Mares Hurdle

16:10 Cheltenham - Mares Hurdle

Telmesomethinggirl looked a very nice mare when winning the mares novices hurdle at last years festival and though she hasn’t won since that race, she has run some nice races in defeat this campaign - importantly getting better with each run. The trip could suit her perfectly and she definitely commands respect in this line up.

Echoes In Rain ran a blinder behind Honeysuckle last time out and she steps up in trip here for the first time. It perhaps doesn’t look the most obvious move given that she has a tendency to be quite keen but the likely strong pace that is expected from her stablemate Stormy Ireland, would bring her into the mix.

Queens Brook finished behind Burning Victory last time out at Punchestown but I fully expect her to reverse that form on this occasion without having to give the weight away and she too could figure in this tight contest.

That being said, I’m siding with Telmesomethinggirl here to make it back to back wins at the festival as the race should be run to suit her coming from off the pace. She is proven at the trip and at Cheltenham and could enhance the record of favourites in the mares hurdle where seven of the fourteen runnings have been won by the market leader in this event.

written by Tom Bates