Exeter
14:40
Travel Incentive For British Buyers Novices' Selling Hurdle
Exeter Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2026 Distance: 2m2½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £5.60 Place: £1.50 £1.60 £2.60 Exacta: £28.10 Trifecta: £209.50
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Prominent - led 5th - went clear before 3 out - pushed along and went further clear 2 out - easily (trainer's rep said - regarding the apparent improvement in form; that gelding had benefitted from the drop in class and application of a first time visor - which was noted; gelding was routine tested)(op 9/1 tchd 4/1)
5 G Good Fergal O'Brien 157 lbs 9/2 Won
-
2nd
Held up in rear - took keen hold and went third 4th - outpaced before 3 out - went remote second approaching last - kept on run-in - no match for winner (jockey said gelding ran too free)(op 5/2)
6 G Poor James Owen 157 lbs 100/30 32
-
3rd
Took keen hold - led - headed 5th - outpaced before 3 out - lost second approaching last - weakened run-in(tchd 10/1 and tchd 14/1)
5 G Poor Daisy Hitchins 157 lbs 11/1 4.25
-
4th
Never better than midfield - not fluent 2nd - dropped to rear 4th - outpaced 6th - went remote fourth before 3 out - no impression from 2 out - tailed off (trainer's rep said - regarding the poor form shown - that race had come too soon having run only 13 days previously - which was noted)(tchd 5/6 and tchd Evens)
3 F AVG Fergal O'Brien 145 lbs 10/11F 16
-
5th
Midfield - outpaced 5th - lost touch before 3 out - tailed off(op 15/2)
4 G Poor Katy Price 154 lbs 10/1 21
-
99th
Prominent - lost position and reminders 4th - weakened 6th - pulled up after 7th(op 28/1)
5 G Poor Jake Thomas Coulson 154 lbs 25/1 -
-
99th
Held up in rear - slow jump 3rd - soon struggling and lost touch - pulled up before 4th (jockey said gelding was never travelling; vet had nothing to report)
6 G Poor Polly Gundry 154 lbs 100/1 -
-
99th
In touch with leaders - bad mistake and unseated 5th(op 28/1)
6 M Poor Daisy Hitchins 145 lbs 18/1 -