April 02 / 17.00 Exeter

17.00

Good

Totnes And Bridgetown Races Company Ltd Open Hunters’ Chase

  • Prize money: £4619.7
  • 3m 0f 54y
  • Class 4
  • 5 runners
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Totnes And Bridgetown Races Company Ltd Open Hunters’ Chase

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Hunter Chase

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly sunny

4/1 (Won)

  • Win: £1.45

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Ended last year with two easy wins in points (3m, good to firm/good) but was turned over at odds-on in that sphere last month; not easy to weigh up now switched to rules but he's still lightly raced and needs a close look in the market.
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

2nd

9

2nd May 2025

Good

3m 2f 0y

Class 4

17:10 Cheltenham

Snap Fish

11st 12lb

J: Mr Robbie David

T: H Ryall

prominent behind clear leaders, headway 13th, led 15th, awkward jump 4 out, hung left run-in, headed inside final 110yds, kept on

7/2

2nd

9

2nd May 2025

Good

3m 2f 0y

Class 4

17:10 Cheltenham

Snap Fish

11st 12lb

J: Mr Robbie David

T: H Ryall

Wide-margin winner of two 3m points late last year before an odds-on defeat when behind Liberty Rock; won easily at Exeter a month ago (3m, good), though was odds-on and didn't have a lot to beat; only six, though, and clearly in good form.

7/2

1st

4

2nd Apr 2025

Good

3m 0f 54y

Class 4

17:00 Exeter

Snap Fish

11st 12lb

J: Mr Robbie David

T: H Ryall

jumped right on occasions, led, headed 10th, led again before 12th, clear when not fluent 4 out, shaken up and went further clear after 2 out, easily

4/1

Form: U43-3F D

Last run: 43 days

W: 11st 12lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 112

Form & Verdict
Fairly useful staying chaser at his best but last win was two years ago and things have not gone well in a hunter chase and two points this year; bit to prove and hard to know how much ability remains.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

4th

6

24th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 136y

Class 5

19:37 Chepstow

Windance

11st 12lb

J: Mr Jack Stenhouse

T: Martin Sweetland

Landed back-to-back Fontwell and Wincanton staying handicap chases three years ago (good to soft); blameless exit behind Stumps Or Slips latest (hampered) but capable of throwing in his own errors or jumping right; form of this year's completed efforts falls well short of the required.

33/1

9

7th Apr 2026

Good

3m 0f 54y

Class 4

17:10 Exeter

Windance

11st 12lb

J: Mr Jack Stenhouse

T: Martin Sweetland

Four wins under rules divided between hurdles and fences but at an ordinary level; 66-1 when tailed off behind Macklin here last month.

66/1

5th

11

17th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

17:13 Exeter

Windance

11st 12lb

J: Mr Jack Stenhouse

T: Martin Sweetland

Dual handicap winner in 2023 but last year's point/hunter chase form was uninspiring and he was a long way behind Crawter when reappearing in a Larkhill point this month.

50/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 12lb

8 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Record of 2-27 in points and he's had some ups and downs in that sphere in 2025; now makes his belated rules debut and is probably best watched.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

5th

6

7th Apr 2026

Good

3m 0f 54y

Class 4

17:10 Exeter

Assassins Lullaby

11st 12lb

J: Mr William Higgs

T: Mrs Janet Ackner

Only 2-34 in points and has struggled badly in that scene this year; no appeal.

50/1

7

2nd May 2025

Good

4m 0f 97y

Class 4

19:30 Cheltenham

Assassins Lullaby

11st 12lb

J: Mr Jack Stenhouse

T: Mrs Janet Ackner

Saw out 3m4f pretty well when 7l second to comfortable winner Norton Hill in good-ground point in March but well beaten in small-field Exeter hunter chase on last month's rules debut; looks up against it.

40/1

7

2nd May 2025

Good

4m 0f 97y

Class 4

19:30 Cheltenham

Assassins Lullaby

11st 12lb

J: Mr Jack Stenhouse

T: Mrs Janet Ackner

Saw out 3m4f pretty well when 7l second to comfortable winner Norton Hill in good-ground point in March but well beaten in small-field Exeter hunter chase on last month's rules debut; looks up against it.

40/1

Form: 1/ CD

Last run: 712 days

W: 11st 12lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 105

Form & Verdict
Won a hunter chase over C&D (good) on rules debut in April 2023; held in just three starts back in points since but his last run in February was after a long absence and he's not ruled out on this return to regulation fences.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

4th

2

2nd Apr 2025

Good

3m 0f 54y

Class 4

17:00 Exeter

Kings Quay

11st 12lb

J: Miss Chloe Emsley

T: Matthew Hampton

took keen hold, prominent, lost ground after 10th, outpaced before 14th, some headway on turn before 4 out, weakening when mistake 2 out

13/2

4th

2

2nd Apr 2025

Good

3m 0f 54y

Class 4

17:00 Exeter

Kings Quay

11st 12lb

J: Miss Chloe Emsley

T: Matthew Hampton

took keen hold, prominent, lost ground after 10th, outpaced before 14th, some headway on turn before 4 out, weakening when mistake 2 out

13/2

1st

4

21st Apr 2023

Good

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

19:35 Exeter

Kings Quay

11st 12lb

J: Miss Molly Landau

T: Matthew Hampton

Effectiveness over a galloping 3m on a sound surface again evident at Badbury Rings in February; behind Quintin's Man last time over a sharp 2m4f that likely suited neither, and not without hope here.

9/1

Form: 35PP-5 D

Last run: 317 days

W: 11st 12lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 125

Form & Verdict
Very useful over fences in his prime for Paul Nicholls; last rules win was over two years ago but he's won points in his last three starts including a comfortable success (3m, good to firm) ten days ago; looks a major player now back in this sphere and yard won this in 2023 and 2024.
Place /
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

5

2nd Apr 2025

Good

3m 0f 54y

Class 4

17:00 Exeter

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11st 12lb

J: Miss Olive Nicholls

T: S Loxton

Very useful over fences in his prime for Paul Nicholls; last rules win was over two years ago but he's won points in his last three starts including a comfortable success (3m, good to firm) ten days ago; looks a major player now back in this sphere and yard won this in 2023 and 2024.

4/7

5

2nd Apr 2025

Good

3m 0f 54y

Class 4

17:00 Exeter

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11st 12lb

J: Miss Olive Nicholls

T: S Loxton

Very useful over fences in his prime for Paul Nicholls; last rules win was over two years ago but he's won points in his last three starts including a comfortable success (3m, good to firm) ten days ago; looks a major player now back in this sphere and yard won this in 2023 and 2024.

4/7

5th

1

20th May 2024

Soft

3m 1f 170y

Class 5

16:43 Newton Abbot

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12st 8lb

J: Miss Natalie Parker

T: Paul Nicholls

Useful handicap chaser on good ground when on song; pulled up on consecutive outings at end of last season and needs to prove his wellbeing, but is in much calmer waters for today's hunter chase debut.

4/6

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Exacta £4.10
Straight Forecast £4.38
Trifecta £9.30

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