Result 15:40 · Haydock Park

Betfred Happy New Year Handicap Hurdle

Class 3Handicap1m 7f 110yGood3yo+ · 8 ran

Result

Official · time 3m 44.45s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Serious Challenge (IRE)	J J Burke	F O'Brien	—	2.62	2.80
2	Bucephalus (GER)	Harriet Tucker	N P Mulholland	1½L	13.0	15.3
3	Brentford Hope (GB)	Megan Fox	Harry Derham	5L	2.62	3.01
4	Geromino (FR)	William Maggs	Donald McCain	7¼L	9.00	9.66
5	Stoners Choice (GB)	Fern O'Brien	F O'Brien	9¼L	8.00	11.5
6	Rauzan (IRE)	Sean Quinlan	Lizzie Quinlan	15¾L	23.0	28.8
7	Col du Pre (FR)	Charlie Deutsch	Venetia Williams	26¾L	23.0	40.0
PU	Sun Lady Marine (FR)	Charlie Maggs	Paula Smith	—	67.0	180.0

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Brentford Hope (GB) p

8yo · 11-7 · OR 135

248446 J Megan Fox T Harry Derham —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
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
15 Nov 25	Cheltenham	2m	Soft	C1	4/6	12¼L	19.0

8 wins from 31 · placed 17

Course winner: 2 wins from 5 here

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Bucephalus (GER) t,p11

8yo · 11-2 · OR 130

F21164 J Harriet Tucker T N P Mulholland —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Dec 25	Doncaster	2m 3f 110y	Good To Soft	C3	4/6	49½L	29.0
12 Oct 25	Chepstow	2m	Good	C3	6/6	85¼L	5.50
22 Feb 25	Chepstow	2m	Soft	C3	1/7	—	3.20

5 wins from 32 · placed 17

Won 1 of 9 at around this trip

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Serious Challenge (IRE)

5yo · 11-6 · OR 127

11144P J J J Burke T F O'Brien —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Nov 25	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Soft	C1	PU	—	7.50
26 Oct 25	Aintree	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C2	4/6	6½L	4.00
26 Apr 25	Sandown Park	2m	Good	C2	4/14	7½L	8.50

4 wins from 24 · placed 11

Won 2 of 5 at around this trip

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Geromino (FR) t

9yo · 10-13 · OR 125

U11904 J William Maggs T Donald McCain —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
17 May 24	Aintree	2m 4f	Good	C2	4/12	13¼L	19.0
17 Apr 24	Cheltenham	2m 1f	Good	C3	10/18	22L	41.0
02 Mar 24	Kelso	2m	Good To Soft	C2	9/17	19½L	19.0

11 wins from 34 · placed 21

Won 5 of 10 at around this trip

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Col du Pre (FR)

4yo · 11-2 · OR 123

U J Charlie Deutsch T Venetia Williams —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
29 Nov 25	Newbury	2m 110y	Soft	C1	UR	—	51.0

0 wins from 1 · placed 0

First time at this course and trip

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Stoners Choice (GB) t

10yo · 10-11 · OR 123

200560 J Fern O'Brien T F O'Brien —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Dec 25	Cheltenham	2m 1f	Good To Soft	C3	11/11	27L	29.0
23 Nov 25	Windsor	2m	Good To Soft	C3	6/9	14½L	17.0
10 Nov 25	Carlisle	2m 4f	Soft	C3	5/5	12¼L	3.20

7 wins from 31 · placed 17

Won 2 of 5 at around this trip

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Rauzan (IRE) p

5yo · 10-10 · OR 117

464095 J Sean Quinlan T Lizzie Quinlan —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
30 Nov 25	Carlisle	2m 1f	Soft	C3	5/8	15¼L	101.0
15 Nov 25	Wetherby	2m 5f 110y	Soft	C3	9/9	32¾L	126.0
24 Sep 25	Listowel	3m	Yielding	—	11/13	13L	51.0

4 wins from 28 · placed 6

Won 1 of 8 at around this trip

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Sun Lady Marine (FR)

4yo · 10-5 · OR 117

No form J Charlie Maggs T Paula Smith —

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