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Happy Retirement Maurice & Anne Barnes Handicap Hurdle (Div II)

Hexham · Mon 13th Apr 2026 · 15:30

📏 2m4f28y 🏷️ Class Class 5 🌿 Good To Soft 🏟️ Turf 💰 £4,806 🐎 Hurdle

2nd

My Boy Christy

22/1

Peter Kavanagh

1st

Gardener

9/2

Charlie Maggs(3)

3rd

Highbury Hill

4/1

Murray Dodd(3)

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Class

Class 5

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Distance

2m4f28y

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Going

Good To Soft

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Surface

Turf

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Prize

£4,806

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Runners

🔖

Type

Hurdle

📊 Betting Forecast

100/30 Gardener, 9/2 Tantivy Vavoom, 11/2 Our Laura B, 13/2 Kool Raoul, Eric Carmen, 8/1 Be The Difference, Highbury Hill, 10/1 Wise Move, 20/1 My Boy Christy, 25/1 Blended Stealth

Pos	Horse / Form	Age/Wgt	Jockey / Trainer	OR	Odds
1	Be The Difference Form: 11163P	10y 168 lbs	Joe Williamson Philip Kirby	104	–
6	Blended Stealth Form: F54P54	9y 142 lbs	James Best Lizzie Quinlan	78	40/1
5	Kool Raoul Form: 223578	6y 168 lbs	Gregor Walkingshaw(10) Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore	104	4/1
🥇 1st	Gardener Form: U03331	10y 166 lbs	Charlie Maggs(3) Mike Sowersby	102	9/2
🥉 3rd	Highbury Hill Form: -23715	5y 164 lbs	Murray Dodd(3) Nigel Hawke	100	4/1
PU	Tantivy Vavoom Form: 1-P764	6y 161 lbs	Theo Gillard Ruth Jefferson	97	8/1
4	Our Laura B Form: -PP3P5	8y 159 lbs	Richie McLernon Ben Haslam	95	7/2F
PU	Wise Move Form: 45254P	8y 156 lbs	Jonathon Bewley George Bewley	92	17/2
PU	Eric Carmen Form: 131126	10y 153 lbs	Benjamin Macey(5) Gary Hanmer	89	11/1
🥈 2nd	My Boy Christy Form: 0-4057	6y 147 lbs	Peter Kavanagh Ewan Whillans	83	22/1

The two most likely candidates on recent evidence appear to be GARDENER (a C&D winner last time out) and Eric Carmen.

Racing Post Pick

Gardener

Today's NAP of The Day

17:00 Pontefract

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Bullington Bry

J : Lewis Edmunds

T : Jessica Macey

17:00

Age: 4

Form: 574702

Weight: 134 lbs

OR:

Rain cap will be all the rage in the betting, but again when isn\'t it. was 2/1 beaten fav last time out and essentially is 4lb worse off here, Im going to take an eachway gamble on BULLINGTON BRY switch stables last time out and well supported in the market, the 1st time blinkers were slapped on and seemed to do an ok job, I would prefer this horse to potentially get a bit more cover, he will stay 7F/1m and has the speed to tuck in if needed. the race is not great and if Jessica Macey can squeeze a bit more out of this horse on his 2nd run he could go close, of a career low marl and 4 places on offer at 15/2 happy to have an eachway play on this.