later that month the mare was moved up in class for the Grade II paddypower.com Novice Hurdle and for the first time did not start favorite, being made second choice in the betting behind the A. P. McCoy-ridden gelding Defy Logic. Walsh settled the filly just behind the leader Defy Logic before overtaking the favorite approaching the last hurdle and drawing clear on the run-in to win by three and a quarter lengths. Annie Power bypassed the Cheltenham Festival, ending her season in the Grade I Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse on 31 March for which she started 4/11 favourite ahead of her stable companion Glens Melody. She was restrained by Walsh in the early stages but took the lead approaching the turn into the straight and drew away to win very easily by twelve lengths from Glens Melody. 2013/2014 National Hunt season On her first appearance of the 2013/2014 season, Annie Power was sent to England for the Grade II Coral Hurdle at Ascot Racecourse on 23 November in which she was matched against the leading British hurdler Zarkandar. Annie Power and Zarkandar dominated the race over the last four hurdles, with the mare drawing away on the run-in to win by five lengths. Annie Power returned to England and met Zarkandar again in the Dornan Engineering Hurdle at Cheltenham Racecourse on 1 January 2014. In a race run in a strong wind and driving rain, the mare took the lead between the last two hurdles and won easily by eight lengths from the British gelding. Following the race, the Champion Hurdle and World Hurdle were mentioned as potential targets for the mare at the Cheltenham Festival. On 25 January Annie Power returned to competing against her own sex when she started 1/6 favourite for the OLBG.com Mares' Hurdle over two miles at Doncaster Racecourse. She led from the start and won easily by fifteen lengths from Doyly Carte. After the race, Walsh declined to name his preferred Festival target, but said of the winner, "She was very slick over her hurdles and she's just a very good mare. She's 10 from 10 and I'm glad to be riding her. Good horses aren't complicated, complicated ones don't tend to be good ones." On 2 March, it was announced that Annie Power would contest the World Hurdle at Cheltenham, rather than taking on her stable companion