15:35 Exeter

Friday 10 March 2023

All13:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:40

Virgin Bet Cheltenham Festival Money Back Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:35 | Winning time: 4m 12.93s

1^st

Red Dirt Road

611-11

5/4f

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.

Made all, led narrowly, pushed along approaching 3 out, asserted before last, kept on well, eased towards finish op 11/10

2^nd

Issam

511-9

13/2

T: T SymondsJ: Jordan Nailor

Chased leaders, went 2nd 3 out and pushed along, ridden and kept on but well held before last op 7/1 tchd 6/1

3^rd

Opening Bid

811-3

6/1

T: C J DownJ: Bryan Carver

Pressed leader, pushed along home turn, outpaced 3 out, not fluent and beaten 2 out op 8/1

4^th

Shallow River

712-0

5/1

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Towards rear, closed up after 3rd, pushed along in 4th home turn, mistake 2 out and faded op 9/2 tchd 4/1

5^th

Jilaijone

411-1

4/1

T: D PipeJ: Philip Armson (3)

Tracked leaders, pushed along home turn, weakened before 3 out tchd 5/1

Also Ran

Paros

612-1

40/1

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

In rear, pushed along after 3rd and lost touch, pulled up before 3 out op 28/1

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Non-Runners

American Gerry²⁵

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: H Morrison J: Mr Nathan Brennan

Thunderclap⁴⁶

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: H Morrison J: Charlie Deutsch

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.25Pl:£1.20, £2.80EX:£7.80Trifecta:£32.30Tricast:£33.30SF:£9.64Swingers:£1.80, £1.70, £4.30

Forecasts

Red Dirt Road (5/4), Jilaijone (4/1), Shallow River (5/1), Opening Bid (6/1), Thunderclap (6/1), Issam (13/2), American Gerry (10/1), Paros (40/1)

Winning-pointer RED DIRT ROAD has made a positive start under Rules and he's worth a chance to defy an opening mark of 117. Thunderclap is another interesting handicap debutant and Opening Bid seems likely to put up another sound effort.

RED DIRT ROAD (IRE)
THUNDERCLAP (IRE)
OPENING BID

Previous Winners

2022

Hititi

Weight: 10-10 |Age: 5

J: Stan Sheppard | T: R Walford

5/2

Prize Money

1st: £5,809.002nd: £2,673.003rd: £1,336.004th: £669.005th: £333.00