3.53 1m. 7f. 182yds. 9 Declared. Sky Sports Racing Virgin 535 Mares' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Class 4 ) of £8,500.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €4,629.00 2nd - €2,133.00 3rd - €1,066.00 4th - €534.00
Formscan - ASIAN STAR showed enough to suggest she will be winning over timber sooner rather than later when third at Newton Abbot on her hurdling debut. The runner-up has subsequently boosted the form and Dan Skelton's mare makes plenty of appeal with improvement likely. Irish Chorus has to come into the reckoning on her second at Warwick in May and is preferred to stable companion Rockola. Lady Buttercup landed a bumper at Warwick on her reappearance and can make her presence felt now hurdling.