16:27 Exeter

Tuesday 18 March 2025

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Off time: 16:27 | Winning time: 5m 16.97s

Striking A Pose^b³¹

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Brendan Powell| T: J Tizzard| OR: 114| C

9/2

Dual course winner in the mud early last year. Started the current campaign with decent efforts in a hurdle/chase here but his form has tailed off since. Needs to benefit from the return to Exeter.

Form: 8-34P56

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Teorie¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Robbie David⁽⁷⁾| T: Daisy Hitchins| OR: 110

6/1

Fairly useful Flat/hurdles winner but folded tamely and pulled up in Huntingdon handicap back from wind surgery in January (final start for Alan King) and below par for new yard here (17f) 11 days ago. Steps up in trip with something to prove.

Form: 4103-P5

The Long Point³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Harry Cobden| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 110

15/8

Bumper winner. Improved effort over hurdles when second of 13 on 21f Kempton handicap debut 39 days ago. Has the potential for better again and should go well under Harry Cobden.

Form: 3-1442

Night Duty^p³⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: J J Burke| T: F O'Brien| OR: 108

5/1

Point winner who has shown fair form over hurdles, including third in a C&D handicap in December. Creditable second in 25f Catterick maiden last month and ought to be competitive back in a handicap.

Form: 3/55352

Asian Spice⁸⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: J D Frost| OR: 106| C

17/2

Won a course handicap (18.5f) in November and followed up at Windsor (2m) in December. Ran poorly on the hat-trick bid at Newbury just after Christmas and freshened up since.

Form: 0-24119

Iris Des Issards^p1¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr Joshua Newman⁽⁵⁾| T: K Woollacott| OR: 103

9/2

Creditable in-frame efforts in course handicaps (including this trip) on his first 2 outings of the season but well beaten at Wincanton and Taunton since. Needs first-time cheekpieces and a return to Exeter to help spark a revival.

Form: 52-340P

Non-Runners

Bredon Hill³⁹

Weight: 11-8| Age: 5

T: N & W Twiston-Davies J: James Turner

Kepagge¹¹⁶

Weight: 11-7| Age: 11

T: D Pipe J: Jack Tudor

Saint Cyr De Pail²⁵

Weight: 11-1| Age: 6

T: Mrs J Williams J: David Noonan

Forecasts

The Long Point (15/8), Striking A Pose (9/2), Iris Des Issards (9/2), Night Duty (5/1), Teorie (6/1), Bredon Hill (6/1), Saint Cyr De Pail (15/2), Asian Spice (17/2), Kepagge (14/1)

THE LONG POINT made a good start to his handicap career when second at Kempton last month and can go one better now. Course maiden winner Saint Cyr De Pail was better than the result suggests at Warwick last time and is second choice ahead of Bredon Hill, who was a place behind the selection at Kempton, and Night Duty.