13:40 Exeter

Tuesday 24 April 2018

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Read Noel Fehily At 188Bet Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 5m 55.6s

Solstice Twilight⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: H Cobden| T: A J Honeyball| OR: 95

12/1

Well beaten in three novice hurdles since the turn of the year. Difficult to construct much of a case for the mare here.

Form: 647893

Mauna Kea¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr Robert Hawker⁽⁵⁾| T: P Gundry| OR: 93

40/1

Behind in a number of dismal displays last spring and much more of the same in a Chepstow novice handicap hurdle earlier in the month. Hard to fancy.

Form: 447-000

Gonnabegood^p¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Nick Scholfield| T: J Scott| OR: 92| C

3/1

Course winner that has also won over the trip. Possibly found the heavy ground too much last time out here earlier this month finishing 25L behind Shoofly Milly failing to build on a win at Towcester in February.

Form: 412P14

Ambion Lane^b,t²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: T Scudamore| T: V R A Dartnall| OR: 92

6/1

Pulled up in three starts since the turn of the year and unlikely to play a part in the finish in this contest.

Form: 2-85PPP

Tis What It Is^p1¹⁰⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Rex Dingle⁽⁷⁾| T: D Pipe| OR: 90

18/1

Has produced a number of gloomy performances over the last four months of the season. First-time cheekpieces unlikely to make much of a difference here.

Form: 46970P

Breaking Ground^b1,t¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: David Noonan| T: Mrs R Ford| OR: 86

9/2

Has taken a lot of racing on board since December and bar a win at Wincanton in February well beaten in most starts. First-time blinkers fitted but unlikely to play a part in the finish.

Form: 801U55

Gaelic Flow¹³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Kieron Edgar⁽³⁾| T: C J Down| OR: 84

10/1

Beaten a total of 94L in his last two starts at Wincanton and Taunton towards the end of the year. Tough ask and others preferred.

Form: 8F05-79

Ring Minella^t²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: T J O'Brien| T: P Henderson| OR: 82

9/1

Well beaten and no impression in three most recent starts and requires a chunk of improvement to play a role here.

Form: 003P5P

Admiral Blake^t²⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 10-13| J: Harry Reed⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs L J Young| OR: 82| C

6/1

Faller last time out when 7L clear and about to win at Taunton before tipping up two out. Claims if bring that form to the table.

Form: 54572F

Georgina Joy^t⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Tom Buckley⁽¹⁰⁾| T: N J Hawke| OR: 78

7/1

Possibly didn't help to be vying for the lead when eventually pulling up last month following a promising run at Taunton a month before when finishing second of 11.

Form: 67062P

Forecasts

Gonnabegood (3/1), Breaking Ground (9/2), Admiral Blake (6/1), Ambion Lane (6/1), Georgina Joy (7/1), Ring Minella (9/1), Gaelic Flow (10/1), Solstice Twilight (12/1), Tis What It Is (18/1), Mauna Kea (40/1)

The mare Georgina Joy likes to get on with things from the front and could possibly lead Ambion Lane and Gonnabegood through the early stages of the opening contest. The early clip could lead to a battle at the finish between the game Breaking Ground and course winner ADMIRAL BLAKE who was well in command last month at Taunton before tipping up two out.