Exeter
16:10
Brett Martin Novices' Handicap Hurdle
Exeter Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 Distance: 2m½f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £5.20 Place: £1.80 £1.80 £1.30 Exacta: £23.80 Tricast: £97.41 Trifecta: £91.90
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 5 Loverdose (FR) 6 G Good Robert Walford 145 lbs 4/1 Won Prominent - pressed leaders after 1st - led narrowly 5th - ridden after 2 out - kept on well run-in (trainer had no explanation for the apparent improvement in form)(op 9/2)
2nd 7 Queen Of Steel (GB) 5 M AVG Mark Usher 135 lbs 13/2 3.5 Prominent - led but hit 4th - pressed winner when headed 5th - hit last - kept on(op 6/1 tchd 15/2)
3rd 6 My Granny Lily (GB) 7 M AVG Nigel Hawke 146 lbs 7/2 14 Held up in rear - headway 5th - went third before 3 out - kept on but not pace to challenge(op 9/2)
4th 3 Killigarth (GB) N/A Poor Kim Bailey 157 lbs 8/1 32 Prominent - outpaced after 5th - weakened 3 out - tailed off(op 13/2)
5th 8 Parish Star (IRE) 4 F Poor Nigel Hawke 142 lbs 66/1 6 Prominent - weakened before 3 out - tailed off(op 50/1 tchd 40/1)
6th 2 Inion Tiogair (IRE) 8 M Poor Grace Harris 165 lbs 16/1 3.75 Led narrowly 1st - wandered on approach 2nd - pressed leaders when headed 4th - weakened before 3 out - tailed off(op 14/1)
99th 1 Activist (FR) 5 G AVG David Pipe 170 lbs 13/8F - Pressed leaders - lost position when bit short of room and hampered after 1st - soon prominent but pushed along - weakened after 5th - pulled up before 3 out (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown; vet said a post-race examination revealed no abnormalities)(op 6/4)
99th 4 Spice Heaven (GB) 6 M Poor Chris Honour 156 lbs 66/1 - Held up in rear - weakened after 5th - pulled up before 3 out(op 40/1)