✅ Result In

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(7)

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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(7) 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

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