15:36 Exeter

Tuesday 22 March 2022

All13:5314:2615:0115:3616:1116:46

Harcombe Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:36 | Winning time: 4m 35.31s

1^st

Deeper Blue

611-13

5/2f

T: H FryJ: Nick Scholfield

Tracked front pair, pressed leader 3 out, pushed along and led 2 out, edged right before last, kept on well, readily tchd 11/4

2^nd

Stormy Flight

811-12

8/1

T: J ScottJ: Rex Dingle

Led, pressed 3 out, pushed along and headed 2 out, ridden and stayed on one pace thereafter

3^rd

Ballybreeze

611-0

7/2

T: S DrinkwaterJ: Adam Wedge

Towards rear, effort and headway into 4th after 4 out, ridden after 2 out, never on terms with front pair op 10/3

4^th

Franco D'Aunou

711-12

15/2

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

Mid-division, pushed along and lost place 5 out, plugged on one pace op 8/1

5^th

3 ½

Sonigino

511-10

9/2

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Raced keenly in mid-division, ridden in 3rd before 3 out, weakened quickly op 5/1

6^th

Grandeur D'ame

611-6

13/2

T: A KingJ: Tom Cannon

In rear, ridden in 5th after 4 out, not fluent when well beaten 2 out tchd 6/1

7^th

Jack's A Legend

710-13

22/1

T: A E JonesJ: T J O'Brien

Towards rear, ridden after 4 out, lost touch 3 out, tailed off op 16/1

Also Ran

Buckhorn George

711-4

14/1

T: C L TizzardJ: Brendan Powell

Chased leader, ridden and weakened tamely 4 out, pulled up before 3 out op 16/1 tchd 18/1

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Non-Runners

Bluffmeifyoucan²⁵

Weight: 11-3| Age: 5

T: Mrs S Gardner J: Sean Houlihan

Smurphy Enki³¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: C Gordon J: Joshua Moore

Global Agreement¹⁴

Weight: 10-7| Age: 5

T: M F Harris J: Kevin Jones

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.50Pl:£1.20, £2.40, £1.70EX:£22.30Trifecta:£107.00Tricast:£70.38SF:£23.15Swingers:£4.90, £2.80, £5.40

Forecasts

Deeper Blue (5/2), Ballybreeze (7/2), Sonigino (9/2), Grandeur D'ame (13/2), Bluffmeifyoucan (7/1), Franco D'Aunou (15/2), Stormy Flight (8/1), Smurphy Enki (14/1), Buckhorn George (14/1), Global Agreement (16/1), Jack's A Legend (22/1)

A few with chances but Paul Nicholls' SONIGINO looks weighted to bag a third win of the season. Franco d'Aunou is next on the list on the back of his good Fontwell second with in-form maiden Ballybreeze another who can have a say in an open handicap.

SONIGINO (FR)
FRANCO D'AUNOU (FR)
BALLYBREEZE

Prize Money

1st: £11,600.002nd: £5,344.003rd: £2,671.004th: £1,338.005th: £350.006th: £350.00