5:50 Hexham Tips

My Boy Christy has finished 2nd in his last two hurdle races here at Hexham. Despite creeping up a combined four pounds in the handicap, he is overdue a win, and this provides a good chance for him to claim his first victory.

Billy Aprahamian has his horse back from point-to-pointing, with him winning his last race in that scene. He reverts to hurdling with Benjamin Macey. That could see him getting a good tune out of his mount, who is racing off 93, giving him hope of a big run appearing.

Jeteye had a comeback run in March after over a year off the track, and he ran well enough to suggest he had another win in him. The 9yo came out three weeks later at Perth and did not seem suited by the right-handed track. It also looked as if the run came a bit too soon following his comeback. He spent most of 2024 running in better-class races than today and went close several times at this trip on good and good-to-soft ground. He also got a class/condition win under his belt. He is back on that winning mark today, and Midgley takes off 3 lb.

The market has completely overreacted to a recent unseat, leaving a massive mathematical pricing error on a runner who is historically proven capable of winning off a significantly higher handicap mark. The real value lies in the tactical blueprint of this race, which is forecast to be contested at a ferocious, end-to-end gallop. This runner is a dedicated hold-up horse who does his best work picking up the pieces late. This predicted pace collapse up front sets the race up perfectly for a patient closer to slice through a field of tired front-runners in the home straight.