November 18 / 16.00 Exeter

16.00

Good

DragonBet – Home Of The Dragonboost Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £2178.4
  • 2m 0f 161y
  • Class 5
  • 3 runners
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DragonBet – Home Of The Dragonboost Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)

Runners: 3 runners

Type: NH Flat

Surface: Turf

Weather: Scattered showers

1/2 (Won)

  • Win: £1.37

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 2lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
80,000euros 3yo; second foal; half-brother to point winner Tell Him Nuttin; dam useful 2m4f-3m hurdle winner; lacks experience but more than likely the one to beat.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

1st

9

6th Apr 2026

Good

2m 4f 116y

Class 3

15:45 Plumpton

Maldini Milano

11st 4lb

J: Paddy Hanlon

T: Paul Nicholls

Good-ground bumper winner who got off the mark over hurdles at the third attempt over C&D (good) in November, when wearing first-time cheekpieces (retained) in a maiden that worked out extremely well; weakened into sixth on handicap debut at Windsor in January but that was on soft ground; firmly in calculations now back on a better surface.

12/1

6th

8

18th Jan 2026

Soft

2m 4f 0y

Class 3

12:50 Windsor

Maldini Milano

11st 3lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: Paul Nicholls

Unexposed 6yo who won a bumper and added a maiden over this trip at Plumpton in November (good; first-time cheekpieces); unproven on slow ground but his yard won this two years ago with a handicap debutant; possibilities.

6/1

6

23rd Oct 2025

Good To Soft

2m 3f 29y

Class 4

13:45 Fontwell

Maldini Milano

11st 4lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: Paul Nicholls

Won a small-field bumper last season and made pretty good start to hurdling career when second at Newton Abbot (2m5f, good to soft) last month; leading contender here.

11/8

OUR TIP

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Failed to complete in his first three points but then came good in Wales back in May, scoring by 6l (2m4f, good); difficult to know what to make of that form but makes rules debut in a race with no depth.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

3

25th Jun 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

16:03 Worcester

Seymourjohn

11st 4lb

J: Jack Tudor

T: David Pipe

Point winner made a promising hurdle debut when third (albeit well held in the end) at Taunton (2m3f, good to soft) in January; not seen again since but returns in an easier race and should be fine on the faster ground; tongue-tie added; leading contender.

2/1

Form:

Last run: 19 days

W: 11st 2lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Faces very different conditions than when tailed off on heavy at Newton Abbot but did go off at 66-1.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

5th

4

1st Apr 2026

Good

2m 5f 82y

Class 4

14:20 Wincanton

Sure To Be Sure

11st 5lb

J: Charlie Price

T: Helen Nelmes

Well held in his three bumpers and he's been pulled up at big prices in both hurdle runs (saddle slipped on first occasion); can only be watched.

100/1

4

24th Jun 2025

Good

2m 5f 122y

Class 4

18:57 Newton Abbot

Sure To Be Sure

11st 1lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Helen Nelmes

Had excuse when pulled up on hurdling debut in March (saddle slipped) but did not show much in three bumpers beforehand.

100/1

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £1.20
Straight Forecast £1.48
Trifecta £1.70

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Maldini Milano

Telegraph:

Seymourjohn

POSTDATA:

Maldini Milano

WEST COUNTRY:

Maldini Milano

The Times:

Maldini Milano

The Guardian:

Maldini Milano

D Express:

Maldini Milano

Daily Mirror:

Maldini Milano

The Sun:

Maldini Milano

Daily Record:

Maldini Milano

Daily Mail:

Seymourjohn

The Star:

Seymourjohn