13:05 Exeter

Thursday 16 December 2021

All12:0012:3013:0513:4014:1514:4515:15

Feeling Festive Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:09 | Winning time: 4m 36.17s

1^st

Champagne Court

811-10

7/1

T: J ScottJ: Lorcan Williams

Prominent throughout, headway under pressure 3 out, challenged leader 2 out, ridden to lead last, kept on well run-in, all out op 8/1

2^nd

Guernesey

511-4

5/2f

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

Mid-division, ridden to make headway tracking leader 3 out, every chance 2 out when not fluent, kept on from last, never going pace of winner op 9/4 tchd 11/5

3^rd

Trans Express

1110-0

14/1

T: Mrs S GardnerJ: Lucy Gardner

Led, increased tempo home turn, pressed 2 out, ridden and headed last, no extra final 100 yards op 12/1

4^th

5 ½

West To The Bridge

811-7

9/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up, headway off pace 3 out, could not go pace of leaders 2 out, stayed on strongly from last op 8/1

5^th

Investment Manager

510-13

9/2

T: C L TizzardJ: Brendan Powell

Mid-division, pushed along after 5th, weakened 3 out op 13/2

6^th

Deeper Blue

511-6

4/1

T: H FryJ: Lorcan Murtagh (3)

Mid-division, ridden and outpaced home turn, never in contention op 18/5 tchd 5/1

7^th

Dan McGrue

911-8

150/1

T: B BarrJ: Paul O'Brien

Mid-division, pushed along and weakened 3 out op 100/1

8^th

1 ¾

Birds Of Prey

711-11

16/1

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Always towards rear, never involved op 10/1

9^th

Eamon An Cnoic

1011-8

28/1

T: D PipeJ: Fergus Gillard (3)

Chased leader, pushed along and dropped to rear home turn, tailed off op 25/1 tchd 33/1

Also Ran

Martinhal

611-12

11/1

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Mid-division, ridden and dropped out rapidly home turn, pulled up before 3 out op 10/1 tchd 12/1

Pol Crocan

611-1

40/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: M G Nolan

Always in rear, struggling throughout, pulled up 3 out op 28/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.00Pl:£2.20, £1.40, £3.10EX:£26.00Trifecta:£348.00Tricast:£242.81SF:£25.06Swingers:£4.40, £14.40, £6.60

Forecasts

Guernesey (5/2), Deeper Blue (4/1), Investment Manager (9/2), Champagne Court (7/1), West To The Bridge (9/1), Martinhal (11/1), Trans Express (14/1), Birds Of Prey (16/1), Eamon An Cnoic (28/1), Pol Crocan (40/1), Dan McGrue (150/1)

Having won a C&D handicap in October, GUERNESEY has continued in good heart with a trio of placed efforts and from the same mark as Taunton he is just about the most persuasive option. The market will help assess Birds of Prey on reappearance, with veteran Trans Express another to consider back at Exeter.

GUERNESEY (FR)
BIRDS OF PREY (IRE)
TRANS EXPRESS (IRE)

Previous Winners

2020

Trans Express

Weight: 10-1 |Age: 10

J: Lucy Gardner | T: Mrs S Gardner

3/1

Prize Money

1st: £6,263.002nd: £2,885.003rd: £1,442.004th: £722.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00