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Birch Flooring Novice Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race)

Beverley · Sat 30th May 2026 · 15:25
📏 1m4f23y 🏷️ Class Class 3 🌿 GOOD TO FIRM, Good in places (GoingStick: 6.9) (Watering) 🏟️ Turf 💰 £6,480 🐎 Flat
2nd
Urchin
1/2F
Sam James
1st
Who's Lope
2/1
P J McDonald
3rd
Hamadhan
11/1
Paul Mulrennan
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Class
Class 3
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Distance
1m4f23y
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Going
GOOD TO FIRM, Good in places (GoingStick: 6.9) (Watering)
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Surface
Turf
💰
Prize
£6,480
🐎
Runners
7
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Weather
Mostly cloudy
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Type
Flat
📊 Betting Forecast
1/3 Urchin, 7/2 Who's Lope, 8/1 Hamadhan
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥉 3rd
Hamadhan Form: 663-75
4y
142 lbs 		Paul Mulrennan
Jennie Candlish 		80 11/1
🥈 2nd
Urchin Form: 3-1
3y
130 lbs 		Sam James
K R Burke 		- 1/2F
3
Pierian Form: 21
3y
127 lbs
William Haggas 		- –
🥇 1st
Who's Lope Form: 8-2
3y
125 lbs 		P J McDonald
Andrew Balding 		- 2/1
4
According To Mark Form: 4-2
3y
125 lbs 		Connor Beasley
Edward Bethell 		- –
5
Spirit Dreamer Form: 67
3y
125 lbs 		P J McDonald
Andrew Balding 		- –
7
Alma Latina Form: 32
3y
120 lbs
Ralph Beckett 		- –
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RACING POST VERDICT

Who's Lope has more to offer but so does last month's wide-margin Ripon winner URCHIN and he can defy a penalty.

Racing Post Pick
Urchin
Our Expert Tip

Just the three runners line up here and URCHIN appears to have found the perfect race to follow up his recent success.
The manner of that victory suggested there is more to come and he will be very tough to beat.

Today's NAP of The Day

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17:00 Newton AbbotPU
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Horse Silk
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 Ripon
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Horse Silk
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.