Exeter Races
Exeter
15:36
Harcombe Handicap Hurdle
Exeter
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022
Distance: 2m2½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 3
Surface: Turf
Win: £3.50
Place: £1.20 £2.40 £1.70
Exacta: £22.30
Tricast: £70.38
Trifecta: £107
Non-Runners: Bluffmeifyoucan (unsuitable ground), Global Agreement (unsuitable ground), Smurphy Enki (self certificate)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Deeper Blue (FR) | 9 G | Poor | Harry Fry | 167 lbs | 5/2F | Won | Tracked leaders - pushed along and pressed leader before 3 out - ridden to lead after 2 out - soon edged right - kept on well and went clear run-in(tchd 11/4) | ||
| 2nd | 3 | Stormy Flight (IRE) | 10 G | Poor | Jeremy Scott | 166 lbs | 8/1 | 6 | Led - not fluent 3 out - soon pushed along - ridden and headed after 2 out - switched left approaching last - soon no impression | ||
| 3rd | 9 | Ballybreeze (GB) | 9 G | AVG | Samuel Drinkwater | 154 lbs | 7/2 | 12 | Held up in rear - headway from 4 out - pushed along and went third 3 out - soon ridden and no impression - no match for first two(op 10/3) | ||
| 4th | 2 | Franco d'Aunou (FR) | N/A | Poor | Venetia Williams | 166 lbs | 15/2 | 12 | Midfield - pushed along briefly before 5 out - ridden and dropped to rear after 5 out - behind but stayed on from 2 out - went modest fourth approaching last(op 8/1) | ||
| 5th | 5 | Sonigino (FR) | 5 G | AVG | Paul Nicholls | 164 lbs | 9/2 | 3.5 | Took keen hold - midfield - headway and tracked leaders 4 out - pushed along and lost third 3 out - soon weakened(op 5/1) | ||
| 6th | 6 | Grandeur d'Ame (FR) | 9 G | AVG | Alan King | 160 lbs | 13/2 | 1 | Took keen hold - midfield - jumped left 1st - awkward jump 3rd - towards rear and pushed along after 5 out - no impression when awkward jump 2 out - soon weakened - lost fourth approaching last(tchd 6/1) | ||
| 7th | 10 | Jack's A Legend (GB) | 10 G | Poor | Alan Jones | 153 lbs | 22/1 | 29 | Took keen hold - held up in rear - ridden after 4 out - weakened 3 out(op 16/1) | ||
| 99th | 7 | Buckhorn George (GB) | 5 G | Poor | Colin Tizzard | 158 lbs | 14/1 | - | Tracked leader - ridden and lost ground quickly 4 out - pulled up before 3 out (vet said gelding was found to have an irregular heartbeat)(op 16/1 tchd 18/1) |