13:05 Exeter

Thursday 16 December 2021

All12:0012:3013:0513:4014:1514:4515:15

Feeling Festive Handicap Hurdle

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 3  |   2m 2f 111y  |   Soft (Good to Soft in places)  |   11 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:09  |   Winning time: 4m 36.17s
1st
Horse silk
3
7/1
T: J ScottJ: Lorcan Williams
Prominent throughout, headway under pressure 3 out, challenged leader 2 out, ridden to lead last, kept on well run-in, all out op 8/1
2nd
Horse silk
¾
8
5/2f
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: T J O'Brien
Mid-division, ridden to make headway tracking leader 3 out, every chance 2 out when not fluent, kept on from last, never going pace of winner op 9/4 tchd 11/5
3rd
Horse silk
½
11
14/1
T: Mrs S GardnerJ: Lucy Gardner
Led, increased tempo home turn, pressed 2 out, ridden and headed last, no extra final 100 yards op 12/1
4th
Horse silk
5 ½
6
9/1
T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton
Held up, headway off pace 3 out, could not go pace of leaders 2 out, stayed on strongly from last op 8/1
5th
Horse silk
19
10
9/2
T: C L TizzardJ: Brendan Powell
Mid-division, pushed along after 5th, weakened 3 out op 13/2
6th
Horse silk
5
7
4/1
T: H FryJ: Lorcan Murtagh (3)
Mid-division, ridden and outpaced home turn, never in contention op 18/5 tchd 5/1
7th
Horse silk
17
5
150/1
T: B BarrJ: Paul O'Brien
Mid-division, pushed along and weakened 3 out op 100/1
8th
Horse silk
1 ¾
2
16/1
T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden
Always towards rear, never involved op 10/1
9th
Horse silk
½
4
28/1
T: D PipeJ: Fergus Gillard (3)
Chased leader, pushed along and dropped to rear home turn, tailed off op 25/1 tchd 33/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
1
611-12
11/1
T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore
Mid-division, ridden and dropped out rapidly home turn, pulled up before 3 out op 10/1 tchd 12/1
PU
Horse silk
9
40/1
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: M G Nolan
Always in rear, struggling throughout, pulled up 3 out op 28/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.00Pl:£2.20, £1.40, £3.10EX:£26.00Trifecta:£348.00Tricast:£242.81SF:£25.06Swingers:£4.40, £14.40, £6.60

Forecasts

Guernesey (5/2), Deeper Blue (4/1), Investment Manager (9/2), Champagne Court (7/1), West To The Bridge (9/1), Martinhal (11/1), Trans Express (14/1), Birds Of Prey (16/1), Eamon An Cnoic (28/1), Pol Crocan (40/1), Dan McGrue (150/1)

Verdict

Having won a C&D handicap in October, GUERNESEY has continued in good heart with a trio of placed efforts and from the same mark as Taunton he is just about the most persuasive option. The market will help assess Birds of Prey on reappearance, with veteran Trans Express another to consider back at Exeter.

  1. GUERNESEY (FR)
  2. BIRDS OF PREY (IRE)
  3. TRANS EXPRESS (IRE)

Previous Winners

2020
Trans Express
Weight: 10-1  |Age: 10
3/1

Prize Money

1st: £6,263.002nd: £2,885.003rd: £1,442.004th: £722.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00

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