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Hitz Novices' Hurdle Race (Go North Night Nurse Series Qualifier) (GBB Race)

14:20 Hexham Sat 10 Oct 2026 2m48y Class 4 Good 9 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Dark Tide Rising silks

Dark Tide Rising

SPECULATIVE Advised 1/1 Est. 38%

🥉 3RD

Mr Fox says

Dark Tide Rising (SR:160, 1/1) is the standout on ability — a 29-point SR gap over the next best (Get On Son, SR:142) is substantial and reflects a clear class edge in this novice field. The horse is proven at both today's distance (DistFit:+) and on good going (GoingFit:+), the only runner in the field to confirm both positives, and holds course form (W0P1 at Hexham). Tom George's 18% career strike rate from 120 runners is the strongest in the field and the trainer regularly targets these qualifier series with prepared horses. The market drift of 14% from opening is a minor concern — likely reflect recency (only 8 days since last run) and a fall in the form string (F-4312) — but the recent sequence of 1-2 finishes either side of that fall shows the horse returning in fine fettle, and the 1lb weight concession to the field is trivial. Each-way alternative: Get On Son. Main danger: Get On Son — Get On Son (SR:142, 11/1) has steamed in 35% since opening — the strongest market move in the field — suggesting connections and/or informed money believe a one-run form line of '0-' drastically undersells this horse's ability, and at 11/1 the value is real if that confidence is justified.

Verify· #22591

Full result

Winner: Hourman (FR) at SP 3/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Hourman silks Hourman Fox #3 Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore · Derek Fox 5/2
  2. 2 Circle of Steel silks Circle of Steel Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore · Patrick Wadge 28/1
  3. 3 Dark Tide Rising silks Dark Tide Rising Fox #1 Tom George · Jack Hogan evn
  4. 4 Bogha Baiste silks Bogha Baiste Lizzie Quinlan · Sean Quinlan 3/1
  5. 5 Argentum silks Argentum George Bewley · Jonathon Bewley 80/1
  6. 6 Get On Son silks Get On Son Fox #2 Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith · Peter Kavanagh 12/1
  7. 7 Mhordart silks Mhordart Chris Grant · Danny McMenamin 66/1
  8. 8 Happy Harrison silks Happy Harrison Gary Hanmer · Brian Hughes 80/1
  9. — Rock Armour silks Rock Armour David Thompson · Joshua Thompson(5) 40/1

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Dark Tide Rising silks Dark Tide Rising 1/1 🥉 3RD
  2. 2 Get On Son silks Get On Son 11/1 6TH
  3. 3 Hourman silks Hourman 10/3 SP 3/1 🏆 WON