Exeter
14:25
Virgin Bet Best Odds Daily Handicap Hurdle
Exeter Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 Distance: 2m5½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £4 Place: £1.10 £3.80 £2.50 Exacta: £50.30 Tricast: £269.63 Trifecta: £265.90
Non-Runners: Bean Norty (unsuitable ground), Black Lightning (travel problems)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Made virtually all - briefly headed 4th - clear after 8th - shaken up when not fluent 3 out - ridden and clear when not fluent last - pushed out and went further clear run-in - comfortably(tchd 11/4)
11 G Poor Kayley Woollacott 165 lbs 3/1 Won
2nd
Prominent - pushed along before 3 out - jumped right 3 out - jumped right 2 out - soon ridden and weakened - no chance with winner but kept on and went second run-in(op 11/1)
4 G Poor Tim Vaughan 142 lbs 14/1 15
3rd
Took keen hold - towards rear - not fluent 1st - headway after 4th - prominent from 5th - shaken up before 3 out - went second before 2 out - mistake 2 out - ridden and weakened approaching last - lost second run-in(op 13/2)
8 M AVG Joe Tickle 144 lbs 7/1 2.25
4th
In touch with leaders - headway before 5th - prominent home turn - shaken up before 3 out - jumped right 3 out - weakening when jumped right 2 out - soon beaten (vet said gelding lost his left-hind shoe)(tchd 40/1)
8 G Poor Jimmy Frost 146 lbs 33/1 10
5th
Prominent - lost ground before 5th - not fluent 6th - pushed along and weakened after 8th - soon got well behind(op 17/2)
6 G Poor Kim Bailey 157 lbs 9/1 7
6th
Raced lazily - prominent - dropped to rear before 2nd - reminder with one circuit to go - got well behind after 8th - soon no chance (trainer's rep said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding was unsuited by the going and trip on this occasion over 2m 5f and would benefit from a slower surface and a step up in trip; vet reported that a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)
N/A Poor Philip Hobbs 156 lbs 100/30 1.25
7th
Held up in rear - some headway after 6th - pushed along and lost ground after 8th - got well behind before 3 out - tailed off(op 28/1)
6 G AVG Claire Harris 164 lbs 33/1 21
99th
Took keen hold - pressed leader - briefly led 4th - not fluent 6th - pushed along and lost ground after 8th - well behind when pulled up before 3 out
10 G AVG Jackie Du Plessis 155 lbs 14/1 -
99th
Took keen hold - prominent - hung badly left and ran out 5th (jockey said gelding hung violently left-handed)(op 3/1)
7 G AVG Joe Tizzard 152 lbs 11/4F -