17:45 Hexham

Saturday 2 May 2026

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Bobby Roberts Memorial Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2)

4YO plus | Class 4 | 2m 48y | 9 Runners | Turf

Just Keeps Rolling³⁰⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Joe Williamson| T: P A Kirby

80/1

Pulled up in both starts last year and makes little appeal.

Form: 1373/PP-

Masekela¹⁹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Charlotte Jones| T: James Moffatt| BF

14/1

Fair middle distance performer on the Flat for Tim Easterby, her dam a half-sister to useful hurdler (stayed 3m) Simondiun. New yard isn't a frequent source of debut winners, though.

Form:

Scopic³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: B Haslam

50/1

Telescope gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to fairly useful hurdle winner around 2m Tedtwo. Could hardly have shown any less in a Sedgefield bumper on debut and now switches to hurdles.

Form: 6-

Terrano³⁹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Ryan Mania| T: Harry Derham

1/1

€36,000 3-y-o, Triple Threat gelding. Dam lightly raced on Flat in France. Finished third in a solid Irish point last April and makes plenty of appeal starting out under Rules for an excellent yard.

Earnest Belief⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Theo Gillard| T: D McCain Jnr

10/3

Fairly useful maiden on Flat (stays 16.5f) for John & Thady Gosden who showed a clear aptitude for hurdling when third in a Carlisle novice in late-March, and he sets a fair standard here.

Form: 3-

Karthala^t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Quinlan| T: J Candlish

28/1

Fared no better than on hurdling debut at Bangor last time and will be better off in handicaps.

Form: 58-

Autumn Getaway⁹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Peter Kavanagh| T: Lizzie Quinlan

80/1

Little promise in either bumper start and it's hard to be confident of better on hurdle debut.

Form: 86-

Blue Skies Ahead^t¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: David Bass| T: D Killahena & G McPherson| CD

9/4

£50,000 Blue Bresil mare. Half-sister to useful hurdler One For The Team. Won sole start in point bumpers and showed good speed to land a Rules bumper at the second attempt at Hexham last time. Now goes hurdling and has to be high on the shortlist.

Form: 1/51-

Just A Poet³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Callum Bewley| T: D Bourke

25/1

Appeared to show more second time up over hurdles when (300/1) sixth of 10 at Kelso, but that form is probably best taken with a pinch of salt.

Form: 7/76-

Forecasts

Terrano (7/4), Blue Skies Ahead (5/2), Earnest Belief (3/1), Masekela (13/2), Just A Poet (12/1), Scopic (25/1), Just Keeps Rolling (50/1), Autumn Getaway (66/1), Karthala (66/1)

Having finished third in an Irish point that has produced several winners under Rules, TERRANO is fancied to make a successful debut for Harry Derham. Earnest Belief is easily the most appealing of those with hurdling experience, while Blue Skies Ahead merits plenty of respect given what she showed in bumpers.