Dave Criddle Travel Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 4m 9.6s

1^st

Exmoor Mist

1011-11

15/8f

T: V R A DartnallJ: James Best

Jumped well, tracked leader, led 2nd, clear 8th, travelling well after 4 out, stayed on strongly op 7/4 tchd 13/8 and tchd 2/1

2^nd

Le Coeur Net

611-12

2/1

T: A J HoneyballJ: Aidan Coleman

Held up tracking leaders in 4th, went 3rd and mistake 9th, disputing 2nd when mistake 3 out, went 2nd at the last, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner op 13/8 tchd 9/4

3^rd

Smoking Dixie

711-5

3/1

T: J GroucottJ: Lee Edwards

Raced keenly in 3rd, went 2nd 9th, held from 4 out, pushed along before next, lost modest 2nd at the last, stayed on same pace run-in op 4/1 tchd 5/2

4^th

Fact Flow

910-12

11/2

T: D BurchellJ: R T Dunne

Led until 2nd, chased winner until 9th, weakened 4 out, tailed off op 7/1 tchd 15/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.20EX:£5.40Trifecta:£7.90SF:£6.08

Forecasts

Exmoor Mist (15/8), Le Coeur Net (2/1), Smoking Dixie (3/1), Fact Flow (11/2)

There are few persuasive clues as to who is the prime suspect to steal this prize. Le Coeur Net will be a warm order for this as he bids to recover Fontwell losses. However, he floundered over this trip on heavy ground on his penultimate start so there are concerns despite the lack of quality opponents. Exmoor Mist has won on soft ground but connections were quick to point out he wanted it no more testing than that and, with his latest run fresh in the memory, he is hard to recommend. Neither Smoking Dixie nor FACT FLOW have any worthwhile recent form. However, the latter was placed on heavy ground in Ireland and he is worth chancing off his low weight.