March 26 / 14.17 Exeter

14.17

Good To Soft

Bet At racingtv.com Mares’ Handicap Chase

  • Prize money: £4752.9
  • 3m 0f 54y
  • Class 5
  • 9 runners
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Bet At racingtv.com Mares’ Handicap Chase

Runners: 9 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

12/1 (Won)

  • Win: £12.50
  • Place: £3.20

Form: 54-7P4

Last run: 34 days

W: 10st 8lb

6 yo Mare

OR: 85

Form & Verdict
Irish point winner; modest hurdler and limitations already looking exposed as a chaser, for all that she ran better in the cheekpieces at Lingfield (2m7f, good); perhaps vulnerable once more.
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1st

5

26th Mar 2023

Good To Soft

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

14:17 Exeter

Havanella

10st 8lb

J: Brendan Powell

T: Oliver Sherwood

Irish point winner; modest hurdler and limitations already looking exposed as a chaser, for all that she ran better in the cheekpieces at Lingfield (2m7f, good); perhaps vulnerable once more.

12/1

4th

7

20th Feb 2023

Good

2m 7f 110y

Class 5

16:45 Lingfield

Havanella

11st 0lb

J: Brendan Powell

T: Oliver Sherwood

Irish point winner but she's yet to finish placed under rules and has struggled switched to fences (tailed off/pulled up) in her last two runs; dropped another 5lb but has plenty to prove with cheekpieces now tried.

16/1

5/2

  • Place: £1.70

Form: -34222 BF

Last run: 13 days

W: 11st 4lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 95

Form & Verdict
1-1 in Irish points; now 0-12 under rules (0-5 chasing) but her heart seems in the right place and she's not been doing a great deal wrong in defeat; trip/ground fine and should be thereabouts.
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1

7th May 2025

Good

3m 1f 210y

Class 5

19:40 Fontwell

River Tyne

12st 0lb

J: James Davies

T: Nick Gifford

10lb higher than when taking this race 12 months ago but won again here on Boxing Day off this mark; not the most consistent of mares but she's dangerous to discount given her liking for the track.

7/1

1

7th May 2025

Good

3m 1f 210y

Class 5

19:40 Fontwell

River Tyne

12st 0lb

J: James Davies

T: Nick Gifford

10lb higher than when taking this race 12 months ago but won again here on Boxing Day off this mark; not the most consistent of mares but she's dangerous to discount given her liking for the track.

7/1

3rd

3

23rd Mar 2025

Good

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

16:48 Exeter

River Tyne

11st 3lb

J: James Davies

T: Nick Gifford

pressed leader, prominent from 3rd, went second again 11th, lost second 4 out, weakened after 3 out

100/30

12/1

  • Place: £2.30

Form: -3066P CD

Last run: 10 days

W: 10st 4lb

11 yo Mare

OR: 81

Form & Verdict
Dual C&D winner last March, latterly in this very race off a 13lb higher mark; the fact she's back down the weights tells its own story but returning here might trigger a response; too well-in to ignore.
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7

8th Mar 2024

Soft

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

15:40 Exeter

Wind Tor

10st 6lb

J: Miss Chloe Emsley

T: Polly Gundry

Difficult to quantify her form in two points this winter; debatable whether she retains peak ability aged 12 but the return to Exeter is a plus, being 2-3 over C&D; those two wins came off higher marks in March 2022.

10/1

3rd

5

17th May 2023

Soft

3m 1f 170y

Class 5

15:10 Newton Abbot

Wind Tor

11st 0lb

J: Miss Chloe Emsley

T: Polly Gundry

Latest three efforts have been a return to some form but this thorough stayer has always looked best at Exeter on genuinely soft ground; could be in the shake-up if conditions don't dry too much.

8/1

4th

9

28th Apr 2023

Good

3m 2f 54y

Class 5

17:20 Chepstow

Wind Tor

10st 7lb

J: Miss Chloe Emsley

T: Polly Gundry

Last season's form was much better; third over 3m at Exeter (scene of her only two wins under rules) one month ago and not disgraced at Fontwell nine days later; considered each-way.

9/1

Form: 7892UU

Last run: 21 days

W: 10st 2lb

6 yo Mare

OR: 77

Form & Verdict
Point winner who was placed over hurdles; unseated in both her chase starts but would probably have been very competitive had she not sprawled on landing late on at Huntingdon three weeks ago (2m7f, good); being 2lb out of the weights is not ideal but she's respected.
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5

18th Feb 2024

Soft

3m 0f 60y

Class 5

13:55 Southwell

Ya Know Yaseff

10st 11lb

J: Jack Tudor

T: David Pipe

Hit the ground running when first tried in blinkers, winning twice (2m7f, good; 3m2f, good to soft); patchy since but two runs back she was runner-up on soft at Wincanton (3m1f) and that brings her into it.

7/2

0

6

15th Jan 2024

Good

3m 1f 44y

Class 5

13:37 Hereford

Ya Know Yaseff

10st 11lb

J: Jack Tudor

T: David Pipe

Won twice when fitted with blinkers in September (2m7f/3m2f) and looked as good as ever when second at Wincanton (3m1f, soft) last month; not one to rely upon heavily but will be fine on today's ground and features prominently in calculations.

7/2

OUR TIP

Form: 6263-8

Last run: 142 days

W: 11st 11lb

6 yo Mare

OR: 102

Form & Verdict
Has only had the five runs but she was beaten 15l here on her handicap debut over hurdles (2m5f, good) and doesn't look well handicapped off 3lb lower unless she can raise her game now chasing.
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4th

4

24th Apr 2024

Good

3m 2f 57y

Class 4

17:50 Taunton

Head And Heart

11st 8lb

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White

Came clear to win a 3m1f soft-ground chase at Warwick in January (2lb lower; first-time cheekpieces) but it's all gone pear shaped in the meantime; perhaps another change of headgear will work the oracle but it's not hard to have doubts.

10/1

4th

4

24th Apr 2024

Good

3m 2f 57y

Class 4

17:50 Taunton

Head And Heart

11st 8lb

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White

Came clear to win a 3m1f soft-ground chase at Warwick in January (2lb lower; first-time cheekpieces) but it's all gone pear shaped in the meantime; perhaps another change of headgear will work the oracle but it's not hard to have doubts.

10/1

1

7th Apr 2024

Heavy

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

16:45 Exeter

Head And Heart

12st 0lb

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White

Failed to complete last two races and her tendency to clout the occasional fence remains a worry but she looked good when winning in first-time cheekpieces at Warwick (3m1f, soft) in January and is probably still on a workable mark.

11/2

Form: 8211-4

Last run: 59 days

W: 11st 13lb

6 yo Mare

OR: 104

Form & Verdict
Won back-to-back handicap hurdles on good ground at Newton Abbot (2m5f) for Paul Nicholls during July 2021; not seen again until two months ago when an encouraging 5l fourth (of six) on her chase/stable debut at Wetherby (2m3f, soft); should be sharper for that and promises to stay this far; player.
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6th

6

16th Dec 2023

Good

3m 1f 44y

Class 2

13:00 Hereford

Stanley Stanley

11st 4lb

J: Shane Quinlan

T: Venetia Williams

Jumping was looking an issue but she was excellent in that department when making all under Shane Quinlan at Ffos Las (3m, soft; has won on good) when last seen in May, beating Shirocco's Dream; returns off 8lb higher following wind surgery; one of three runners for local yard with an excellent record in this race.

13/2

1st

4

9th May 2023

Good

2m 7f 177y

Class 4

16:10 Ffos Las

Stanley Stanley

11st 8lb

J: Shane Quinlan

T: Venetia Williams

Ended time with Paul Nicholls with two 2m5f hurdle wins (good) in the summer of 2021; encouraging chase debut back from absence for new yard at Wetherby in January (2m3f, soft) but was beaten a long way out over 3m at Exeter in March; hard to know which way she'll go today.

12/1

6th

2

26th Mar 2023

Good To Soft

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

14:17 Exeter

Stanley Stanley

11st 13lb

J: Harry Bannister

T: Venetia Williams

Won back-to-back handicap hurdles on good ground at Newton Abbot (2m5f) for Paul Nicholls during July 2021; not seen again until two months ago when an encouraging 5l fourth (of six) on her chase/stable debut at Wetherby (2m3f, soft); should be sharper for that and promises to stay this far; player.

11/4

Form: -3U345

Last run: 16 days

W: 10st 3lb

10 yo Mare

OR: 80

Form & Verdict
Only 1-19 under rules, 1-11 as a chaser; below par back over hurdles last time but had been running okay in this discipline, notably when beaten about 9l into fourth here on her final attempt when 2m3f would have been on the sharp side; can make her presence felt off a fair mark.
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5th

8

24th Apr 2024

Good

3m 2f 57y

Class 4

17:50 Taunton

Kingsmill Gin

10st 5lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Jackie Du Plessis

Defied a similar mark in good fashion at Exeter 13 months ago (3m, good to soft; only four runs back); ran well for a long way on reappearance but was tired when pulled up again on heavy ground at Exeter 17 days ago; under these less demanding conditions she should go well if as good as she was.

8/1

5th

8

24th Apr 2024

Good

3m 2f 57y

Class 4

17:50 Taunton

Kingsmill Gin

10st 5lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Jackie Du Plessis

Defied a similar mark in good fashion at Exeter 13 months ago (3m, good to soft; only four runs back); ran well for a long way on reappearance but was tired when pulled up again on heavy ground at Exeter 17 days ago; under these less demanding conditions she should go well if as good as she was.

8/1

8

7th Apr 2024

Heavy

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

16:45 Exeter

Kingsmill Gin

10st 10lb

J: James Best

T: Jackie Du Plessis

Returned to form with 6l C&D (good to soft) win just under a year ago and put in good front-running shift when fifth on heavy ground here on seasonal reappearance in January; one to consider.

8/1

Form: U24334

Last run: 24 days

W: 12st 1lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 106

Form & Verdict
Not beaten far over hurdles and fences in her three runs since the cheekpieces went on, from 2m4f to 2m7f (good or good to soft); however, she looks high in the weights unless she benefits from wind surgery and a visor.
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1

26th Mar 2023

Good To Soft

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

14:17 Exeter

Merry Mistress

12st 1lb

J: Tom Bellamy

T: David Dennis

Not beaten far over hurdles and fences in her three runs since the cheekpieces went on, from 2m4f to 2m7f (good or good to soft); however, she looks high in the weights unless she benefits from wind surgery and a visor.

6/1

4th

7

2nd Mar 2023

Good

2m 4f 11y

Class 4

13:50 Ludlow

Merry Mistress

11st 1lb

J: Tom Bellamy

T: David Dennis

Seemed to respond well to first-time cheekpieces when placed in big-field handicap hurdle at Huntingdon (2m4f, good to soft) in January and wasn't beaten far when third of four on recent chasing debut there (2m7f, good); ought to be on the premises again here.

9/2

3rd

2

9th Feb 2023

Good To Soft

2m 7f 129y

Class 4

13:15 Huntingdon

Merry Mistress

11st 6lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: David Dennis

Won three handicap hurdles last season (1m7f-2m3f, good/soft) and returned to form in first-time cheekpieces to finish third of 17 over 2m4f here 13 days ago; has stamina to prove over this longer trip but should make a chaser.

5/1

Form: 0993P-

Last run: 377 days

W: 10st 2lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 64

Form & Verdict
Uncompetitive in bumpers and over hurdles for this yard before going 1-8 in points; could raise her game now chasing but this is a big ask from well out of the weights.
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3rd

6

19th Apr 2025

Soft

3m 1f 170y

Class 5

16:54 Newton Abbot

Firefly Lane

10st 4lb

J: Ben Godfrey

T: Jimmy Frost

in rear, hit 6th

8/1

3rd

6

19th Apr 2025

Soft

3m 1f 170y

Class 5

16:54 Newton Abbot

Firefly Lane

10st 4lb

J: Ben Godfrey

T: Jimmy Frost

in rear, hit 6th

8/1

3rd

5

9th Apr 2025

Good To Firm

2m 7f 3y

Class 5

16:58 Taunton

Firefly Lane

11st 3lb

J: Charlie Deutsch

T: Jimmy Frost

Sole success under rules came at Newton Abbot (2m5f, soft) in September but she was beaten about 20l on last two starts, last time weakening quickly over C&D in January; now back down to her winning mark, with Charlie Deutsch taking over, but comes with risks attached.

8/1

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Payout
Exacta £55.60
Straight Forecast £48.00
Tricast £270.35
Trifecta £438.80

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

River Tyne

Telegraph:

Ya Know Yaseff

RP Ratings:

River Tyne

TOPSPEED:

River Tyne

POSTDATA:

River Tyne

The Times:

River Tyne

D Express:

River Tyne

Daily Mirror:

River Tyne

The Sun:

River Tyne

The Star:

River Tyne

Daily Record:

River Tyne