October 11 / 14.30 Hexham

14.30

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Touch And Try Trophy Novices’ Hurdle (Go North Night Nurse Series Qualifier) (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £4901.4
  • 2m 0f 48y
  • Class 4
  • 8 runners
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Touch And Try Trophy Novices’ Hurdle (Go North Night Nurse Series Qualifier) (GBB Race)

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly sunny

Form: U13 D BF

Last run: 49 days

W: 11st 8lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 112

Form & Verdict
Fairly useful on Flat (2m winner) for Jane Chapple-Hyam and has taken quite well to hurdling, winning then third over 2m1f at Cartmel in the summer; carries a penalty but should be thereabouts.
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1

11th Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 48y

Class 4

14:30 Hexham

At Vimeiro

11st 8lb

J: Richie McLernon

T: Ben Haslam

Fairly useful on Flat (2m winner) for Jane Chapple-Hyam and has taken quite well to hurdling, winning then third over 2m1f at Cartmel in the summer; carries a penalty but should be thereabouts.

7/2

1

23rd Aug 2025

Good

2m 1f 46y

Class 4

15:55 Cartmel

At Vimeiro

11st 6lb

J: Richie McLernon

T: Ben Haslam

Fairly useful on Flat (2m winner) for Jane Chapple-Hyam and has taken well to hurdling, just shaken up to beat six rivals over C&D (soft) last month; open to improvement and should go well under a penalty.

5/2

1st

7

21st Jul 2025

Good

2m 1f 46y

Class 4

15:12 Cartmel

At Vimeiro

11st 0lb

J: Richie McLernon

T: Ben Haslam

Signed off on the Flat for Jane Chapple-Hyam with 2m AW win in January (RPR 80) and was very much in contention before final-flight unseat over C&D (good to soft) on stable/hurdle debut in May; Richie McLernon presumably had the pick of the two stable runners in this race; shortlisted.

8/1

Form: 0/4

Last run: 24 days

W: 11st 2lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Tailed off in a bumper but showed a bit more when 12l fourth of five on hurdling debut at Kelso (2m5f, good; 66-1) last month; may improve but this drop back in distance is a concern.
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6th

1

22nd Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 1f 0y

Class 5

14:45 Carlisle

Avalon Beach

12st 0lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Chris Grant

Sedgefield maiden winner on good ground; twice placed in soft-ground handicaps so he can cope with this mark and it's just a question of whether he can shrug off a disappointing latest effort.

5/1

6th

5

19th Feb 2026

2m 3f 188y

Class 5

15:43 Sedgefield

Avalon Beach

11st 11lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Chris Grant

Got off the mark in a maiden hurdle here in November (2m1f, good); decent efforts in handicaps since, last time finishing third over this trip at Catterick (soft).

13/2

3rd

4

30th Jan 2026

Soft

2m 3f 66y

Class 5

14:10 Catterick

Avalon Beach

11st 7lb

J: William Maggs

T: Chris Grant

Won maiden hurdle at Sedgefield (2m1f, good) in November and bounced back from lesser run on handicap debut there (2m4f, soft) to finish second at Wetherby (2m, soft) on Boxing Day; this lightly raced 7yo could have more to offer but he can be headstrong and there remains a stamina query.

4/1

OUR TIP

Form: 23-9

Last run: 17 days

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Made the frame in bumpers at Catterick and Wetherby (both good ground) last season; no immediate promise on hurdling debut at Perth (2m, good to soft; 33-1) last month and may be more of a long-term prospect.
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8th

1

25th Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 51y

Class 4

13:35 Kelso

Ballynoe Boy

11st 4lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Nicky Richards

Showed only minor promise when a 33-1 outsider for two 2m novice hurdles this autumn; needs to take a good step forward.

33/1

3

11th Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 48y

Class 4

14:30 Hexham

Ballynoe Boy

11st 2lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Nicky Richards

Made the frame in bumpers at Catterick and Wetherby (both good ground) last season; no immediate promise on hurdling debut at Perth (2m, good to soft; 33-1) last month and may be more of a long-term prospect.

28/1

9th

2

24th Sep 2025

Good To Soft

2m 0f 47y

Class 4

14:33 Perth

Ballynoe Boy

11st 0lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Nicky Richards

Made the frame in six-runner bumpers at Catterick and Wetherby (both on good ground) last season and ought to make his mark over jumps at some stage but has pretty good standard to reach on this hurdling debut.

25/1

Form: 7-60

Last run: 17 days

W: 11st 2lb

6 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Well beaten at long odds all three outings and difficult to recommend.
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5th

13

11th Apr 2026

Good

2m 4f 62y

Class 5

14:07 Newcastle

Diamond Trilogy

10st 5lb

J: Peter Kavanagh

T: John Dawson

Has offered little in a handful of runs for Dianne Sayer this term, pulled up over C&D in January; tongue tied for his new yard with lots to prove after a break.

40/1

8

27th Jan 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 62y

Class 5

16:10 Newcastle

Diamond Trilogy

10st 10lb

J: William Maggs

T: Dianne Sayer

Lightly raced 7yo who has shown ordinary form in three runs over hurdles and last time in a handicap chase at Sedgefield; best watched for now.

33/1

Form: 31- C

Last run: 200 days

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Unexposed 5yo; runner-up in a point and then built on rules debut when readily winning bumper here in March (good to soft) by 6l; should make a jumper and has obvious claims on hurdling debut.
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2nd

2

13th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 0f 48y

Class 4

14:00 Hexham

Imperfectlyperfect

11st 9lb

J: Derek Fox

T: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore

Course bumper winner (good to soft) who followed up on hurdle debut over C&D (good) last October; the return to Hexham and drop back in trip could suit following two heavy defeats over 2m5f/2m6f, but a couple of the other previous winners have shown stronger form.

8/1

5

11th Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 48y

Class 4

14:30 Hexham

Imperfectlyperfect

11st 2lb

J: Derek Fox

T: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore

Unexposed 5yo; runner-up in a point and then built on rules debut when readily winning bumper here in March (good to soft) by 6l; should make a jumper and has obvious claims on hurdling debut.

13/8

1st

2

25th Mar 2025

Good To Soft

2m 0f 48y

Class 4

17:25 Hexham

Imperfectlyperfect

11st 5lb

J: Jack Power

T: Lucinda Russell

travelled strongly, in touch with leaders, headway and went second 8f out, led over 2f out, shaken up and kept on well inside final furlong, readily

6/4

Form: 27-33P

Last run: 15 days

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 115

Form & Verdict
Placed on four of his seven hurdling starts, and he's the clear form pick judged on his third of eight in handicap at Worcester (2m4f, good) in September; has to put a poor run in hood/tongue-strap well behind him, but the equipment is left off today and that's quite likely.
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3rd

1

31st Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 6f 0y

Class 4

14:30 Newcastle

Tamarind Bay

12st 0lb

J: James Bowen

T: Mickey Bowen

Stacks of minor honours and his second in a Doncaster maiden last time, after 101 days off, was one of his best efforts; another was in November on his only go at about 2m6f; the lack of a win is a touch disconcerting, though.

6/1

2nd

8

28th Feb 2026

Good To Soft

2m 3f 88y

Class 3

15:05 Doncaster

Tamarind Bay

11st 7lb

J: Shane Fenelon

T: Mickey Bowen

Responsible for some of the best form on show but he's now 0-10 over hurdles so had his chances; probably found the ground too soft last time; might be vulnerable to rivals with lower mileage.

13/2

Form: 323/5- C

Last run: 361 days

W: 11st 2lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 110

Form & Verdict
Good-ground bumper winner; beaten on the nod in maiden hurdle at Newcastle (2m1f, heavy) in February 2024 and he wasn't disgraced when fifth of nine at Market Rasen (2m1f, good) last autumn; not ruled out if ready to roll after nearly a year off.
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7

11th Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 48y

Class 4

14:30 Hexham

Tineggiori

11st 2lb

J: Jamie Hamilton

T: Mark Walford

Good-ground bumper winner; beaten on the nod in maiden hurdle at Newcastle (2m1f, heavy) in February 2024 and he wasn't disgraced when fifth of nine at Market Rasen (2m1f, good) last autumn; not ruled out if ready to roll after nearly a year off.

5/1

5th

4

15th Oct 2024

Good

2m 0f 125y

Class 4

14:05 Market Rasen

Tineggiori

11st 4lb

J: Jamie Hamilton

T: Mark Walford

midfield, outpaced after 3 out, no impression before 2 out

5/1

3rd

4

14th Mar 2024

Heavy

2m 0f 48y

Class 4

13:10 Hexham

Tineggiori

11st 6lb

J: Jamie Hamilton

T: Mark Walford

didn't jump well, raced in second, not fluent 2nd, lost second 4th, mistake 5th

4/1

Form: 6-7

Last run: 6 days

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Third in a point but hasn't shown much in two runs under rules; looks the stable's second string.
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Payout
Exacta £6.50
Straight Forecast £7.10
Trifecta £25.90

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Imperfectlyperfect

RP RATINGS:

Tamarind Bay

The Times:

At Vimeiro

Daily Mail:

Tineggiori

Daily Record:

Imperfectlyperfect

POSTDATA:

Tamarind Bay

Daily Mirror:

Tamarind Bay

The Guardian:

At Vimeiro