14:50 Exeter

Monday 25 March 2024

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Exeter Novices' Selling Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 2f 111y  |   Heavy (Soft in places)  |   6 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:51  |   Winning time: 5m 9.25s
1st
Horse silk
3
911-3
11/8f
T: O MurphyJ: Lewis Stones (3)
Wore hood to post, slight lead until 1st, chased leader, led again turning in, in control when flattened 3 out and next, stayed on strongly op 13/8 tchd 9/4
2nd
Horse silk
4
1
10/3
T: A WatsonJ: Miss Brodie Hampson (3)
Raced keenly disputing close 3rd on inside, angled out wide before 3 out, ridden into modest 3rd run-in, stayed on into 2nd towards finish, no chance with winner op 9/2
3rd
Horse silk
½
7
10/3
T: M SheppardJ: R Patrick
Disputed close 3rd, went 2nd at the last, stayed on same pace run-in, no chance with winner, lost 2nd towards finish op 5/2 tchd 15/8
4th
Horse silk
16
2
9/2
T: J CoulsonJ: Fergus Gregory
Went left and led 1st, pushed along and headed turning in, bad mistake and lost 2nd at the last, weakened into 4th run-in op 4/1 tchd 10/3
5th
Horse silk
½
5
50/1
T: Daisy HitchinsJ: Harry Reed
Off the pace in rear, not fluent 6th, outpaced and struggling 4 out, just missed remote 4th, never any chance op 33/1 tchd 28/1
6th
Horse silk
1 ¼
8
80/1
T: W G M TurnerJ: Ben Ffrench-Davis (5)
Off the pace in last pair, good headway between horses soon after 4 out, pushed along and weakened before next op 66/1 tchd 125/1

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Non-Runners

4
Horse silk
Millford Sound40
Weight: 11-3|  Age: 8
T: Henry Oliver  J: David Noonan
NR
6
Horse silk
I'm Too Tired15
Weight: 10-10|  Age: 4
T: J Candlish  J: Luke Scott
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.38Pl:£1.10, £1.80EX:£4.90Trifecta:£11.90SF:£6.13Swingers:£1.50, £1.50, £2.00

Forecasts

Foxey (11/8), I'm Too Tired (11/4), Hard Rain (10/3), Mermaids Cave (10/3), Nick The Greek (9/2), Millford Sound (10/1), Far Away West (50/1), My Mate Polly (80/1)

Verdict

While it wasn't much of a race in which NICK THE GREEK made a winning debut for this yard at Southwell, he at least arrives here on an apparent upward curve whereas pretty much all of his rivals have a bit to prove for one reason or another. Foxey and Mermaids Cave are tentatively nominated as the main dangers, largely owing to the fact that it's hard to find plausible excuses for the recent poor form shown by Hard Rain and I'm Too Tired.

  1. NICK THE GREEK
  2. FOXEY
  3. MERMAIDS CAVE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2023
Symphorine
Weight: 10-10  |Age: 5
9/4

Prize Money

1st: £4,084.002nd: £1,882.003rd: £940.004th: £471.00

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