14:00 Exeter

Thursday 18 December 2025

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Racing Blogger, 'Christmas Cup' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 6m 58.95s

1^st

Isaac Des Obeaux

712-0

11/4

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Visibility reduced due to low cloud, soon raced in second, narrowly led before 7th, pushed along 3 out, asserted from 2 out, stayed on and unchallenged run-in op 3/1

2^nd

Operation Manna

911-12

7/1

T: T LaceyJ: Stan Sheppard

In touch with leaders, mistake 14th, chased leading pair from 3 out, stayed on to second at the last, stayed on but no chance with winner towards finish tchd 15/2

3^rd

Sheldon

911-4

12/1

T: J W MullinsJ: Sean Houlihan

Led, narrowly headed before 7th, close up, pressed leader but jumped right 3 out, not fluent 2 out, lost second with tired jump last, weakened run-in tchd 11/1

4^th

7 ½

Gyenyame

711-4

9/4f

T: J TizzardJ: Brendan Powell

Pushed along start, mid-division, not fluent 2nd, mistake 11th, outpaced from 3 out, not impression from 2 out op 5/2

Also Ran

Coolvalla

912-0

11/1

T: C GordonJ: Freddie Gordon

Held up in rear, struggling from 3 out, pulled up after 2 out tchd 10/1

Vision De Maine

610-9

5/2

T: D PipeJ: Jack Tudor

Held up towards rear, struggling after 14th, tailing off when pulled up before 4 out op 9/4 tchd 11/4

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Non-Runners

Rosscahill⁵¹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: N & W Twiston-Davies J: Sam Twiston-Davies

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.80Pl:£2.00, £3.30EX:£21.80Trifecta:£112.90SF:£21.46Swingers:£3.70, £5.20, £9.90

Forecasts

Gyenyame (9/4), Vision De Maine (5/2), Isaac Des Obeaux (11/4), Rosscahill (4/1), Operation Manna (7/1), Coolvalla (11/1), Sheldon (12/1)

A few of these arrive with a question mark against them but VISION DE MAINE should strip fitter for his encouraging Ascot third after a nine-month absence and is weighted to resume winning ways. Joe Tizzard's in-form course scorer Gyenyame rates a big threat though, while Isaac des Obeaux can also have a say at these weights now reverted to handicap company after a solid third in a Cheltenham listed chase.

VISION DE MAINE (FR)
GYENYAME
ISAAC DES OBEAUX (FR)

Previous Winners

2024

Don't Rightly Know

Weight: 11-4 |Age: 9

J: Nick Scholfield | T: P Gundry

12/1

Prize Money

1st: £8,978.002nd: £4,131.003rd: £2,066.004th: £1,034.005th: £515.00