14:45 Exeter

Thursday 12 October 2017

All14:1014:4515:1515:4516:2016:5017:20

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Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 4m 44.0s

1^st

Master Work

410-12

13/2

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: T J O'Brien

Held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders after 7th, challenged in 2nd 3 out, led last, hard ridden run-in, just held on op 8/1

2^nd

Rocket Ronnie

710-12

100/1

T: B BarrJ: Thomas Garner (3)

Keen, led until narrowly headed 2 out, chased leaders, rallied gamely run-in, just held op 66/1

3^rd

Good Man Pat

410-12

11/10f

T: A KingJ: Tom Cannon

Held up towards rear, headway on wide outside chasing leaders before 3 out, ridden into narrow lead 2 out, headed last, edged left run-in, one pace in 3rd op 13/8

4^th

Challico

510-12

9/4

T: P F NichollsJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Chased leaders on inside, went right 2nd, awkward 4th, pushed along before 3 out, weakened before next op 15/8 tchd 5/2

5^th

3 ½

D'Arcy's Sound

710-12

7/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch (3)

Mid-division, headway chasing leaders before 7th, 2nd well before 3 out until approaching 3 out, chased leaders, weakened 2 out tchd 6/1

6^th

1 ¼

Mister Drifter

510-12

33/1

T: D PipeJ: David Noonan

Towards rear, hit 7th, never on terms

7^th

The Ibbster

710-12

50/1

T: B ForseyJ: C O'Farrell

Chased leader until pushed along after 7th, chased leaders, weakened quickly before next

8^th

3 ½

Young Phoenix

510-12

14/1

T: M KeighleyJ: Andrew Tinkler

Took keen hold, chased leaders, went right 3rd, reminders after 5th, weakened before 3 out op 10/1

9^th

Linkenholt

510-12

66/1

T: O SherwoodJ: L P Aspell

Held up in rear, mistake 2 out, never involved

Also Ran

Winter Squaw

510-5

66/1

T: Mrs S GardnerJ: Sean Houlihan (7)

Took keen hold, raced wide towards rear, some headway into mid-division before 4th, towards rear and struggling 6th, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.80Pl:£2.20, £10.00, £1.10EX:£339.50Trifecta:£3,213.70SF:£442.18Swingers:£8.30, £2.20, £3.10

Forecasts

Good Man Pat (11/10), Challico (9/4), Master Work (13/2), D'Arcy's Sound (7/1), Young Phoenix (14/1), Mister Drifter (33/1), The Ibbster (50/1), Linkenholt (66/1), Winter Squaw (66/1), Rocket Ronnie (100/1)

A race which serves to dispel the myth of the oft said words 'less is more', with a second pleasing division of a potentially informative novices hurdle to enjoy. The Paul Nicholls trained CHALLICO is a half-brother to another former Alex Dunn trained inmate (Blu Cavalier; who runs for the stable in the opener), and there was plenty to like about his debut bumper success here in May 2016. Whilst he has hurdles to clear this afternoon, and softer ground to encounter as well as a whole host of promising rivals to overcome including Good Man Pat and Master Work, he can put that valuable course experience to use over a slightly longer trip which should help to see him in an even stronger light.