15:20 Hexham

Tuesday 25 March 2025

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Happy Birthday Margaret Watling Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 4m 17.42s

1^st

Road To Home

611-5

2/9f

T: W P MullinsJ: Mr P W Mullins

Wore ear plugs, tracked leader, led before 4 out, 1 length ahead and held together last, kept on well run-in, never came off the bridle op 1/5

2^nd

1 ½

He's Bresilian

511-5

7/2

T: Jedd O'KeeffeJ: C O'Farrell

Close 3rd, went 2nd before 3 out, pushed along and 1 length down last, flattered by proximity to winner op 10/3

3^rd

Just Oot

511-5

80/1

T: S CorbettJ: Nathan Moscrop

Raced keenly in mid-division out wide, hit 4 out, headway chasing leaders before next and not fluent, went 3rd after 2 out, no chance with leading duo op 125/1

4^th

1 ¾

Kelvin Forlonge

511-5

12/1

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: P W Wadge

Soon off the pace towards rear, badly outpaced in rear 4 out, headway out wide into modest 4th home turn, tchd 11/1

5^th

Annies Gold

610-12

200/1

T: N KentJ: Tom Midgley (3)

Chased leaders on inside, weakened before 2 out, tailed off op 150/1

6^th

Kingston Rock

711-5

20/1

T: Gary RutherfordJ: Edward Austin (5)

Led until pushed along before 4 out, lost 2nd next, weakened after 2 out, tailed off op 22/1 tchd 25/1

7^th

Do Ye Wanna

711-5

125/1

T: G BewleyJ: Charlotte Jones

Off the pace in last trio, bumped 3 out, never involved, tailed off op 150/1 tchd 250/1

8^th

9 ½

Roxby Belle

410-2

125/1

T: M WalfordJ: Danny McMenamin

Off the pace in 6th, hit 3 out, weakened before next, tailed off op 100/1

Also Ran

Woody's Boy

611-5

200/1

T: M WalfordJ: Jamie Hamilton

Off the pace in last trio, went right and bumped rival 3 out, tailed off and pulled up after 2 out op 150/1

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Non-Runners

Rogue Sea¹⁴

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: J Candlish J: Sean Quinlan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.23Pl:£1.10, £1.10, £8.20EX:£1.60Trifecta:£24.80SF:£1.68Swingers:£1.10, £9.10, £13.80

Forecasts

Road To Home (2/9), He's Bresilian (7/2), Kelvin Forlonge (12/1), Kingston Rock (20/1), Rogue Sea (25/1), Just Oot (80/1), Do Ye Wanna (125/1), Roxby Belle (125/1), Annies Gold (200/1), Woody's Boy (200/1)

It's hard to see this developing into anything other than a match between ROAD TO HOME and He's Bresilian. The former should be suited by the stiffer nature of this track having looked unsuited by the drop in trip when shaping promisingly on his second hurdling start at Naas the previous month, so he edges the vote.