14:50 Exeter

Monday 25 March 2024

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Exeter Novices' Selling Hurdle

Off time: 14:51 | Winning time: 5m 9.25s

1^st

Foxey

911-3

11/8f

T: O MurphyJ: Lewis Stones (3)

Wore hood to post, slight lead until 1st, chased leader, led again turning in, in control when flattened 3 out and next, stayed on strongly op 13/8 tchd 9/4

2^nd

Hard Rain

911-8

10/3

T: A WatsonJ: Miss Brodie Hampson (3)

Raced keenly disputing close 3rd on inside, angled out wide before 3 out, ridden into modest 3rd run-in, stayed on into 2nd towards finish, no chance with winner op 9/2

3^rd

Mermaids Cave

510-10

10/3

T: M SheppardJ: R Patrick

Disputed close 3rd, went 2nd at the last, stayed on same pace run-in, no chance with winner, lost 2nd towards finish op 5/2 tchd 15/8

4^th

Nick The Greek

511-8

9/2

T: J CoulsonJ: Fergus Gregory

Went left and led 1st, pushed along and headed turning in, bad mistake and lost 2nd at the last, weakened into 4th run-in op 4/1 tchd 10/3

5^th

Far Away West

510-10

50/1

T: Daisy HitchinsJ: Harry Reed

Off the pace in rear, not fluent 6th, outpaced and struggling 4 out, just missed remote 4th, never any chance op 33/1 tchd 28/1

6^th

1 ¼

My Mate Polly

410-2

80/1

T: W G M TurnerJ: Ben Ffrench-Davis (5)

Off the pace in last pair, good headway between horses soon after 4 out, pushed along and weakened before next op 66/1 tchd 125/1

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Non-Runners

Millford Sound⁴⁰

Weight: 11-3| Age: 8

T: Henry Oliver J: David Noonan

I'm Too Tired¹⁵

Weight: 10-10| Age: 4

T: J Candlish J: Luke Scott

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.38Pl:£1.10, £1.80EX:£4.90Trifecta:£11.90SF:£6.13Swingers:£1.50, £1.50, £2.00

Forecasts

Foxey (11/8), I'm Too Tired (11/4), Hard Rain (10/3), Mermaids Cave (10/3), Nick The Greek (9/2), Millford Sound (10/1), Far Away West (50/1), My Mate Polly (80/1)

While it wasn't much of a race in which NICK THE GREEK made a winning debut for this yard at Southwell, he at least arrives here on an apparent upward curve whereas pretty much all of his rivals have a bit to prove for one reason or another. Foxey and Mermaids Cave are tentatively nominated as the main dangers, largely owing to the fact that it's hard to find plausible excuses for the recent poor form shown by Hard Rain and I'm Too Tired.

NICK THE GREEK
FOXEY
MERMAIDS CAVE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2023

Symphorine

Weight: 10-10 |Age: 5

J: J E Moore | T: G & J Moore

9/4

Prize Money

1st: £4,084.002nd: £1,882.003rd: £940.004th: £471.00