188 Bet Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Point-to-point winner who has made a good start to her career under rules, winner a Wetherby bumper last season and being placed in another at Listed level, before winning a maiden hurdle at Huntingdon last month (2m3½f, soft). Well beaten from this mark on handicap debut last time but clearly capable of better.

All six careers wins have included soft or heavy in the decription though has been placed on a sound surface. 2lb higher than he best winning mark today, so entitled to be thereabouts and her experience could count for plenty.

0-3 over hurdles and all wins have been on the Flat (both turf and AW, highest winning mark 55). Put up her best hurdling effort so far when beaten ½L over C&D (soft) last month and now tries handicapping for the first time. Hard to call this a good mark on the face of it, but unexposed and could go very well.

Has won a moderate maiden and three sellers on the Flat, where she relishes a sound surface and stays up to 1m2f. Has had a few chances now over hurdles and not really threatened to win and on what we have seen she is likely to find one or two too good from this mark.

Conditions and trip likely to be ideal for this four-time winner over both fences and hurdles. 8lb lower here than the most recent of those, a 2m2f chase at Taunton and if able to transfer that form back to hurdles she would look well in. In form and interesting.