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Northumberland Young Farmers Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £4752.9
  • 2m 0f 48y
  • Class 5
  • 10 runners
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Northumberland Young Farmers Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 10 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Cloudy

11/4 (Won)

  • Win: £2.88
  • Place: £1.30

Form: 63-322

Last run: 14 days

W: 10st 10lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 86

Form & Verdict
Maiden (0-21); has finished in the frame on all four starts (3322) since joining Mark Walford; drops back in distance, with the visor retained, after being headed on the run-in over 2m4f here (beaten five-plus lengths) a fortnight ago; one to consider.
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Verdict Starting price

5th

5

3rd Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 19y

Class 5

14:35 Newcastle

Huit Reflets

11st 6lb

J: Jamie Hamilton

T: Mark Walford

Experienced chaser; won at Sedgefield on Boxing Day (2m, good to soft) and placed all three starts since, last time finishing runner-up at Sedgefield (2m3f, good to soft); contender.

5/2

2nd

6

4th Feb 2026

Good To Soft

2m 3f 65y

Class 5

14:07 Sedgefield

Huit Reflets

11st 5lb

J: Jamie Hamilton

T: Mark Walford

Running consistently well since August, winning here (2m, good to soft) on Boxing Day and finishing a close second of five over this C&D (good to soft) ten days ago; has the same mark as last time and holds solid claims.

5/2

2nd

5

25th Jan 2026

Good To Soft

2m 3f 65y

Class 5

13:40 Sedgefield

Huit Reflets

11st 3lb

J: William Maggs

T: Mark Walford

Currently in a consistent vein of form; opened his chase account in Sedgefield contest (2m, good to soft) on Boxing Day, beating Dixie Cowboy and taking record here to 3321; ran creditably at Catterick (2m3f) since; solid claims.

5/1

14/1

  • Place: £2.70

Form: 03459- D

Last run: 223 days

W: 11st 1lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 91

Form & Verdict
Debut bumper winner; still seeking first win over hurdles (0-13), placed in novice and maiden company (2m4f-2m5f) on three occasions last year, but out of sorts when last in competitive action at Carlisle (2m1f, soft) in November; easing mark; best watched.
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11th

8

1st Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 3f 188y

Class 5

16:40 Sedgefield

Kopa Kilana

10st 11lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Samantha & Jacqueline Coward

Is 0-29 over hurdles and he ran poorly in a refitted tongue tie when ninth of 11 in 2m Wetherby handicap hurdle 15 days ago; it's easy to look elsewhere.

33/1

9th

7

17th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 5

15:12 Wetherby

Kopa Kilana

11st 2lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Samantha & Jacqueline Coward

Runner-up twice in a row at Perth (2m4f, good) in September but struggled on final two starts for Olly Murphy and it was the same story on his stable debut in November; returns from a break with something to prove.

25/1

3

23rd Oct 2025

Good To Soft

2m 5f 164y

Class 5

16:50 Fontwell

Kopa Kilana

11st 8lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

0-25 over hurdles but has posted some good efforts for new stable since the summer, most recently when second at Perth (2m4f, good) last month; also suited by slower ground; probably won't be far away.

3/1

14/1

  • Place: £3.30

Form: 7453-7

Last run: 6 days

W: 10st 2lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 73

Form & Verdict
Yet to win (0-9); placed without threatening at Musselburgh (2m4f) in December; returning from a six-month absence when weakening quickly at Perth (2m, good to firm; first-time cheekpieces) last Sunday; will need to take a significant step forward from 6lb out of the handicap.
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Verdict Starting price

13

21st Jul 2025

Good

2m 1f 46y

Class 5

13:42 Cartmel

Foxwood

10st 4lb

J: William Maggs

T: George Bewley

0-12 over hurdles; ran well when fourth at Hexham (2m4f, good to soft) last month but was not seen to same effect over 2m7f there a fortnight later; drops back in trip and swaps cheekpieces for first-time blinkers.

14/1

6

22nd Jun 2025

Good

2m 7f 63y

Class 5

15:18 Hexham

Foxwood

10st 2lb

J: Joe Williamson

T: George Bewley

Remains winless but cheekpieces back on when a good fourth of 15 in 2m4f handicap here 15 days ago; shortlisted with the headgear again sported.

11/1

16

7th Jun 2025

Good

2m 4f 28y

Class 5

16:05 Hexham

Foxwood

10st 5lb

J: Miss Thomasina Eyston

T: George Bewley

Placed off 1lb higher here (2m, good) last June and might have needed last month's reappearance run (tailed off before last-flight fall) but he's 0-10 over hurdles now and and others appeal more; cheekpieces refitted.

16/1

Form: F/57-P

Last run: 32 days

W: 10st 2lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 72

Form & Verdict
Won twice on the Flat (7f-1m) for Mick Appleby in 2021; is yet to threaten over hurdles (0-10) and was pulled up at massive odds when returning from a break at Southwell (2m4f, good) 32-days ago; difficult to ascertain why she may have a positive role to play from 6lb 'wrong'.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

12

23rd Jan 2026

Good To Soft

2m 3f 88y

Class 5

14:50 Doncaster

Rhyme Scheme

10st 7lb

J: Conor Rabbitt

T: Peter Winks

Her two Flat wins came in 2021 and she's 0-15 over hurdles; tailed on AW in November following an absence and is probably best watched.

100/1

3

2nd Nov 2024

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 1

13:50 Wetherby

Rhyme Scheme

11st 0lb

J: James Best

T: Peter Winks

Has been operating off lowly marks in handicaps and is yet to win one; it would be a huge shock if she wins this.

200/1

3

2nd Nov 2024

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 1

13:50 Wetherby

Rhyme Scheme

11st 0lb

J: James Best

T: Peter Winks

Has been operating off lowly marks in handicaps and is yet to win one; it would be a huge shock if she wins this.

200/1

OUR TIP

Form: 6127-7 D

Last run: 20 days

W: 12st 0lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 104

Form & Verdict
Won a Doncaster novice (2m, good; flights omitted) in December, and ran well back there (second) under a penalty in February; hasn't kicked on since, but this is a fair bit less taxing than the Class 2 handicap he contested at Kelso three weeks ago; enters the reckoning on peak form.
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4

22nd Jan 2025

Good To Soft

1m 7f 156y

Class 5

15:38 Catterick

Mister Moodles

11st 9lb

J: Ross Chapman

T: Rebecca Menzies

Hasn't kicked on since winning a novice hurdle at Doncaster (2m, good) in December 2023 but he showed spark in a first-time visor (retained) in a handicap at Sedgefield (2m4f, good to soft) last month, before fading, and is not written off now back down in trip.

12/1

4

22nd Jan 2025

Good To Soft

1m 7f 156y

Class 5

15:38 Catterick

Mister Moodles

11st 9lb

J: Ross Chapman

T: Rebecca Menzies

Hasn't kicked on since winning a novice hurdle at Doncaster (2m, good) in December 2023 but he showed spark in a first-time visor (retained) in a handicap at Sedgefield (2m4f, good to soft) last month, before fading, and is not written off now back down in trip.

12/1

Form: P4P73/

Last run: 624 days

W: 10st 2lb

11 yo Mare

OR: 64

Form & Verdict
Prolific pointer (6-14) who has enjoyed success here on the inner point track; rules form (0-20) is far less inspiring, even allowing for a fourth-place finish over 3m here (good) in June 2022; facing a nigh impossible task from well out of the handicap.
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Verdict Starting price

5th

9

4th Jul 2024

Good

2m 7f 207y

Class 5

17:20 Perth

Frankies Fire

10st 2lb

J: Charlotte Jones

T: James Walton

Prolific pointer (6-14) but she's still a maiden after 21 runs under rules; seems versatile trip-wise and wasn't beaten far at Hexham last month but she's well into the veteran stage and others are preferred.

25/1

6th

12

15th Jun 2024

Good

2m 0f 48y

Class 5

16:17 Hexham

Frankies Fire

10st 2lb

J: Charlotte Jones

T: James Walton

Prolific pointer (6-14) who has enjoyed success here on the inner point track; rules form (0-20) is far less inspiring, even allowing for a fourth-place finish over 3m here (good) in June 2022; facing a nigh impossible task from well out of the handicap.

100/1

3rd

5

30th Sep 2022

Good

3m 0f 41y

Class 5

16:45 Hexham

Frankies Fire

10st 2lb

J: Conor O’Farrell

T: James Walton

in touch with leaders, awkward jump 12th, outpaced before 3 out, kept on but well held from 2 out

14/1

Form: 43/P-6

Last run: 23 days

W: 10st 5lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 81

Form & Verdict
14-race maiden; placed from a 14lb higher mark at Ayr (2m4f mares', heavy) in February 2022, but off the track for a considerable period thereafter; shaped okay, despite failing to see out her race at Market Rasen (2m4f; 33-1) recently; isn't a forlorn hope.
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Verdict Starting price

8th

11

7th Mar 2025

Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 5

15:35 Ayr

Gine Sacre

10st 2lb

J: Patrick Wadge

T: Eloise Quayle

Yet to register a victory and she was pulled up on her stable debut in 2m Sedgefield handicap hurdle 30 days ago; very hard to make a case for.

25/1

11

5th Feb 2025

Good To Soft

2m 0f 178y

Class 5

16:35 Sedgefield

Gine Sacre

10st 2lb

J: Bruce Lynn

T: Eloise Quayle

0-10 over hurdles and absent since heavy defeat for Pauline Robson at Cartmel (2m6f) last summer; well handicapped on old form but probably best watched on stable debut; cheekpieces removed after one use.

25/1

Form: 7U33/2

Last run: 36 days

W: 11st 12lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 102

Form & Verdict
Three Flat wins (1m6f-2m) prior to being sold out of Richard Hughes's yard for 22,000gns; placed three times over hurdles, including when going down fighting on stable debut at Sedgefield (2m1f, good) five weeks ago; holds an obvious chance on handicap debut.
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3rd

2

1st Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 3f 188y

Class 5

16:40 Sedgefield

Byron Hill

11st 12lb

J: Joe Williamson

T: Patrick Neville

On a long losing sequence and he was tried in a change of headgear when a below-form fourth of eight in 2m1f handicap here 13 days ago; this return to a longer trip should suit though so he's no forlorn hope from a slipping mark.

10/1

4th

7

19th Mar 2026

Good

2m 0f 178y

Class 4

17:10 Sedgefield

Byron Hill

11st 4lb

J: Joe Williamson

T: Patrick Neville

Made the frame in two handicaps at Catterick (1m7f/2m3f, good/soft) in January before respectable third in claimer there (1m7f, good); continues to edge down weights and might not be far away; cheekpieces replace blinkers.

7/1

Form: P5/8P-

Last run: 99 days

W: 10st 2lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 73

Form & Verdict
Debut point winner (March 2020); has shown precious little since for Laura Morgan, this trainer (points), John Groucott, or Nigel Twiston-Davies; returns to hurdles from 5lb out of the handicap after pulling-up over fences at Leicester (2m4f, soft) in March; difficult to consider.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

9th

10

15th Jun 2024

Good

2m 0f 48y

Class 5

16:17 Hexham

Scattercash

10st 2lb

J: Emma Smith-Chaston

T: Steph Cameron

Debut point winner (March 2020); has shown precious little since for Laura Morgan, this trainer (points), John Groucott, or Nigel Twiston-Davies; returns to hurdles from 5lb out of the handicap after pulling-up over fences at Leicester (2m4f, soft) in March; difficult to consider.

33/1

6

8th Mar 2024

Heavy

2m 4f 25y

Class 5

15:20 Leicester

Scattercash

11st 0lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Nigel Twiston-Davies

Debut point winner in March 2020; poor form for various trainers since; worth a basic market check though on return from a 312-day absence for new trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies.

10/1

8th

8

1st May 2023

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

16:57 Warwick

Scattercash

10st 2lb

J: Ben Poste

T: John Groucott

Point winner in March 2020; poor rules form last season and she failed to complete in points this winter; plenty to prove on stable debut.

33/1

Form: 352-75

Last run: 14 days

W: 10st 2lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 73

Form & Verdict
Placed in similar company at Carlisle (2m3f, good to soft) and Sedgefield (2m4f, soft); less productive on his last two appearances, with plenty of work to do in order to reverse course form with Huit Reflets; this drop back to 2m is certainly worth exploring; 5lb 'wrong'.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

5th

9

18th Nov 2025

Good To Soft

3m 0f 100y

Class 5

12:55 Kelso

Boyneside

10st 3lb

J: Shane Fenelon

T: Barry Murtagh

0-10; runner-up at Sedgefield (2m4f, soft) in March 2024 but has failed to better that, beaten when falling late on at Hexham (2m) last time; a guessing game as to how he'll fare after wind surgery and 521 days off.

16/1

9

15th Jun 2024

Good

2m 0f 48y

Class 5

16:17 Hexham

Boyneside

10st 2lb

J: William Maggs

T: Barry Murtagh

Placed in similar company at Carlisle (2m3f, good to soft) and Sedgefield (2m4f, soft); less productive on his last two appearances, with plenty of work to do in order to reverse course form with Huit Reflets; this drop back to 2m is certainly worth exploring; 5lb 'wrong'.

18/1

5th

6

1st Jun 2024

Heavy

2m 4f 28y

Class 5

18:35 Hexham

Boyneside

10st 4lb

J: Callum Bewley

T: Barry Murtagh

Second to one who went on to complete a four-timer at Sedgefield in March (2m4f, soft); below that back at 2m last time (good, hung left); chance on that Sedgefield form.

6/1

Non-runners

Toscan Genius, Monty Nevett

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £20.10
Straight Forecast £19.14
Tricast £147.72
Trifecta £175.90

Selections

RP RATINGS:

Huit Reflets

SPOTLIGHT:

Byron Hill

Telegraph:

Mister Moodles

POSTDATA:

Toscan Genius

TOPSPEED:

Huit Reflets

Daily Mirror:

Huit Reflets

The Sun:

Huit Reflets

The Star:

Huit Reflets

Daily Record:

Huit Reflets

The Times:

Byron Hill

The Guardian:

Byron Hill

Daily Mail:

Byron Hill

D Express:

Byron Hill