Hashtagnotions

The most interesting thing about Hashtagnotions is what happens when you narrow the conditions down. In races at a mile and one furlong to a mile and two furlongs, the record reads 4 wins from 15 races — that's a win rate of 27%, or better than 1 in 4. That is a meaningful jump from the overall average, and it tells you this is a horse that needs a bit of a trip to get itself into a race properly. At Newcastle specifically, it has won 2 of just 5 visits, which at any track is the kind of ratio that makes trainers keep coming back. The first of those wins came in December 2024, which is also where the career started to take shape.

The partnership with jockey Oisin Orr is worth noting too. In 10 races together, Orr has ridden Hashtagnotions to 2 wins — a 20% win rate, or 1 in 5. That comfortably outperforms the horse's overall average and suggests there is a real understanding between the two. When a jockey clicks with a particular horse, you tend to see them paired together again and again, and this is a good example of why.

The recent form — finishing seventh, seventh, fifth, fifth, third, and sixth across the last six races — is a run without a win but not without merit. There are places in there, signs of consistency without the breakthrough. Hashtagnotions races at Class 6, the entry level of British racing, where the competition is modest but the margins are still tight. A horse that wins 4 from 17 at that level, as this one has done, is doing its job. The Beverley win was nine months ago now, but with a course record at Newcastle and a jockey who brings out the best in it, another day is not out of the question.