May 02 / 17.45 Hexham

17.45

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Bobby Roberts Memorial Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div II)

  • Prize money: £5446
  • 2m 0f 48y
  • Class 4
  • 9 runners
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Bobby Roberts Memorial Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div II)

Runners: 9 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

9/1

  • Place: £2.70

Form: 7/76-

Last run: 30 days

W: 10st 11lb

6 yo Filly

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Form & Verdict
Didn't show much on her first two starts but there was more encouragement in a close sixth of ten in novice at Kelso (2m, good to soft; 300-1) last month; may improve further.
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3rd

9

2nd May 2026

Good

2m 0f 48y

Class 4

17:45 Hexham

Just A Poet

10st 11lb

J: Callum Bewley

T: Daragh Bourke

Didn't show much on her first two starts but there was more encouragement in a close sixth of ten in novice at Kelso (2m, good to soft; 300-1) last month; may improve further.

9/1

6th

11

2nd Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 0f 51y

Class 4

14:40 Kelso

Just A Poet

10st 10lb

J: Callum Bewley

T: Daragh Bourke

Soundly beaten when seventh on both starts, most recently her hurdle and stable debut at Catterick (1m7f, good); others are preferred.

100/1

7th

5

4th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

1m 7f 156y

Class 4

14:40 Catterick

Just A Poet

11st 4lb

J: Callum Bewley

T: Daragh Bourke

Low-key debut for Sandy Thomson at Wetherby (2m NHF; 13-2, beaten 23l) in November 2024; returns from a 462-day absence for a different trainer for hurdles debut; likely to need more time.

14/1

Form: 3-

Last run: 41 days

W: 10st 12lb

4 yo Colt

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Form & Verdict
0-6 on Flat for the Gosdens; perfectly satisfactory start over hurdles when third at Carlisle (2m1f, good to soft) six weeks ago, keeping on from midfield; open to improvement and high on the list.
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3rd

7

22nd Jul 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

15:30 Worcester

Earnest Belief

11st 0lb

J: Theo Gillard

T: Donald McCain

Record of 0-6 on Flat and 0-4 over hurdles but has largely consistent form, creditable third over C&D most recently; this race is of a similar standard; again has place claims.

5/1

3rd

8

1st Jul 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

15:25 Worcester

Earnest Belief

11st 0lb

J: Theo Gillard

T: Donald McCain

0-6 on Flat for the Gosdens; not beaten all that far in two of his three races over hurdles, latterly at Bangor in this new headgear combination; should have some role to play.

6/1

3rd

6

23rd May 2026

Good

2m 0f 145y

Class 4

13:50 Bangor-on-Dee

Earnest Belief

10st 12lb

J: William Maggs

T: Donald McCain

0-6 on Flat for the Gosdens; encouraging third on hurdling/stable debut at Carlisle (2m1f, good to soft) in March but he failed to build on that when a remote fourth at Hexham (2m, good); has something to prove after that and this looks tough on the figures; equipment returns including a first-time tongue-tie.

9/1

Form: 58-

Last run: 14 days

W: 10st 12lb

4 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Modest Flat maiden; no obvious promise in two runs over hurdles; others preferred.
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5th

2

(8)

4th Aug 2026

Good

1m 7f 189y

Class 6

15:15 Catterick

Karthala

9st 9lb

J: Sean D Bowen

T: Jennie Candlish

16-race maiden (Flat/hurdles) but he was runner-up on the Flat at Yarmouth (1m4f, good; first-time cheekpieces) last October; has made the frame over hurdles in recent starts but others look stronger.

6/1

3rd

6

15th Jul 2026

Good

1m 7f 168y

Class 5

14:48 Uttoxeter

Karthala

11st 1lb

J: Sean Quinlan

T: Jennie Candlish

15-race maiden under all codes but has reached the frame on all three occasions since switched to handicap hurdles; down another 1lb and back in trip, but needs to find more to open his account.

7/1

4th

6

1st Jul 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

16:25 Worcester

Karthala

11st 1lb

J: Sean Quinlan

T: Jennie Candlish

Third in both his handicaps and finished with a rattle in the latest at Perth (2m, good); on the back of that and raised in distance, he's firmly in the reckoning.

11/4

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Last run:

W: 11st 4lb

7 yo Colt

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Form & Verdict
On a long losing run on the Flat but he ran creditably when last seen, finishing second at Redcar (1m2f, good; final outing for Tim Easterby) in October; changed hands for £5,000 soon after; going hurdling rather late but not without hope.
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9th

3

29th Aug 2026

Good

2m 1f 46y

Class 5

14:05 Cartmel

Masekela

11st 6lb

J: Jack Power

T: James Moffatt

Well held when third in C&D maidens on last two hurdling starts but ran well to a point both times and has been given a wind op since; smart on the Flat at his best (fourth in 2022 Derby) and open to improvement over hurdles on this handicap debut.

8/1

3rd

4

20th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

2m 1f 46y

Class 4

13:42 Cartmel

Masekela

11st 4lb

J: Brian Hughes

T: James Moffatt

Formerly smart on the Flat (fourth in 2022 Derby) but was knocking about in low-grade handicaps last year; well beaten on stable/hurdle debut in May but shaped with much more promise when third over C&D (albeit well held in the end) later that month, and might collect another minor prize today.

10/1

3rd

3

27th May 2026

Good

2m 1f 46y

Class 4

18:08 Cartmel

Masekela

11st 4lb

J: Charlotte Jones

T: James Moffatt

Low-grade Flat performer who joined this yard for £5,000; 25-1 and tailed off in a good-ground maiden at Hexham.

14/1

Form: 86-

Last run: 95 days

W: 10st 11lb

5 yo Filly

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Form & Verdict
Well held in bumpers seven months apart; related to winning jumpers but may require time and more of a test of stamina.
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5th

8

13th Jun 2026

Good

2m 0f 48y

Class 3

14:17 Hexham

Autumn Getaway

10st 9lb

J: Alan Doyle

T: Lizzie Quinlan

Has offered little in two bumper runs and both starts over hurdles, all at three-figure odds.

66/1

5th

3

25th May 2026

Good

2m 1f 46y

Class 4

13:38 Cartmel

Autumn Getaway

11st 2lb

J: Peter Kavanagh

T: Lizzie Quinlan

Safely held in both bumpers last season and struggled when a big-priced outsider for recent hurdle debut at Hexham (2m, good).

200/1

7th

7

2nd May 2026

Good

2m 0f 48y

Class 4

17:45 Hexham

Autumn Getaway

10st 11lb

J: Peter Kavanagh

T: Lizzie Quinlan

Well held in bumpers seven months apart; related to winning jumpers but may require time and more of a test of stamina.

33/1

Form: PP-

Last run: 300 days

W: 11st 4lb

7 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
1-10 in Irish points; pulled up both starts in maiden hurdles; opposable.
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9th

6

15th Aug 2026

Good

2m 4f 139y

Class 4

17:30 Market Rasen

Just Keeps Rolling

11st 4lb

J: Jack Hogan

T: Philip Kirby

1-10 in Irish points and pulled up in all his races over hurdles; first-time cheekpieces.

100/1

1

2nd May 2026

Good

2m 0f 48y

Class 4

17:45 Hexham

Just Keeps Rolling

11st 4lb

J: Joe Williamson

T: Philip Kirby

1-10 in Irish points; pulled up both starts in maiden hurdles; opposable.

33/1

2

6th Jul 2025

Good

2m 4f 139y

Class 4

14:35 Market Rasen

Just Keeps Rolling

11st 4lb

J: Joe Williamson

T: Philip Kirby

1-10 in Irish points; pulled up in run-of-the-mill Hexham maiden (2m4f, good) on rules debut a fortnight ago; difficult to enthuse over after that performance.

25/1

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Form: 6-

Last run: 31 days

W: 11st 4lb

5 yo Gelding

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W: 11st 4lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form: 51- C

Last run: 19 days

W: 10st 11lb

6 yo Mare

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Exacta £4.00
Straight Forecast £3.40
Trifecta £37.10

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