April 10 / 15.03 Sedgefield

15.03

Good

Position Payout At bet365 Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £5281
  • 2m 0f 178y
  • Class 4
  • 5 runners
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Position Payout At bet365 Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Cloudy

Evs (Won)

  • Win: £2.88
  • Place: £1.10

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 4lb

5 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Won a Listed race (1m6f, good; awarded the race) on the Flat when with Aidan O'Brien (RPR 103); best of five efforts for Ivan Furtado was over 16.5f (AW) at Southwell in December; looks an interesting recruit on his hurdles and stable debut.
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2nd

1

16th Jul 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

19:37 Worcester

Chemistry

11st 9lb

J: Sean Quinlan

T: Jennie Candlish

On his third trainer and has rather chequered form but he won on hurdling debut at Sedgefield (2m1f, good) in May and ran to a similar level when runner-up under a penalty at Kelso later that month; struggled back on the Flat last time but that was in the Northumberland Vase and he's respected back in this sphere; tongue-tie and cheekpieces are added.

11/10

19th

2

(16)

27th Jun 2026

Standard To Slow

2m 0f 56y

Class 2

14:40 Newcastle (AW)

Chemistry

9st 12lb

J: Lewis Edmunds

T: Jennie Candlish

On his third trainer and has rather chequered form but well handicapped judged on best efforts, including his fourth at Southwell (2m, AW) in December off 7lb higher; first and second over hurdles for new yard this spring, with a never-dangerous ninth in the Chester Cup in between; worth a second look.

20/1

2nd

1

24th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 51y

Class 4

14:28 Kelso

Chemistry

11st 8lb

J: Sean Quinlan

T: Jennie Candlish

Useful handicapper on the Flat; made a winning hurdles debut at Sedgefield last month (2m1f, good), beating an odds-on shot who won next time, the pair well clear; penalised; the one to beat.

10/11

OUR TIP

13/8

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 12 D BF

Last run: 31 days

W: 11st 4lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Won an Aintree bumper (good) last May; turned over at odds-on when making his hurdles and stable debut over C&D (good) last month, when run out of it after the last; respected but may need to pull out more.
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2

18th Jul 2026

Good

2m 6f 31y

Class 4

14:00 Cartmel

Rebel Tribesman

11st 7lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Bumper winner who came second on first two hurdling starts (2m1f) and didn't need to improve to justify skinny odds at Warwick (2m3f, good) in May; upped in trip again here and probably still has more to offer.

9/4

1st

4

20th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 0y

Class 4

14:30 Warwick

Rebel Tribesman

11st 4lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Won a bumper at Aintree last May; changed hands subsequently and has just been touched off when a short-priced favourite in a couple of Sedgefield maidens over 2m1f since switching to hurdles; steps up in trip and looks the one to beat.

4/6

2nd

2

10th Apr 2026

Good

2m 0f 178y

Class 4

15:03 Sedgefield

Rebel Tribesman

11st 4lb

J: Joe Anderson

T: Jamie Snowden

Won an Aintree bumper (good) last May; turned over at odds-on when making his hurdles and stable debut over C&D (good) last month, when run out of it after the last; respected but may need to pull out more.

13/8

Form: 7P

Last run: 78 days

W: 10st 10lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Second in a four-runner Pontefract maiden (1m2f, good) last July, when with Harry Eustace; well beaten/pulled up in two starts at Wetherby since joining current trainer and going over hurdles; plenty to prove.
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4th

3

(2)

9th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 6f 115y

Class 5

15:20 Doncaster

Twilight Safari

9st 7lb

J: Aiden Brookes

T: Micky Hammond

Still a maiden and latest close third at Catterick (2m, good to firm) came in a field of four, so that form looks a tad dubious.

10/1

3rd

4

(1)

22nd Jun 2026

Good

1m 7f 189y

Class 5

16:35 Catterick

Twilight Safari

9st 4lb

J: Jack Nicholls

T: Micky Hammond

Yet to win under rules; showed some ability at 1m2f on the Flat for previous trainer but nothing worthwhile over hurdles for this yard and was beaten 60l on his return to the Flat at Ripon last month; hard to fancy.

33/1

10th

3

(11)

17th May 2026

Good

1m 1f 170y

Class 5

15:17 Ripon

Twilight Safari

9st 7lb

J: Jack Nicholls

T: Micky Hammond

Yet to win under rules; has shown modest form in three runs over hurdles since his last race on the Flat last October; hard to fancy.

25/1

Form: 8

Last run: 30 days

W: 10st 10lb

4 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Two-time Flat winner at up to 1m6f, including on good, when with the Gosdens (RPR 87); 20-1 and never seriously involved on hurdles and stable debut at Huntingdon (2m, good) last month; since had wind surgery; more needed.
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3rd

2

(3)

20th Jun 2026

Good

1m 6f 0y

Class 4

15:47 Newmarket (July)

Kuredu King

9st 8lb

J: Dougie Costello

T: Donald McCain

11.6f and 1m6f handicap winner last year for the Gosdens; soundly beaten on both attempts over hurdles for new yard but fourth of nine at 33-1 back on the Flat at Chester (2m) three weeks ago was much more like it; needs to build on that.

7/1

4th

3

(9)

30th May 2026

Good To Soft

1m 7f 196y

Class 4

14:53 Chester

Kuredu King

9st 13lb

J: Pierre-Louis Jamin

T: Donald McCain

11.6f and 1m6f handicap winner last year for the Gosdens; however, soundly beaten on both attempts over hurdles for new yard this spring, given wind surgery in between; player if he can tap back into those 2025 performances.

12/1

4th

4

10th Apr 2026

Good

2m 0f 178y

Class 4

15:03 Sedgefield

Kuredu King

10st 10lb

J: Theo Gillard

T: Donald McCain

Two-time Flat winner at up to 1m6f, including on good, when with the Gosdens (RPR 87); 20-1 and never seriously involved on hurdles and stable debut at Huntingdon (2m, good) last month; since had wind surgery; more needed.

10/1

Form: P

Last run: 64 days

W: 11st 4lb

5 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Three-time Flat winner at up to 1m4f, including on good, when with Kevin Ryan (RPR 75); 66-1 and pulled up (vet reported he had bled from the nose) on his hurdles and stable debut at Doncaster (2m, good to soft) in February; tongue-tie now fitted; bit to prove.
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7

18th Jul 2026

Good

2m 1f 46y

Class 5

14:35 Cartmel

Ribble River

10st 7lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Lizzie Quinlan

Fair Flat racer with three middle-distance wins on his CV; yet to show any significant promise after four hurdle starts this year but has lowly mark for this handicap debut and some of that Flat ability may yet transfer to this discipline; watch the betting.

8/1

6th

4

13th Jun 2026

Good

2m 0f 48y

Class 3

14:17 Hexham

Ribble River

11st 2lb

J: Peter Kavanagh

T: Lizzie Quinlan

Three-time Flat winner at 1m3f-1m4f but has yet to replicate that form over hurdles, being soundly beaten in both completed starts, on good ground; may do better in time but can only be watched at present.

50/1

5th

4

27th May 2026

Good

2m 1f 46y

Class 4

18:08 Cartmel

Ribble River

11st 4lb

J: Sean Quinlan

T: Lizzie Quinlan

No great shakes on the Flat for Kevin Ryan but did win three times at about 1m4f; however, it's been a poor start to his hurdling career.

50/1

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Payout
Exacta £3.90
Straight Forecast £3.71
Trifecta £21.90

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