Bobby Roberts Memorial Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2).
Hexham · Saturday, 2 May · 19:45
· 2m 48y
· Class 4
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
16:45
Off time
8
Runners
Good
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 9 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
1.83
5/6
02 · 🥈 2nd
3.25
9/4
03 · 🥉 3rd
4
3/1
04 · —
26
25/1
05 · —
26
25/1
06 · —
26
25/1
07 · —
41
40/1
08 · —
126
125/1
09 · —
151
150/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | — |
Just Keeps Rolling (G)
Pulled up in both starts last year and makes little appeal.
|
Joe Williamson | P A Kirby | 7 | 71.7 kg |
126
125/1
|
| 6th | 2 | — |
Masekela (G)
Fair middle distance performer on the Flat for Tim Easterby, her dam a half-sister to useful hurdler (stayed 3m) Simondiun. New yard isn't a frequent source of debut winners, though.
|
Charlotte Jones | James Moffatt | 7 | 71.7 kg |
26
25/1
|
| — | 3 | — |
Scopic (G)
Telescope gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to fairly useful hurdle winner around 2m Tedtwo. Could hardly have shown any less in a Sedgefield bumper on debut and now switches to hurdles.
|
Sam Twiston-Davies | B Haslam | 5 | 71.7 kg |
26
25/1
|
| 1st | 4 | — |
Terrano (G)
FAV
€36,000 3-y-o, Triple Threat gelding. Dam lightly raced on Flat in France. Finished third in a solid Irish point last April and makes plenty of appeal starting out under Rules for an excellent yard.
|
Ryan Mania | Harry Derham | 5 | 71.7 kg |
1.83
5/6
|
| 4th | 5 | — |
Earnest Belief (G)
Fairly useful maiden on Flat (stays 16.5f) for John & Thady Gosden who showed a clear aptitude for hurdling when third in a Carlisle novice in late-March, and he sets a fair standard here.
|
Theo Gillard | D McCain Jnr | 4 | 68.9 kg |
4
3/1
|
| 5th | 6 | — |
Karthala (G)
[T]
Fared no better than on hurdling debut at Bangor last time and will be better off in handicaps.
|
Sean Quinlan | J Candlish | 4 | 68.9 kg |
41
40/1
|
| 7th | 7 | — |
Autumn Getaway (M)
Little promise in either bumper start and it's hard to be confident of better on hurdle debut.
|
Peter Kavanagh | Lizzie Quinlan | 5 | 68.5 kg |
151
150/1
|
| 2nd | 8 | — |
Blue Skies Ahead (M)
[T]
£50,000 Blue Bresil mare. Half-sister to useful hurdler One For The Team. Won sole start in point bumpers and showed good speed to land a Rules bumper at the second attempt at Hexham last time. Now goes hurdling and has to be high on the s…
|
David Bass | D Killahena & G McPherson | 6 | 68.5 kg |
3.25
9/4
|
| 3rd | 9 | — |
Just A Poet (M)
Appeared to show more second time up over hurdles when (300/1) sixth of 10 at Kelso, but that form is probably best taken with a pinch of salt.
|
Callum Bewley | D Bourke | 6 | 68.5 kg |
26
25/1
|
Betting forecast: Terrano (5/6), Blue Skies Ahead (9/4), Earnest Belief (3/1), Just A Poet (25/1), Masekela (25/1), Scopic (25/1), Karthala (40/1), Just Keeps Rolling (125/1), Autumn Getaway (150/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 5446.0 GBP |
| P2 | 2509.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1254.0 GBP |
| P4 | 628.0 GBP |