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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
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m 1m7f 2m1½f
1st
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)
6 G Good
Robert Walford 145 lbs 4/1 Won
2m 2m3½f 2m4f 2m4f 2m4½f
2m1½f 2m1½f 2m½f 2m 2m3f
2nd
Prominent - led but hit 4th - pressed winner when headed 5th - hit last - kept on(op 6/1 tchd 15/2)
5 M AVG
Mark Usher 135 lbs 13/2 3.5
2m 1m3½f 2m½f 2m2½f 2m2½f
2m½f 2m3½f 2m3f 2m4f 2m
3rd
Held up in rear - headway 5th - went third before 3 out - kept on but not pace to challenge(op 9/2)
7 M AVG
Nigel Hawke 146 lbs 7/2 14
2m 2m2½f 2m2½f 2m3½f 2m4½f
2m2½f 2m
4th
Prominent - outpaced after 5th - weakened 3 out - tailed off(op 13/2)
N/A Poor
Kim Bailey 157 lbs 8/1 32
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2m½f 2m½f 2m1½f 2m 2m½f
5th
Prominent - weakened before 3 out - tailed off(op 50/1 tchd 40/1)
4 F Poor
Nigel Hawke 142 lbs 66/1 6
2m4f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m4½f
2m 2m 2m 2m3½f 2m5f
6th
Led narrowly 1st - wandered on approach 2nd - pressed leaders when headed 4th - weakened before 3 out - tailed off(op 14/1)
8 M Poor
Grace Harris 165 lbs 16/1 3.75
2m 1m7½f 2m 2m 2m
2m 2m4f 2m 2m 2m3f
99th
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)
5 G AVG
David Pipe 170 lbs 13/8F -
2m4f 1m7½f 1m7½f 2m 2m3f
2m 2m 2m 2m½f 2m½f
99th
Held up in rear - weakened after 5th - pulled up before 3 out(op 40/1)
6 M Poor
Chris Honour 156 lbs 66/1 -
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