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1st The Queens' Dragoon Guards Handicap Hurdle

Fakenham · Sun 31st May 2026 · 16:07

📏 2m3y 🏷️ Class Class 4 🌿 GOOD, Good to firm in places (GoingStick: 6.0) (Watering) 🏟️ Turf 💰 £5,281 🐎 Hurdle

2nd

Ambiente Friendly

EvensF

Jonathan Burke

1st

Hello Sweety

4/1

Charlie Hammond

3rd

An Bradan Feasa

11/4

Sean Bowen

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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

£5,281

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Runners

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Weather

Partly cloudy

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Type

Hurdle

📊 Betting Forecast

11/10 Ambiente Friendly, 9/4 An Bradan Feasa, 5/1 Blackwater Lilly, 11/2 Hello Sweety

Pos	Horse / Form	Age/Wgt	Jockey / Trainer	OR	Odds
🥉 3rd	An Bradan Feasa Form: 33/11-	6y 168 lbs	Sean Bowen Jack Jones	116	11/4
1	Centara Form: 121P-6	8y 170 lbs	Freddie Gingell Paul Nicholls	122	–
🥈 2nd	Ambiente Friendly Form: 41648-	5y 167 lbs	Jonathan Burke James Owen	115	EvensF
3	Diyaken Form: /2/36-	8y 164 lbs	Jim & Suzi Best	116	–
🥇 1st	Hello Sweety Form: F2115-	5y 153 lbs	Charlie Hammond Stuart Edmunds	101	4/1
4	Blackwater Lilly Form: 1432-4	6y 151 lbs	Jack Quinlan Neil King	99	15/2
5	Hope Rising Form: 212R-3	5y 162 lbs	Gavin Sheehan Jamie Snowden	114	–
6	Morning Mayhem Form: 1313-4	5y 160 lbs	Kielan Woods Nick Scholfield	112	–
7	Squeezebox Form: 151-	5y 159 lbs	Stan Sheppard Michael Appleby	111	–

The answer might be BLACKWATER LILLY, who looked set to challenge before a penultimate-flight error on her recent stable debut.

Racing Post Pick

Blackwater Lilly

Our Expert Tip

Fit from the Flat and still potentially improving, AN BRADAN FEASA looks the one to beat.
There are question marks surrounding the other three runners and AN BRADAN FEASA can continue his progression.

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 Ripon

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.