June 03 / 13.45 Hexham

13.45

Good

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  • Prize money: £6680.46
  • 3m 0f 41y
  • Class 3
  • 3 runners
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Follow Hexham Racecourse On Facebook And Twitter Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Runners: 3 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

Form: 8212-1 D

Last run: 6 days

W: 11st 5lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 116

Form & Verdict
Three-time hurdle winner who may not have needed to improve upon previous chasing form to win match race at Uttoxeter (3m, good) on Sunday; does not look well treated under a 7lb penalty here but still has a very obvious chance.
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No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

2nd

2

9th Mar 2025

Good To Soft

3m 0f 110y

Class 4

16:00 Carlisle

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11st 13lb

J: Sam Coltherd

T: Stuart Coltherd

in touch with leaders, headway and prominent 13th, pressed winner before last, stayed on

33/1

6th

2

4th Feb 2025

Good To Soft

2m 7f 191y

Class 4

15:45 Market Rasen

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12st 0lb

J: Sam Coltherd

T: Stuart Coltherd

midfield, outpaced before 5 out, no impression after 4 out

20/1

6th

2

4th Feb 2025

Good To Soft

2m 7f 191y

Class 4

15:45 Market Rasen

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12st 0lb

J: Sam Coltherd

T: Stuart Coltherd

midfield, outpaced before 5 out, no impression after 4 out

20/1

Form: 62/P/P

Last run: 21 days

W: 10st 5lb

12 yo Gelding

OR: 82

Form & Verdict
Seen only once under rules since 2021, when pulled up in C&D hunter chase last month; seemed to run well when second in a restricted point here a week later but looks up against it from 27lb out of the handicap today.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

2nd

3

3rd Jun 2023

Good

3m 0f 41y

Class 3

13:45 Hexham

Matthew Man

10st 5lb

J: Conor O’Farrell

T: James Walton

set steady pace, jumped right on occasions, slow jump 4th, not fluent 12th, pushed along when faced challenge before last, ridden and headed run-in, stayed on

25/1

2

13th May 2023

Good To Soft

3m 0f 41y

Class 4

15:25 Hexham

Matthew Man

12st 0lb

J: Mr Joe Wright

T: James Walton

Dual point winner but beaten in a match last time and before then he finished well behind Design Plan.

20/1

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Form: 5498-1 D

Last run: 16 days

W: 11st 10lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 128

Form & Verdict
Bounced back quickly from disappointing chasing debut to win three-runner Perth handicap for Gordon Elliott last month (3m, good); subsequently changed hands for £26,000; makes stable debut in another thin race.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

9th

9

30th Apr 2026

Yielding

4m 1f 11y

15:40 Punchestown

Bodhisattva

11st 7lb

J: Alex Harvey

T: John C McConnell

Third of five finishers in the 3m7f Edinburgh National at Musselburgh in February, not as good as his second in the same race in 2025; weak handicap form lately; well beaten in previous attempts at this course.

50/1

4th

9

15th Apr 2026

Good

3m 4f 97y

Class 3

15:50 Haydock

Bodhisattva

10st 13lb

J: Callum Pritchard

T: John C McConnell

Third of five finishers in the 3m7f Edinburgh National at Musselburgh in February, which wasn't as good as his second in the same race in 2025; heavy defeats on last three outings but soft ground may not have been ideal.

25/1

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Payout
Straight Forecast £8.14

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