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Bruce Towers & Sons Mechanical Engineers Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Fakenham · Sun 31st May 2026 · 15:05

📏 2m3y 🏷️ Class Class 4 🌿 GOOD, Good to firm in places (GoingStick: 6.0) (Watering) 🏟️ Turf 💰 £5,446 🐎 Hurdle

2nd

Dancing Dame

5/6F

Jonathan Burke

1st

Alibey

13/8

Tabitha Worsley

3rd

Baileys Big Image

400/1

Charlie Hammond

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Class

Class 4

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Distance

2m3y

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Going

GOOD, Good to firm in places (GoingStick: 6.0) (Watering)

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Surface

Turf

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Prize

£5,446

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Runners

🌤️

Weather

Partly cloudy

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Type

Hurdle

📊 Betting Forecast

10/11 Dancing Dame, 13/8 Alibey, 5/1 Never Told Me, 20/1 Skye Glance, 100/1 Baileys Big Image

Pos	Horse / Form	Age/Wgt	Jockey / Trainer	OR	Odds
1	Ask Peter Form: 36374-	7y 158 lbs	Anthony Honeyball	83	–
🥉 3rd	Baileys Big Image Form: 58-	5y 158 lbs	Charlie Hammond Max Young	-	400/1
10	Steal A Glance Form: 273-	4y 152 lbs	Chad Bament(5) Anthony Honeyball	-	–
🥈 2nd	Dancing Dame Form: 6U086-	7y 158 lbs	Jonathan Burke James Owen	111	5/6F
3	Cockney Cleopatra Form: F55P-P	5y 158 lbs	Jim & Suzi Best	105	–
F	Never Told Me Form: 8/552-	7y 158 lbs	Jack Hogan Fergal O'Brien	94	15/2
4	Skye Glance Form: B85-	5y 158 lbs	Bryan Carver Alex Hales	-	18/1
🥇 1st	Alibey Form: 542-22	4y 152 lbs	Tabitha Worsley Dylan Cunha	102	13/8
5	Garde My Guinness Form: 3334-5	6y 158 lbs	Jamie Snowden	-	–
9	Amalfina Form: –	4y 152 lbs	D J Jeffreys	-	–

This could be a good opportunity for ALIBEY, who is back in a maiden after three handicap seconds this spring.

Racing Post Pick

Alibey

Our Expert Tip

The best form in the race belongs to the former Irish-trained DANCING DAME, who is now with James Owen.
DANCING DAME looks a strong win bet and should take plenty of beating.

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 Ripon

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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.