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Support The Stoke City Foundation "National Hunt" Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div II)

Uttoxeter · Sat 2nd May 2026 · 13:55

📏 1m7f168y 🏷️ Class Class 4 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 💰 £5,446 🐎 Hurdle

2nd

Evening Tess

13/2

Harry Skelton

1st

Final Surprise

3/1

Ciaran Gethings

3rd

Kingofthefrontier

18/5

Conor O'Farrell

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Class

Class 4

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Distance

1m7f168y

🌿

Going

Good

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Surface

Turf

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Prize

£5,446

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Runners

🔖

Type

Hurdle

📊 Betting Forecast

1/2 Tap Tap Shamie, 3/1 On The Bayou, 12/1 Chedworth Boy, Final Surprise, Kingofthefrontier, 25/1 Evening Tess, 33/1 Saxon Cross, Anxious Moments, 66/1 Annual Invitation

Pos	Horse / Form	Age/Wgt	Jockey / Trainer	OR	Odds
5	Annual Invitation Form: 3279-	5y 160 lbs	Jack Tudor Christian Williams	-	50/1
7	Chedworth Boy Form: –	6y 160 lbs	Liam Harrison Fergal O'Brien	-	9/2
🥇 1st	Final Surprise Form: 3/755-	5y 160 lbs	Ciaran Gethings Alastair Ralph	-	3/1
🥉 3rd	Kingofthefrontier Form: 1-	5y 160 lbs	Conor O'Farrell John Dawson	-	18/5
5	On The Bayou Form: 1/525-	6y 160 lbs	Bryan Carver Harry Fry	-	–
4	Saxon Cross Form: 52505-	6y 160 lbs	Lee Edwards Stuart Edmunds	-	15/8F
7	Tap Tap Shamie Form: 7/122-	6y 160 lbs	Sean Bowen Olly Murphy	120	–
6	Anxious Moments Form: U0-	4y 154 lbs	David Noonan Charlie Longsdon	-	33/1
🥈 2nd	Evening Tess Form: 56-	4y 147 lbs	Harry Skelton Dan Skelton	-	13/2

Olly Murphy's TAP TAP SHAMIE has a point to prove after last month's short-odds reverse but he's still the one to beat.

Racing Post Pick

Tap Tap Shamie

Today's NAP of The Day

17:00 Newton AbbotPU

Racecard ›

Westerton

J : Lewis Stones(3)

T : Jennie Candlish

17:00

Age: 6

Form: 559/82

Weight: 165 lbs

OR:

Bryan Rogers NAP of the Day

The biggest field of the day and one of the more competitive races on the card. Westerton could still be ahead of the handicapper and looks capable of defying his current mark. He is one of the stronger selections on the card and earns Free Nap status. Marhaba The Champ is respected and rates the main danger.

19:10 RiponFinished 3rd

Racecard ›

Barley

J : David Allan

T : Tim Easterby

19:10

Age: 7

Form: 7-8062

Weight: 131 lbs

OR:

ChatGPT Nap of the Day.

Barley was once rated 89 and has now tumbled down the handicap to a mark of 66. I do think Tim Easterby\'s horse is running back into form. On his penultimate start, he was travelling well before fitness appeared to catch him out late on, but he backed that up with an excellent run at Hamilton at the end of May when beaten only a shoulder by a horse that finished like a steam train.

He runs off the same mark today and returns to Ripon, a track he clearly enjoys. At the time of writing, rain is falling at Ripon and could continue throughout the day. That may play right into Barley\'s hands, as he has proven form on good to soft ground. He ran here three times last season and finished second on all three occasions, including defeats by just a length on soft ground and short-head margins on similar going.

With conditions likely to suit, course form in the book, and signs that he\'s returning to his best, Barley looks to have a great chance in a race where several rivals may not appreciate testing ground.

Today\'s FREE Nap is Barley at 11/4.