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Stratford · Sat 30th May 2026 · 17:50

📏 2m2f148y 🏷️ Class Class 4 🌿 GOOD TO FIRM, Good in places (GoingStick: 7.2) (Watering) 🏟️ Turf 💰 £6,535 🐎 Hurdle

2nd

Take The Boat

20/1

Harry Bannister

1st

Machete Beach

13/8

Gavin Sheehan

3rd

Maskarvel

4/6F

Jonathan Burke

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Class

Class 4

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Distance

2m2f148y

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Going

GOOD TO FIRM, Good in places (GoingStick: 7.2) (Watering)

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Surface

Turf

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Prize

£6,535

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Runners

🌤️

Weather

Partly cloudy

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Type

Hurdle

📊 Betting Forecast

5/4 Maskarvel, 7/4 Machete Beach, 4/1 Usyk, 10/1 Take The Boat, 33/1 Ja Klipdrift, La Fille Friday, 66/1 At Sunrise

Pos	Horse / Form	Age/Wgt	Jockey / Trainer	OR	Odds
🥇 1st	Machete Beach Form: 3-1	5y 161 lbs	Gavin Sheehan Jamie Snowden	108	13/8
PU	Ja Klipdrift Form: –	5y 154 lbs	Conor O'Farrell Tom Gretton	-	150/1
3	Magna Patch Form: 2/048-	6y 154 lbs	Alastair Ralph	-	–
🥉 3rd	Maskarvel Form: 4252-2	5y 154 lbs	Jonathan Burke Alastair Ralph	110	4/6F
4	Usyk Form: 426-	5y 154 lbs	Sam Twiston-Davies Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies	-	10/1
5	At Sunrise Form: 9/7P-4	5y 147 lbs	James Davies David Weston	-	200/1
5	Molten Sea Form: 512-	5y 154 lbs	Fergal O'Brien	117	–
6	La Fille Friday Form: –	5y 147 lbs	David Noonan Tom Gretton	-	–
🥈 2nd	Take The Boat Form: –	4y 142 lbs	Harry Bannister Georgina Nicholls	-	20/1
9	Amalfina Form: –	4y 142 lbs	D J Jeffreys	-	–

This looks likely to develop into a match with preference for MASKARVEL to get off the mark at the expense of Machete Beach.

Racing Post Pick

Maskarvel

Our Expert Tip

The very useful Flat performer MACHETE BEACH won well over hurdles last time and should improve again for that experience.
MASKARVEL looks the main danger, but MACHETE BEACH is a strong selection to open the card.

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.