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1pt win Mr Big in 4.50 Exeter at 10/3

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When we were young, our summer holidays would consist of the same things year on year.

The north coast of Cornwall, body boarding and rockpooling with a line and a limpet in the quest to catch Mr Big.

Mr Big will always be the elusive guppy for me rather than a character in Sex And The City, the American 'hard rock supergroup' or a nefarious underworld boss.

I'm hopeful that Philip Hobbs' Mr Big will do his bit to try to lay claim to the moniker in the closing conditional jockeys' handicap hurdle at Exeter.

The Scorpion gelding has been easy to back overnight but should relish both the testing ground and drop back to the minimum distance.

A well-related individual who can count Somersby and Cucumber Run among his siblings, he showed ability in a bumper on debut last season and on his reappearance over hurdles at Chepstow.

There was less to commend his run behind the Sky Bet Supreme-bound High Bridge but he had run well enough behind Fly Camp in another useful contest when falling at the last.

He switches to handicapping on a realistic mark with his yard in fine form and is worth chancing.

Fans of stats and strike rates could be persuaded to look elsewhere with Keith Dalgleish operating at almost 40 per cent at Newcastle where he introduces Niceandeasy in the closing bumper; a sphere where he has a good record.

Anything Hughie Morrison runs at Southwell is always worth a second look and his handicap debutant Brahma is very solid in the second on their card on a day where it may pay to remember the saying that 'little fish are sweet'.

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Posted at 0842 GMT on 07/03/17.