19:30 Exeter

Friday 19 April 2024

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Heart Of Oak Pinhoe Exeter Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 19:30 | Winning time: 4m 13.0s

Wicked Thoughts⁷⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Freddie Gingell⁽⁵⁾| T: P F Nicholls

4/1

Wide-margin winner sole outing in points and made it second time lucky in bumpers 11 weeks ago at Musselburgh, albeit very fortunate to do so. More needed under a penalty.

Form: 1-31

Grenardier

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Harry Atkins⁽⁷⁾| T: M Keighley

33/1

Jack Hobbs gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Samtara, stays 3¼m. Dam unraced sister to fairly useful hurdler/fair chaser (stayed 3¼m) Georgian King.

Form:

Henry Pick²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Lucy Gardner| T: Mrs S Gardner

80/1

66/1, little show in Taunton bumper on debut 3 weeks ago.

Form: 8

Kingston Pride⁸⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: James Bowen| T: N J Henderson| OR: 116| BF

2/5

€200,000 buy, successful sole start in Irish points in April 2023 (decent form). Unable to land the odds but made a highly promising start when runner-up in valuable bumper at Lingfield (AW) in January. Taking sort and looks a good prospect. The one to beat with yard going much better now.

Form: 1-2

La Higuera¹³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: K Brogan| T: T Lawes

17/2

€90,000 3-y-o, half-brother to 3 winners, including useful hurdler/smart chaser Robin des Foret (winner up to 25f, by Robin des Pres) and fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Port Melon (winner up to 3m, by Presenting), stays 3½m. Placed on 2 of 3 starts in Irish points.

Form: 353

Murphy's Milan

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: M G Nolan| T: P Hobbs & J White

16/1

Milan gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Thecornerhouse.

Form:

Not So Woolly

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Harry Kimber| T: J Tizzard

22/1

£80,000 3-y-o, Kayf Tara gelding. Dam 3m chase winner, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3m) Finney. Plenty of stamina in his pedigree.

Form:

Diamond Dusty

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Sean Houlihan| T: Miss L Blackford

50/1

Jukebox Jury filly. Half-sister to 3 winners, including useful chaser Stones And Roses, stays 29f, and bumper winner/fairly useful 2¾m chase winner Golazo.

Form:

Non-Runners

Kap Ouest¹⁷¹

Weight: 11-3| Age: 5

T: H Fry J: J J Burke

Lady Nell¹⁰⁵

Weight: 10-10| Age: 5

T: Miss V Williams J: Charlie Deutsch

Diamond Drill

Weight: 10-9| Age: 4

T: T H Weston J: Lewis Stones

Doctor Midas

Weight: 10-9| Age: 4

T: N J Henderson J: Sam Twiston-Davies

Forecasts

Kingston Pride (2/5), Kap Ouest (7/2), Wicked Thoughts (4/1), Doctor Midas (8/1), La Higuera (17/2), Lady Nell (14/1), Murphy's Milan (16/1), Not So Woolly (22/1), Grenardier (33/1), Diamond Dusty (50/1), Diamond Drill (50/1), Henry Pick (80/1)

Point winner KINGSTON PRIDE made a bright start at Lingfield in January and looks a good prospect for Nicky Henderson, who is back among the winners. He sets the bar pretty high and could be hard to beat with improvement in the offing. Kap Ouest seems sure to win races, while Doctor Midas is an interesting newcomer for the same yard as the selection. The penalised Wicked Thoughts has work to do after his fortuitous Musselburgh victory.