17:45 Hexham Tips — Saturday 2nd May 2026

17:45HexhamGoing: GoodHurdle

Our Selection

Blue Skies Ahead

6yo • b f

Fair

61/100 confidence

Form

12/15

Rating

0/10

Market

8/10

Trends

6/15

Why This Horse

Won last time out
Lightly raced (2 runs, 1 win) — unexposed

Each-Way Alternative: Earnest Belief

17:45 Hexham — Race Preview & Tips

Blue Skies Ahead catches the eye in the 17:45 17:45 Hexham at Hexham, run over on Good ground.

Recent form reads 51-, with a win that underlines the current well-being.

Trained by David Killahena & Graeme McPherson and ridden by David Bass, this is a pairing with a solid record in races of this nature.

There is every reason to think the Good going will play to strengths here.

Key angle: Won last time out.

If looking for an each-way angle, Earnest Belief is the one to include on the slip.

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Full Racecard — 9 Runners

Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Draw	OR	Odds
Terrano	Ryan Mania	Harry Derham 17% win rate	—	—	1/10
Earnest Belief 3-	Theo Gillard	Donald McCain 17% win rate	—	—	1/10
Just A Poet 7/76-	Callum Bewley	Daragh Bourke 7% win rate	—	—	1/10
Just Keeps Rolling PP-	Joe Williamson	Philip Kirby 16% win rate	—	—	1/10
Autumn Getaway 86-	Peter Kavanagh	Lizzie Quinlan 8% win rate	—	—	1/10
Blue Skies AheadOUR TIP 51-	David Bass	David Killahena & Graeme McPherson 12% win rate	—	—	1/10
Masekela	Charlotte Jones	James Moffatt 14% win rate	—	—	1/10
Scopic 6-	Sam Twiston-Davies	Ben Haslam 13% win rate	—	—	1/10
Karthala 58-	Sean Quinlan	Jennie Candlish 14% win rate	—	—	1/10

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