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Worcester · Fri 22nd May 2026 · 20:41

📏 2m 🏷️ Class Class 5 🌿 GOOD (GoingStick: 6.2) (Selective watering) 🏟️ Turf 💰 £3,248 🐎 Hurdle

2nd

Playful Fox

7/4

Harry Skelton

1st

Saccary

EvensF

Rian Corcoran(5)

3rd

Ballylicky Bay

12/1

Paul O'Brien

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Class

Class 5

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Distance

🌿

Going

GOOD (GoingStick: 6.2) (Selective watering)

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Surface

Turf

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Prize

£3,248

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Runners

🌤️

Weather

Partly cloudy

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Type

Hurdle

📊 Betting Forecast

2/1 Playful Fox, 11/4 Saccary, 13/2 Aquifolia, 7/1 We Ain't Walking, 9/1 East End Girl, 10/1 Ballylicky Bay, 12/1 Fond Farewell, 25/1 Dynamite Defense

Pos	Horse / Form	Age/Wgt	Jockey / Trainer	OR	Odds
1	Bongo Man Form: 83P27-	6y 168 lbs	Billy Aprahamian	100	–
🥈 2nd	Playful Fox Form: 345-U	4y 164 lbs	Harry Skelton Dan Skelton	96	7/4
10	Winston's Oath Form: 66636-	4y 152 lbs	Lee Edwards Dylan Cunha	90	–
12	Whatcombe Form: 40-5	4y 150 lbs	Richie McLernon Faye Bramley	88	–
14	Golly Gosh Form: 767P-P	5y 146 lbs	Billy Aprahamian	78	–
15	Hellion Form: 9P8-	4y 146 lbs	Theo Gillard Donald McCain	84	–
16	Celine Man Form: PP/P8-	8y 137 lbs	James Davies J R Jenkins	69	–
17	Blazing Gaden Form: 0665-P	5y 137 lbs	D J Jeffreys	69	–
2	East End Girl Form: 4/635-	9y 163 lbs	Jonathan Burke Alastair Ralph	89	–
2	Goodwin Face Form: 73/22-	6y 163 lbs	Harry Cobden Chris Gordon	95	–
🥉 3rd	Ballylicky Bay Form: 13855-	6y 162 lbs	Paul O'Brien Kevin Pickard	88	12/1
4	Aquifolia Form: 7246B-	5y 160 lbs	Harriet Tucker(7) Neil Mulholland	86	17/2
6	Dynamite Defense Form: 46675-	5y 159 lbs	Charlie Price Sarah-Jayne Davies	85	20/1
6	Giddyupadingdong Form: 1/P84-	6y 156 lbs	Neil Mulholland	88	–
6	We Ain't Walking Form: 7/56P/	7y 159 lbs	Tom Bellamy James Owen	85	–
🥇 1st	Saccary Form: 6722-2	7y 157 lbs	Rian Corcoran(5) David Pipe	83	EvensF
5	Fond Farewell Form: 87/UP-	7y 156 lbs	Toby Wynne Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero	82	22/1

This looks to be a good opportunity for PLAYFUL FOX to get off the mark after he unseated last time. The main danger is Saccary.

Racing Post Pick

Playful Fox

Our Expert Tip

The David Pipe horse SACCARY will be popular with punters, but for me the most eye-catching runner here is FOND FAREWELL, who hated the soft ground last time but would have won the time before when well gambled and falling up the home straight when looking the likely winner. On first shows this looks a cracking each-way bet.

Today's NAP of The Day

17:00 Newton AbbotPU

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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.