk
Blue Topazt279
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-7| J: Jack Hogan| T: F O'Brien
28/1
Point/bumper winner was found to have bled when pulled up on hurdle debut at Sedgefield in November. Off since but she's in very capable hands
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2
Horse silk
8/1
Progressive form in bumpers, getting off the mark in 10-runner contest at Kelso in May. Bred for the jumping game and she's interesting kept to her own sex for hurdles debut.
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Timeform
Shaped with promise first time up when second in a junior bumper at Huntingdon in November 2024 but well held both starts since 18 months apart. Hurdles debut.
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5
Horse silk
Elatedp47
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-7| J: Ben Jones| T: B Pauling| OR:  98
85/40
Consistent rather than progressive, placed all 4 starts over hurdles, no match for an improver in first time cheekpieces at Newton Abbot last month. Likely to be on the premises again.
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6
Horse silk
150/1
Mountain High mare. Dam, ran once in bumper, half-sister to fair hurdle winner/fairly useful chaser (stayed 25f) Bobs Law. Bred to need a trip over obstacles but showed ability in a course bumper in June.
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7
Horse silk
Lady Bee Great86
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-7| J: Stan Sheppard| T: M Sheppard| OR:  98
40/1
Failed to win in Ireland for Ross O'Sullivan, though did finish runner-up in a maiden against her own sex last spring. Has tasted success between the flags for current yard though.
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Timeform
Started out in bumpers back in 2024, runner-up 3 times. Just the one success on the level since then and while she's fit from that code, others are preferred.
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9
Horse silk
Sparkling Waterh26
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-7| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| D
15/8
Failed to complete all 3 outings in points and surpassed the level achieved in a couple of bumpers for Ralph Beckett when making a winning debut for Dan Skelton at Uttoxeter last month. Should be plenty more to come now hurdling.
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10
Horse silk
Sweet Honey B219
Age: 8|  Weight: 11-7| J: R P McLernon| T: C Boultbee-Brooks| OR:  96| D
11/1
Winner of sole start between the flags and showed promise on Rules debut in a bumper at Aintree in October 2023. Followed that with decent placed efforts in maiden/novice hurdles but she hasn't stood much racing since and no real impact in a pair of handicaps.
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Timeform
11
Horse silk
300/1
Well held both starts in bumpers for Hannah James last summer.
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Timeform
Planteur filly. Dam, lightly raced in bumpers, half-sister to useful hurdler/top-class chaser (Cheltenham Gold Cup winner) Coneygree out of modest hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 3¾m) Plaid Maid. Bred to be a stayer and shaped in kind in a course bumper in June.
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Looks one for handicaps at longer trips later on.
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14
Horse silk
Take The Boat31
Age: 4|  Weight: 11-4| J: Harry Bannister| T: G Nicholls| OR:  95
10/3
Fair performer at up to 1¾m on the Flat who ran to a similar level sent hurdling when a close second in a Stratford novice in May. Back to that sort of form when third at Newton Abbot a month ago and she's likely to be involved.
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15
Horse silk
Adba24
Age: 3|  Weight: 10-2| J: Harry Kimber| T: Faye Bramley
150/1
Starspangledbanner filly. Dam half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (17f winner) Arslan. Modest form on Flat (stays 8.5f) for Ralph Beckett and given a kind introduction to hurdling amidst mistakes last month.
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Non-Runners

4
Horse silk
Dreaming Of The Dr26
Weight: 11-7|  Age: 5
T: Dr R Newland  J: Luke Scott
WD

Forecasts

Sparkling Water (15/8), Elated (85/40), Take The Boat (10/3), Datstheholyallofit (8/1), Sweet Honey B (11/1), Dreaming Of The Dr (16/1), Nala The Lioness (28/1), Blue Topaz (28/1), Lady Bee Great (40/1), Do Wah Diddy (150/1), Adba (150/1), Evenly (150/1), Pearl Knot (200/1), Matilda Maid (200/1), Whinny Houston (300/1)

Verdict

SPARKLING WATER looked much improved when making a winning start for Dan Skelton at Uttoxeter last month and sure to be well prepared for this switch to hurdling, she'll take some stopping. Datstheholyallofit also won a bumper last time so she commands respect, while Take The Boat is likely to give her running.

Prize Money

1st: £5,446.002nd: £2,509.003rd: £1,254.004th: £628.005th: £186.00

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