17:45 Saturday 02 May 2026 HEXHAM

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Horse Profile

EARNEST BELIEF (IRE)

Age, Colour, Sex 4 gr g (4 Mar 2022) Trainer Donald McCain

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Trainer History John & Thady Gosden until 20 Nov 2025
Owner Blackhurst Racing Pedigree MASTERCRAFTSMAN (IRE) PROMISE ME (IRE) MONTJEU (IRE)

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Results

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Date		Crs/Class /Type	Result Res	Btn	Type	Or	Dis	Going	Eq	Jockey	ISP	BSP	IP Hi/Lo	IPS	FS%	Tfig	TFR	Adj
22 Mar 26		Car C4 Novice	3/9	7	Hurdle	N	17f	Good		Theo Gillard	14/115
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Change of Stable: John & Thady Gosden to Donald McCain
122 day break
20 Nov 25		Sou C4 Hcap (0-85)	4/10	3.2	AW	74	16.5f	Std	(b)	Luke Catton (3)	9/110
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8 Nov 25		Wol C4 Hcap (0-85)	8/10	10	AW	76	14f	Slow	(s)	Tyler Heard	5/23.5f
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101 day break
30 Jul 25		San C4 Hcap (0-80)	4/6	7	Turf	78	14f	Good	(s)	Robert Havlin	11/112
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20 Jun 25		Goo C4 Mdn Stks	2/7	7	Turf	M	14f	Gd/Frm	(s)	Robert Havlin	7/24.5
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30 May 25		Hay C4 Stks	3/10	2	Turf	W	11.8f	Good	(s)	Robert Havlin	6/17
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4 May 25		Sal C4 Mdn Stks	4/6	9	Turf	M	12f	Firm		Benoit de la Sayette	8/19
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Future Entries

Date	Course Crs	Time	Race	Dis
2 May 2026	Hex	17:45	BOBBY ROBERTS MEMORIAL MAIDEN HURDLE (4)	16.2f

Statistics

Code	Runs	Wins	Places	ISP P/L	Best TFR
Flat	6	0	2	-6
Hurdle	1	0	1	-1

EARNEST BELIEF (IRE)

EARNEST BELIEF (IRE) is a grey gelding. He is 4 years old (foaled 04 March 2022). The owner of EARNEST BELIEF (IRE) is Blackhurst Racing and his current trainer is Donald McCain. The pedigree for EARNEST BELIEF (IRE) is: MASTERCRAFTSMAN (IRE) - PROMISE ME (IRE) - MONTJEU (IRE).

EARNEST BELIEF (IRE) last ran at Carlisle on 22 March 2026, in the PAULINE PHIZACKLEA MEMORIAL NOVICES' HURDLE (4) over a distance of 2M 1F. Ridden by Theo Gillard, EARNEST BELIEF (IRE) finished 3rd of 9 runners. The Industry Starting Price (ISP) for EARNEST BELIEF (IRE) was 14/1 (Betfair SP 25.00).

EARNEST BELIEF (IRE) currently has entries in the following races:

BOBBY ROBERTS MEMORIAL MAIDEN HURDLE (4) at Hexham on 02 May 2026