14:20 Exeter

Sunday 12 February 2017

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Free Bet At 188Bet Novices' Hurdle (Listed)

Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 4m 15.30s

1^st

Finian's Oscar

511-11

1/16f

T: C L TizzardJ: T J O'Brien

Jumped well, tracked leader until led 3rd, clear 3 out, easily op 1/14

2^nd

4 ½

Taws

610-10

9/1

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Led until 3rd, chased winner, pushed along and readily held from 3 out, plugged on op 7/1

3^rd

Seven Nation Army

811-3

16/1

T: Alexandra DunnJ: Adam Wedge

Tracked leading pair, hit 2nd, pushed along before 5th, soon outpaced and no chance with 1st two

4^th

Ronnie Baird

410-7

100/1

T: Mrs L J YoungJ: Mr Robert Hawker

Held up last, left in 4th place 4th, outpaced and no chance from next op 125/1 tchd 150/1

Also Ran

Whatmore

511-3

6/1

T: H D DalyJ: P J Brennan

Took keen hold, held up in 4th place, ran out 4th op 7/1

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Non-Runners

Civitesses¹²

Weight: 10-10| Age: 5

T: B Barr J: G Sheehan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.10Pl:£1.10, £2.90EX:£2.80Trifecta:£9.30SF:£3.04Swingers:£3.30

Forecasts

Finian's Oscar (1/16), Whatmore (6/1), Taws (9/1), Seven Nation Army (16/1), Ronnie Baird (100/1), Civitesses (200/1)

Very hard to see beyond FINIAN’S OSCAR, who has shown a great aptitude to the winter game and can be expected to very difficult to overhaul, despite being set to concede weight all round. Taws has scope for improvement now he has switched codes. He is the more likely than Whatmore and Seven Nation Army to be the main beneficiary if the Colin Tizzard bandwagon momentarily hits the buffers if Finian’s Oscar struggles under the penalties on soft ground. 1. Finian's Oscar 2. Taws 3. Seven Nation Army

Prize Money

1st: £12,529.002nd: £4,701.003rd: £2,354.004th: £1,173.005th: £590.006th: £295.00