16:00 Exeter

Thursday 12 October 2023

All13:4014:1514:5015:2516:0016:3517:10

Topsham Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:01 | Winning time: 4m 0.35s

1^st

Cawthorne Cracker

410-2

16/1

T: O Greenall & J GuerrieroJ: Toby Wynne (3)

Keen in mid-division, smooth headway tracking leaders before 3 out, led before the last, narrowly headed run-in, led again final strides op 17/2 tchd 18/1

2^nd

Gerard Mentor

712-0

9/1

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: Kai Lenihan (7)

Raced keenly in rear, steady headway approaching 2 out, went 2nd approaching last, strong challenge and led narrowly run-in, headed final strides op 11/1 tchd 12/1

3^rd

9 ½

Pittsburg

711-6

4/1j

T: R PotterJ: Finn Lambert (5)

Held up off the pace towards rear, smooth headway out wide tracking leaders before 3 out, led after next, pushed along and headed between last two lost 2nd before the last, no extra in 3rd op 11/2

4^th

Marley Head

410-5

12/1

T: J TizzardJ: Brendan Powell

Chased leaders, every chance 3 out, soon pushed along, plugged on in 4th run-in op 11/1 tchd 18/1

5^th

2 ½

Bahtiyar

511-13

4/1j

T: D SkeltonJ: Ben Sutton (7)

Led until after 2 out, chased leaders, hung left and weakening when awkward last tchd 18/5 and tchd 9/2

6^th

Ten Ten Twenty

510-8

6/1

T: D J JeffreysJ: Beau Morgan (5)

Held up in mid-division, went left at the last, plugged on under pressure run-in, never going pace to get involved tchd 11/2

7^th

3 ½

Flamenco De Kerser

811-2

50/1

T: Mrs R FordJ: R P McLernon

Off the pace towards rear, never on terms op 40/1 tchd 66/1

8^th

Turpin Gold

711-11

16/1

T: R StephensJ: Sean Houlihan

Raced in mid-division, headway out wide tracking leaders home turn, pushed along after 3 out, ridden between last two, soon hung left and weakened tchd 20/1

9^th

Ferrybridge

512-0

6/1

T: James OwenJ: Alex Chadwick (7)

Raced keenly chasing leaders, went 2nd after 1st, every chance when bad mistake 3 out, soon lost 2nd, weakened between last two op 13/2 tchd 15/2

10^th

3 ½

Grinn

710-6

100/1

T: D A ReesJ: Jay Tidball (5)

Off the pace towards rear, never on terms op 40/1

11^th

5 ½

Pepsiwithacap

411-4

22/1

T: D PipeJ: Jack Tudor

Raced keenly early, soon towards rear, never involved tchd 25/1

12^th

Tally's Son

910-4

25/1

T: N P MulhollandJ: Miss Thomosina Eyston (7)

Chased leaders early, soon lost place and towards rear, never on terms op 18/1

13^th

Happy Company

911-13

66/1

T: J G M O'SheaJ: Adam Wedge

Raced wide early, soon well behind, never a factor, tailed off op 28/1

14^th

Vin Rouge

511-1

17/2

T: J W MullinsJ: M G Nolan

Held up towards rear of mid-division, behind and struggling before 3 out, tailed off op 7/1 tchd 13/2

Also Ran

Lady Valentine

411-3

28/1

T: Jamie SnowdenJ: David Bass

Chased leader until after 1st, chased leaders on inside, pushed along before 3 out, weakened quickly tailed off and pulled up after next op 16/1 tchd 33/1

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Non-Runners

Dolly Bird¹⁸⁵

Weight: 10-2| Age: 5

T: C Honour J: Bryan Carver

Time To Burn³¹

Weight: 10-2| Age: 5

T: N J Hawke J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£20.70Pl:£5.50, £3.90, £1.80EX:£183.10Trifecta:£1,388.50Tricast:£704.48SF:£149.27Swingers:£27.60, £15.10, £7.30

Forecasts

Pittsburg (4/1), Bahtiyar (4/1), Ten Ten Twenty (6/1), Ferrybridge (6/1), Vin Rouge (17/2), Gerard Mentor (9/1), Marley Head (12/1), Cawthorne Cracker (16/1), Turpin Gold (16/1), Pepsiwithacap (22/1), Tally's Son (25/1), Lady Valentine (28/1), Time To Burn (33/1), Flamenco De Kerser (50/1), Dolly Bird (50/1), Happy Company (66/1), Grinn (100/1)

A chance is taken on FERRYBRIDGE, who stepped up on what he showed in Ireland when fourth at Sedgefield on his first start for the James Owen yard. This low-mileage 5-y-o will be a serious contender if able to build on that. Ten Ten Twenty went close at Kelso last month and is feared most off the same mark, while Bahtiyar, the consistent Pittsburg and Vin Rouge are others to consider.