16:43 Exeter

Friday 6 March 2026

All13:4014:1014:4015:1015:4016:1016:4317:18

Keystone Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:43 | Winning time: 6m 29.05s

1^st

Lightonthewing

1111-1

4/1

T: Mrs S GardnerJ: C P O'Shea (7)

Led, joined 3rd, clearly led again 4th, headed 11th, regained lead before 4 out, shaken up after 3 out, faced challenge after 2 out, ridden run-in but always doing enough tchd 18/5 and tchd 9/2

2^nd

2 ¼

Ted The Thief

611-0

4/5f

T: R WalfordJ: Harry Kimber

Midfield, headway to track leader before 4 out, every chance when upsides winner 2 out, no extra after last op 4/7

3^rd

The Scorpion King

812-0

14/1

T: O SignyJ: G Sheehan

Towards rear, headway from 4 out, chased leading pair 3 out, outpaced before 2 out, tired jump 2 out, weakened after last op 16/1

4^th

Gingerbred

811-9

17/2

T: C J GrayJ: James Davies

Towards rear, ridden to make some headway before 4 out, outpaced from 3 out, soon tailed off op 9/1 tchd 8/1

Also Ran

Givehimthehonour

811-0

11/1

T: D PipeJ: Jack Tudor

Midfield, dropped to rear 13th and soon struggling, tailed off and pulled up after 3 out op 10/1 tchd 9/1

Devilsrollthedice

610-13

10/1

T: Gordon TreacyJ: Thomas Bellamy

Prominent, ridden and lost ground quickly on bend after 5 out, pulled up before 4 out op 16/1 tchd 18/1

Fane Court

810-9

18/1

T: B LundJ: Shane Quinlan (3)

Never better than midfield, tailed off and pulled up before 4 out op 33/1 tchd 40/1

Break Heart Hill

810-2

33/1

T: Mrs F M ShawJ: James Best

Wore hood in preliminaries, mounted on chute and taken down early, close up, disputed lead 3rd, narrowly headed 4th, led 11th, headed on bend before after 5 out, weakened quickly and pulled up before 4 out op 66/1 tchd 80/1

Alderley Charlie

610-2

40/1

T: P GundryJ: Tabitha Worsley (3)

Held up in rear, not fluent 1st, mistake 11th, modest headway before 4 out, weakened quickly and pulled up before 3 out op 66/1

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Non-Runners

Firefly Lane¹⁴

Weight: 10-2| Age: 10

T: J D Frost J: Rex Dingle

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.90Pl:£1.70, £1.10, £3.40EX:£15.50Trifecta:£105.10Tricast:£42.20SF:£8.39Swingers:£1.80, £8.30, £4.50

Forecasts

Ted The Thief (4/5), Lightonthewing (4/1), Gingerbred (17/2), Devilsrollthedice (10/1), Givehimthehonour (11/1), The Scorpion King (14/1), Fane Court (18/1), Break Heart Hill (33/1), Alderley Charlie (40/1), Firefly Lane (50/1)

It's still early days for TED THE THIEF who can follow up his admirable Taunton success. Lightonthewing should give another good account back over fences, while chase debutant Devilsrollthedice makes some appeal on his point form.

TED THE THIEF (IRE)
LIGHTONTHEWING (IRE)
DEVILSROLLTHEDICE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2025

Bampton Star

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 8

J: Chad Bament | T: J Scott

15/8

Prize Money

1st: £4,753.002nd: £2,187.003rd: £1,094.004th: £547.005th: £273.00