2:10 Huntingdon: 2m Class 4 novice hurdle
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Only one runner in this mares' novice hurdle has won over hurdles; the rest are bumper or Flat horses still finding their way over obstacles, several of them back from long breaks. The best bumper form in the field stands well clear of everything else, so it is less tight than seven runners suggests, and the open question is the order behind.
The runners
In order of our rating, best first. The rating is in pounds, so the gap says how far behind the top each one is: a 2lb race is open, a 10lb race is not. Press Form on any horse for its runs, the case for and against, and what suits it. Prices as at 10:00.
17Seven Stars3/316- · Tom Bellamy · Alan King-118top4/11Grade 2 Aintree sixth beaten 7½L, and her Hereford runner-up has since won over hurdles; clearly best if she jumps on debut.
Her best run is 6th of 20, beaten 7½L, in the Grade 2 bumper at Aintree on 9 Apr, a race that has since produced 5 winners from 16 to run again. Before that she won the Class 5 bumper at Hereford on 7 Mar by 3L from Roxy Russet, who has since won a Class 4 hurdle at Sedgefield, and that race has produced 3 winners in all. At Ludlow on 3 Dec 2025 she was 3rd, beaten 2½L, behind Malina Road, who went on to win a Listed bumper. She has had no runs over hurdles. She returns after 215 days, and off earlier breaks of 60+ days she won once and placed both times.
Hurdling debut at the trip on good ground for Alan King, back from 215 days, and her record off breaks says she goes well fresh.
Has never jumped a hurdle in public and returns from 215 days off.
Our figure (in testing): 1st of 6. The read has her 1st.
21Dancing Dame h86-251 · Jonathan Burke · James Owen105108-103/1Won over 2m3½f here on 6 Oct and the only proven hurdle winner, but she has won none of 6 races at this trip.
She won a 5-runner mares' maiden hurdle over 2m3½f at this course on 6 Oct, but only one rival from that race has run again and none has won. Before that she was 5th at Newton Abbot on 12 Jun, beaten 7½L, in a race that has since produced 3 winners, and 2nd at Fakenham on 31 May, beaten 2¾L by Alibey, who has done nothing since. Her strongest line is 6th of 19 at Naas on 15 Dec 2025, a race that has since produced 11 winners. At around today's trip she has run 6 times without a win and placed once. She is rated 105 and carries 161lb against 154lb for the rest.
Drops back from 2m3½f to 2m on good ground under a penalty, in a hood, at the course where she won last time.
Carries 161lb and has won none of her 6 races at around this trip.
5 earlier runs
35Potters Angeltiers0736- · Jack Quinlan · Matt Crawley-100-1818/1Beat two later Class 4 hurdle winners when third here on 22 Dec 2025; the best bumper form behind the top two if she is fit after 298 days.
She was 3rd, beaten 4½L, in a Class 5 bumper at this course on 22 Dec 2025, finishing 2L ahead of Viscountess Nelson and 2¼L ahead of Hitintheheadlines, both later Class 4 hurdle winners; that race has produced 4 winners from 8 to run again. Her last run was 6th of 9, beaten 17½L, in a Listed bumper at Market Rasen on 16 Jan, where Katios Queen, 8¼L in front of her, has since won a Class 4 hurdle and the race has produced 4 winners. Earlier runs at Market Rasen on 4 Dec 2025 and Southwell on 14 Nov 2025 were poor, and at Southwell she bucked repeatedly after the start. She has had no runs over hurdles and returns after 298 days, with no previous run off a break.
Hurdling debut over 2m on good ground for Matt Crawley, back from 298 days, at a course where she has placed.
Off 298 days with no record off a break, and making her hurdling debut.
Our figure (in testing): 2nd of 6. The read has her 3rd.
44Marvelous Dragones t0230- · Brian Hughes · Jamie Snowden-92-2610/1Tailed off 105L on her only start at Cheltenham on 1 Jan; the wind operation since is the only reason to expect better.wind op
Her only run was 16th of 16, beaten 105L, in a Listed bumper at Cheltenham on 1 Jan, where she weakened quickly under 4f out. That race has since produced 4 winners, including Mariole in a Class 4 hurdle, but she was tailed off and gains nothing from the company. She has had a wind operation since and now wears a tongue tie. She returns after 313 days and has never run over hurdles.
Hurdling debut over 2m on good ground after a wind operation, in a tongue tie, back from 313 days, with Brian Hughes riding. First run since a wind operation.
Her one run was a 105L defeat and she has been off 313 days.
Our figure (in testing): 4th of 6 (from one run). The read has her 4th.
56Rose of Knocknamoe267-F · Liam Harrison · Fergal O'Brien-88-3080/1Her bumper runs came in races that have produced no winners, and she fell three out on her hurdling debut at Worcester.
On her hurdling debut at Worcester on 21 Oct she pulled hard and fell three from home. Before that she was 7th of 14, beaten 13¼L, in a Class 4 bumper at Ludlow on 22 Apr after leading until over 1f out, and that race has produced no winners from 7 to run again. At Southwell on 1 Apr she was 6th, beaten 15¼L, after being hampered, in a race that has also produced no winners. She has no wins, and her one run at around this trip over hurdles ended in that fall.
Same class and trip as last time on good ground, for Fergal O'Brien, needing a clean round after that fall.
Her bumper form has come to nothing and she fell last time.
63Chloe's Courage34 · David Noonan · John Ryan-80-3880/1Beaten 21¼L and 42¾L in two Class 4 hurdles, and the Market Rasen third came in a race that has produced no winners.
In two Class 4 hurdles she has been 3rd at Market Rasen on 26 Sep, beaten 21¼L in a race that has produced no winners from 7 to run again, and 4th of 4 at Southwell on 13 Oct, beaten 42¾L. Adba, who beat her at Market Rasen, has since been well beaten in two Class 5 hurdles. On the Flat she is rated 47 and was 6th at Chelmsford-AW over 7f on 2 Nov. She has run twice at around today's trip and placed once.
Back over hurdles at 2m on good ground after a 7f Flat run eight days ago, for John Ryan.
Her hurdle form puts her a long way behind the principals.
Our figure (in testing): 6th of 6. The read has her 6th.
5 earlier runs
72Assured h/- · Lee Edwards · Tom Gretton-70-48100/1Beaten 19¾L off a Flat mark of 45 last time and has finished last twice; her form gives no case at this level.first-time gear
She has run only on the Flat, most recently 8th of 11, beaten 19¾L, off 45 in a Class 6 at Bath on 19 Oct. Before that she was 9th of 10, beaten 47¼L, at Nottingham on 1 Oct, in a race that has produced no winners or placers from 5 to run again. She also finished last in two 5-runner C6s in the summer. She has had no runs at today's trip or at this course.
Hurdling debut, up two classes, in a first-time hood, for Tom Gretton. First time in headgear.
Her Flat form is at the lowest level and gives no sign she can cope with this.
No figure: no rated run in the last two years.
5 earlier runs
How to read this table
Rating is the read's own figure for each horse today, in pounds on one scale for the race. Our figure, a separate mechanical rating, is in testing and shows inside each horse's form until it has a record worth showing.
Days is days since the horse last ran. OR is its official rating. A small letter after the name is headgear (b blinkers, v visor, p cheekpieces, t tongue tie, h hood).
Key form lines
The past races that say most about this one, and what they mean today.
Seven Stars finished 6th, beaten 7½L, in a Grade 2 bumper that has since produced 5 winners, which puts her well above Class 4 novice level.
Seven Stars beat Roxy Russet, since a Class 4 hurdle winner, by 3L, so her bumper form has already been franked over hurdles.
Potters Angeltiers finished ahead of two later Class 4 hurdle winners in a race that has thrown up 4 winners, which makes her the best of the rest on bumper form.
Dancing Dame was 6th of 19 in a race that has since produced 11 winners, a stronger line than her small-field British form.
Where today's runners have met
Races two or more of today's runners have run in, the last 18 months first. "Terms" shows how the weights have moved since, against the best-placed of them that day.