Result 12:50 · Haydock Park

Sky Bet Club Handicap Hurdle (Challenger Two Mile Hurdle Series Qualifier)

Class 3Handicap1m 7f 110yGood To Soft4yo+ · 8 ran

Result

Official · time 3m 51.14s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Brentford Hope (GB)	Megan Fox	Harry Derham	—	6.00	7.60
2	Smart Decision (GB)	Mr William Easterby	T D Easterby	nk	2.88	3.31
3	A Different Kind (IRE)	Brian Hughes	Donald McCain	3¾L	11.0	9.79
4	Caballo De Guerra (IRE)	Derek Fox	Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore	4½L	19.0	27.0
5	Captain Butler (IRE)	Jamie Hamilton	Ruth Jefferson	4¾L	5.50	6.15
6	Cracking Rhapsody (IRE)	Craig Nichol	Ewan Whillans	6½L	7.50	9.86
7	Berties Ballet (GB)	Sean Quinlan	Dianne Sayer	14L	10.0	10.9
8	Coumeenoole (IRE)	Tristan Durrell	D Skelton	18¼L	13.0	16.5

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Cracking Rhapsody (IRE)

7yo · 12-2 · OR 137

017106 J Craig Nichol T Ewan Whillans —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
06 Dec 25	Aintree	2m 4f	Soft	C2	6/9	14¼L	17.0
16 Nov 25	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Soft	C1	13/18	50L	34.0
12 Apr 25	Ayr	2m	Good To Soft	C1	1/12	—	11.0

7 wins from 18 · placed 10

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Brentford Hope (GB) t,p

9yo · 11-6 · OR 134

484463 J Megan Fox T Harry Derham —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
30 Dec 25	Haydock Park	1m 7f 110y	Good	C3	3/8	5L	2.62
12 Dec 25	Cheltenham	2m 1f	Good To Soft	C3	6/11	6¾L	12.0
05 Dec 25	Exeter	2m 1f 110y	Good To Soft	C3	4/4	12¼L	5.00

8 wins from 32 · placed 18

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Berties Ballet (GB)

8yo · 11-1 · OR 122

362312 J Sean Quinlan T Dianne Sayer —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Feb 25	Wetherby	2m 3f 110y	Soft	C3	2/11	3¾L	4.33
18 Jan 25	Haydock Park	1m 7f 110y	Soft	C3	1/8	—	7.50
30 Dec 24	Haydock Park	1m 7f 110y	Soft	C3	3/5	5L	2.38

4 wins from 17 · placed 13

Course winner: 2 wins from 4 here

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Caballo De Guerra (IRE)

5yo · 11-0 · OR 121

337144 J Derek Fox T Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
06 Dec 25	Wetherby	2m	Soft	C4	4/14	7½L	4.33
25 Oct 25	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Good	C2	4/5	5¾L	8.50
05 Oct 25	Kelso	2m	Good	C4	1/13	—	7.50

1 win from 6 · placed 3

Won 1 of 5 at around this trip

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Captain Butler (IRE)

8yo · 10-13 · OR 120

115264 J Jamie Hamilton T Ruth Jefferson —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
02 Jan 26	Ayr	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C3	4/9	13L	5.50
06 Dec 25	Aintree	2m 4f	Soft	C3	6/6	34L	5.50
12 Nov 25	Ayr	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C4	2/11	3¼L	2.00

2 wins from 6 · placed 3

Won 1 of 1 at around this trip

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A Different Kind (IRE) t

9yo · 10-13 · OR 120

158085 J Brian Hughes T Donald McCain —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
20 Dec 25	Haydock Park	2m 3f	Good To Soft	C4	5/9	6¼L	26.0
30 Nov 25	Carlisle	2m 1f	Soft	C3	8/8	30½L	9.50
30 Jun 24	Uttoxeter	2m	Good To Soft	C2	13/13	33¾L	21.0

9 wins from 23 · placed 13

Course winner: 1 win from 2 here

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Smart Decision (GB)

5yo · 10-8 · OR 120

U11311 J Mr William Easterby T T D Easterby —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Dec 25	Market Rasen	2m 2f 110y	Good To Soft	C4	1/8	—	3.20
30 Nov 25	Leicester	1m 7f 110y	Soft	C3	1/6	—	2.75
15 Nov 25	Wetherby	2m 3f 110y	Soft	C3	3/7	1½L	3.50

5 wins from 7 · placed 6

Won 2 of 3 at around this trip

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Coumeenoole (IRE)

7yo · 10-12 · OR 119

4F2F37 J Tristan Durrell T D Skelton —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Nov 25	Fairyhouse	3m 110y	Soft	—	7/9	41¾L	11.0
20 Sep 25	Navan	2m 5f	Yielding	—	3/14	8¾L	13.0
11 Aug 25	Ballinrobe	3m 2f	Good	—	F	—	7.50

0 wins from 8 · placed 3

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