March 19 / 16.30 Exeter

16.30

Soft

Totnes And Bridgetown Races Ltd Novices’ Hunters’ Chase

  • Prize money: £2566.5
  • 3m 0f 54y
  • Class 5
  • 4 runners
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Totnes And Bridgetown Races Ltd Novices’ Hunters’ Chase

Runners: 4 runners

Type: Hunter Chase

Surface: Turf

Weather: Cloudy

Form: 01P573

Last run: 28 days

W: 11st 13lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 116

Form & Verdict
Won Irish point and 2m5f French chase; useful yard debut in a mixed open in January and more than confirmed that promise with a staying-on third in a competitive 2m7f event at Taunton (soft) where she would have been closer but for losing some momentum three out; good chance.
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2

19th Mar 2024

Soft

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

16:30 Exeter

My Reprieve

11st 13lb

J: Miss Ellie Holder

T: T Ellis

Won Irish point and 2m5f French chase; useful yard debut in a mixed open in January and more than confirmed that promise with a staying-on third in a competitive 2m7f event at Taunton (soft) where she would have been closer but for losing some momentum three out; good chance.

9/4

3rd

5

20th Feb 2024

Heavy

2m 7f 3y

Class 5

16:10 Taunton

My Reprieve

11st 13lb

J: Miss Ellie Holder

T: T Ellis

Irish point winner and also successful over fences in France (handled plenty of give underfoot); beaten by a talented ex-Paul Nicholls horse on debut for this yard in a recent 3m point.

3/1

OUR TIP

Form: 6P2/2- BF

Last run: 687 days

W: 11st 12lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 109

Form & Verdict
Won all three Irish points in 2022 when also close up in two hunter chases, over 3m (soft) and 2m7f, but off since May of that year; market can guide on debut for new connections.
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7th

2

3rd May 2024

Good

3m 1f 56y

Class 4

17:45 Cheltenham

Earl Of Desmond

12st 0lb

J: Mr Robert Hawker

T: Henry Oliver

3-3 in Irish points in early 2022 and runner-up in two hunter chases there that spring; however, it was after a long absence when pulled up at Exeter in a hunter chase won by Yippee Ki Yay.

25/1

7th

2

3rd May 2024

Good

3m 1f 56y

Class 4

17:45 Cheltenham

Earl Of Desmond

12st 0lb

J: Mr Robert Hawker

T: Henry Oliver

3-3 in Irish points in early 2022 and runner-up in two hunter chases there that spring; however, it was after a long absence when pulled up at Exeter in a hunter chase won by Yippee Ki Yay.

25/1

Form: 503422

Last run: 8 days

W: 11st 12lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 115

Form & Verdict
Grade 2 hurdle winner in 2020 and bits of form in better races than this in recent times; out of sorts in the autumn but he might well have pegged back Forest Chimes at Stratford (2m5f, heavy) last week with a better jump at the last; this stiffer test can suit; can go well.
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10

11th Apr 2024

Heavy

2m 5f 19y

Class 2

16:05 Aintree

Grand Roi

12st 0lb

J: Mr Tommie M O’Brien

T: Mrs J Owen

Only an 8yo but his rating has capitulated during the last two years and his recent form is nowhere near good enough for a test of this magnitude.

100/1

10

11th Apr 2024

Heavy

2m 5f 19y

Class 2

16:05 Aintree

Grand Roi

12st 0lb

J: Mr Tommie M O’Brien

T: Mrs J Owen

Only an 8yo but his rating has capitulated during the last two years and his recent form is nowhere near good enough for a test of this magnitude.

100/1

4

19th Mar 2024

Soft

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

16:30 Exeter

Grand Roi

11st 12lb

J: Mr Alex Chadwick

T: Mrs J Owen

Grade 2 hurdle winner in 2020 and bits of form in better races than this in recent times; out of sorts in the autumn but he might well have pegged back Forest Chimes at Stratford (2m5f, heavy) last week with a better jump at the last; this stiffer test can suit; can go well.

5/2

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Four point wins in a maiden, restricted and two intermediates; did not run up to market expectations in a mixed open last week and cheekpieces fitted for first run over regulation fences; needs big effort to figure.
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2nd

7

24th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 136y

Class 5

19:37 Chepstow

Yippee Ki Yay

11st 12lb

J: Mr Ivor Herbert

T: Mrs N Sheppard

Track and going types come alike to this former Kelso and Exeter hunter chase winner (soft and good to soft); 11l behind a rival later drubbed by Stumps Or Slips on his most recent hunter chase start, but confidence levels topped up with an easy point win at Eyton-on-Severn (good to firm) since.

4/1

2nd

3

17th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

17:13 Exeter

Yippee Ki Yay

12st 6lb

J: Mr Ivor Herbert

T: Mrs N Sheppard

Won twice under rules (once over C&D) in 2024; slightly disappointing when favourite for his latest point but the form of his first two runs this season reads quite well in this context; no surprise if he features.

16/1

30

3rd Apr 2025

Good To Soft

2m 5f 19y

Class 2

16:05 Aintree

Yippee Ki Yay

12st 0lb

J: Mr Ivor Herbert

T: Matt Sheppard

Won two hunter chases last year but those wins were in much easier races and he doesn't look in the same form now.

100/1

Non-runners

Forest Chimes

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

My Reprieve

Daily Mail:

Grand Roi

POSTDATA:

Forest Chimes

RP RATINGS:

My Reprieve

TOPSPEED:

My Reprieve

The Times:

My Reprieve

Telegraph:

My Reprieve

The Guardian:

My Reprieve

Daily Mirror:

My Reprieve

D Express:

Grand Roi

The Sun:

Grand Roi

The Star:

Grand Roi

Daily Record:

Grand Roi