Annual Badge Holder Champion Tipster Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 18:15 | Winning time: 4m 44.16s

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Popatango²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁵⁾| T: J Bedi

80/1

€24,000 3-y-o, Getaway mare. Closely related to fairly useful hurdler Lucky Road. Dam, lightly raced in points, half-sister to top-class chaser (stayed 25f) Road To Respect. Little show in points and no impact on hurdles debut last month.

Form: 95/FPP0-

Presenting Belle^v1²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Bryony Frost| T: L Wadham| OR: 95

10/3

Had wind op before finishing second in a 7-runner Huntingdon maiden in February but little to shout about aside from that. Visor replaces cheekpieces.

Form: F/PP2P8-

Stowaway Jess¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: C Brace| T: F O'Brien

5/6

Sent off odds-on and duly obliged in 7-runner bumper at Southwell on debut last April. Looks a work in progress over hurdles regarding jumping but capable of better and this isn't a strong race.

Form: 1/45-3

Teeceethree^t²⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie SnowdenWS

6/1

Ridden positively when making second bumper start a winning one at Warwick in September. Already had 2 wind ops before starts hurdling but this looks there for the taking.

Form: 41-

Noonie^t²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Thomas Dowson| T: P A Kirby

9/2

Fair 1m4f Flat maiden for Ed Bethell. Had win op before pulled up in novice hurdle at Doncaster but much more like it when second at Stratford last month, albeit she didn't achieve a lot.

Form: P2-

Forecasts

Stowaway Jess (5/6), Presenting Belle (10/3), Noonie (9/2), Teeceethree (6/1), Popatango (80/1)

It's a shade disconcerting that TEECEETHREE has already had a couple of breathing operations at this stage of her career but she's a bumper winner who has been found a very winnable race against her own sex on hurdles debut. Stowaway Jess and Noonie are the main threats.