14.45 Exeter
SoftChudleigh Handicap Hurdle
- Prize money: £3960.75
- 2m 0f 161y
- Class 5
- 16 runners
Runners: 16 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Partly cloudy
8/1
Form: 22-3P6 D
Last run: 49 days
W: 12st 1lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 101
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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6th 1 |
6th Dec 2022 Good To Soft 2m 5f 164y Class 5 |
12st 0lb |
Runner-up on first two attempts over hurdles during the spring before running to a similar level here (2m1f; third) in September; bitterly disappointing in a first-time tongue-tie (left off on this occasion) on handicap debut at Plumpton latest; others make more appeal. |
8/1 |
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4 |
31st Oct 2022 Good 2m 4f 114y Class 4 |
11st 10lb |
Fourth in a Listed Ascot bumper last season, producing his highest RPR to date; hasn't exactly hit the ground running over hurdles but going handicapping in a first-time tongue-tie may help. |
3/1 |
20/1
Form: 20335-
Last run: 385 days
W: 11st 13lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 99
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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5 |
29th Jan 2023 Good To Soft 2m 5f 164y Class 5 |
11st 9lb |
raced lazily, prominent, lost ground after 3rd, towards rear 6th, struggling and reminder with one circuit to go |
25/1 |
8/1
Form: 57B9
Last run: 28 days
W: 11st 11lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 97
| Place / No / Draw |
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Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
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No Results Found |
50/1
Form: 645-0P
Last run: 61 days
W: 11st 8lb
6 yo Mare
OR: 94
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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1 |
31st Jan 2023 Soft 2m 5f 192y Class 5 |
12st 0lb |
Acted on heavy ground in France but has not yet settled down in Britain and was soundly beaten and pulled up in two 2m3f handicaps in the autumn. |
50/1 |
8/1
Form: 5976-8
Last run: 11 days
W: 11st 6lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 92
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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9th 4 |
30th Jan 2023 Good To Soft 1m 7f 195y Class 5 |
11st 7lb |
Ex-Irish maiden; made low-key stable debut in Huntingdon novice this month but no surprise if he gets much more competitive now switched to a low-grade handicap and with that outing under his belt. |
10/1 |
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8th 2 |
13th Jan 2023 Good To Soft 1m 7f 171y Class 4 |
11st 2lb |
Safely held in two bumpers and two maiden hurdles in Ireland last season (all on slow ground) and is probably best watched on today's stable debut. |
33/1 |
16/1
Form: 4-09F5
Last run: 17 days
W: 11st 5lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 91
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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5th 5 |
7th Jan 2023 Soft 1m 7f 50y Class 5 |
11st 7lb |
Overall strike-rate of 3-45 when trained in Ireland but he's 0-12 as a hurdler and yet to be placed; 33-1 when falling early at Taunton. |
33/1 |
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12 |
30th Dec 2022 Good 2m 3f 1y Class 4 |
10st 13lb |
Overall strike-rate of 3-45 when trained in Ireland but he's 0-11 as a hurdler and yet to be placed; last seen struggling on the AW. |
33/1 |
10/1
Form: 40-765
Last run: 27 days
W: 11st 4lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 90
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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6 |
31st Jan 2023 Good To Soft 2m 3f 110y Class 5 |
11st 4lb |
Weighted to go well on Chepstow win last January (2m3f, soft) but he hasn't flourished since and was way back at Leicester recently (in refitted cheekpieces; now first-time blinkered); still has something to prove. |
10/1 |
5/1
Form: 809
Last run: 28 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 90
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 |
31st Jan 2023 Good To Soft 2m 3f 110y Class 5 |
11st 4lb |
Hard to work up enthusiasm for what he achieved in novice hurdles but he won his only point completion last winter and this modest event could be a ripe plum for picking now he goes handicapping up in trip. |
100/30 |
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7 |
28th Jan 2023 Good To Soft 1m 7f 168y Class 5 |
10st 13lb |
Point winner in 2021; failed to land any sort of blow in three novice hurdles towards end of last year but makes his handicap debut in a low-grade event; no surprise if he gets much more competitive this time. |
9/2 |
16/1
Form: P27/97
Last run: 24 days
W: 11st 3lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 89
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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7th 5 |
31st Dec 2022 Soft 2m 3f 0y Class 5 |
11st 8lb |
His second in a Newton Abbot maiden is miles clear of anything else he's achieved; absent for 594 days before finishing well beaten in a Taunton handicap when weak in the betting. |
33/1 |
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9th 2 |
8th Dec 2022 Good 2m 0f 104y Class 5 |
11st 12lb |
125-1 second of eight in a maiden at Newton Abbot (2m2f, good) on penultimate start stands out a mile in his five results in January-April 2021; absent 504 days before this handicap debut. |
16/1 |
7/1
Form: 066
Last run: 23 days
W: 11st 3lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 89
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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3rd 10 |
27th Jan 2023 Good 2m 0f 128y Class 5 |
11st 3lb |
Became disappointing on the Flat for Richard Hannon and was soundly beaten on first two hurdling starts for Neil King; however, he made some fairly encouraging late headway when sixth at Exeter (2m, heavy) on New Year's Day and ought to be suited by the better ground on today's handicap hurdle debut. |
11/1 |
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6th 5 |
1st Jan 2023 Soft 2m 0f 161y Class 4 |
11st 1lb |
Three times runner-up on the Flat for Richard Hannon; tailed off over hurdles at Chepstow and Taunton. |
100/1 |
12/1
Form: 7-9P5
Last run: 15 days
W: 10st 13lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 85
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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12th 8 |
30th Jan 2023 Good To Soft 1m 7f 195y Class 5 |
11st 0lb |
Struggled on first two hurdling starts but was prominent for a long way and displayed some promise when fifth in first-time blinkers at Taunton (2m, soft) this month; needs to improve again here but has potential. |
12/1 |
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5th 2 |
9th Jan 2023 Soft 2m 0f 104y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
Perhaps needed the experience on sole bumper run; has achieved nothing in two novice hurdles (2m/2m3f) since but first-time headgear is a possible source of improvement. |
25/1 |
25/1
Form: 7/502-
Last run: 561 days
W: 10st 12lb
7 yo Mare
OR: 84
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Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
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No Results Found |
12/1
Form: 8P-346
Last run: 25 days
W: 10st 9lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 81
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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6th 16 |
30th Dec 2022 Good 2m 3f 1y Class 4 |
10st 2lb |
Very useful Flat form for Andre Fabre; now 0-9 over hurdles and, after shaping better in first-time cheekpieces when third to Karakoram at Exeter (2m2f; good to soft), he took another backward step at Hereford on soft ground that shouldn't have bothered him; not the easiest to call. |
16/1 |
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4th 12 |
21st Dec 2022 Soft 2m 5f 163y Class 5 |
11st 0lb |
Talented on the Flat in France but failed to win over hurdles for Tim Vaughan (0-7); reinvigorated by first-time cheekpieces when a close third at Exeter (2m2f; good to soft; with Isle of Aron second; 20-1) recently; a possible contender. |
7/1 |
12/1
Form: 6P2225
Last run: 20 days
W: 10st 9lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 81
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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5th 12 |
4th Jan 2023 Soft 2m 3f 147y Class 5 |
10st 11lb |
Won a seller (about 2m2f) last September and has been running consistently in recent starts, most recently when second at Taunton (2m, good); back up in trip but main concern is whether he will handle soft ground; chances if he does. |
7/1 |
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2nd 6 |
8th Dec 2022 Good 2m 0f 104y Class 5 |
10st 9lb |
Stratford selling winner in September; runner-up in handicaps at Wincanton and Ludlow on last two outings and has to be a serious candidate given that this race looks so weak. |
3/1 |
6/1
Form: -7P643
Last run: 61 days
W: 10st 2lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 74
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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3rd 16 |
24th Nov 2022 Good 2m 3f 1y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
Fair fourth of 11 in selling handicap hurdle at Newton Abbot (2m2f, good) in September last time out; however, this maiden is in a tougher race here and is 4lb out of the handicap; others are more compelling. |
25/1 |
100/1
Form: 889-00
Last run: 15 days
W: 10st 2lb
6 yo Mare
OR: 67
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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10th 11 |
9th Jan 2023 Soft 2m 0f 104y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
always towards rear, not fluent 1st |
100/1 |
Verdict
Baliyad and Presgrave have claims if judged on their good-ground form, while handicap debutants Yeomen Warder, Celtic Fortune, Any Biscuits and Clay are all open to significant improvement but, in the absence of anything with a strongly compelling profile, it might be worth chancing PAK ARMY. Brian Barr’s 8yo is well handicapped on some of his Irish form and shaped quite well when fifth at Wincanton on Boxing Day. Dusky Days could still have potential and is second choice.[Chris Wilson]