April 07 / 17.10 Exeter

17.10

Good

Totnes And Bridgetown Races Company Ltd Open Hunters’ Chase

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

Runners: 7 runners

Type: Hunter Chase

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

OUR TIP

5/1 (Won)

  • Win: £8.30
  • Place: £1.70

Form: 11162F

Last run: 89 days

W: 12st 6lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 120

Form & Verdict
Bought out of Olly Murphy's yard for £26,000; on the retreat but had run well when falling three out at Taunton in January and was close up behind respected opposition in his latest point; could go well.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

1st

1

24th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 136y

Class 5

19:37 Chepstow

Stumps Or Slips

12st 6lb

J: Mr Zac Baker

T: Edward William Walker

Rampant in sub-3m good-ground hurdle races and chases last summer, and has the beating of Yippee Ki Yay on a line through Macklin, whom he trounced at Exeter last time (3m, good); still fairly lightly raced over this sort of trip, and drying forecast rates a big plus.

11/8

1st

1

7th Apr 2026

Good

3m 0f 54y

Class 4

17:10 Exeter

Stumps Or Slips

12st 6lb

J: Mr Zac Baker

T: Edward William Walker

Bought out of Olly Murphy's yard for £26,000; on the retreat but had run well when falling three out at Taunton in January and was close up behind respected opposition in his latest point; could go well.

5/1

1

14th Oct 2025

Good

2m 4f 139y

Class 4

14:21 Market Rasen

Stumps Or Slips

11st 7lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

Kicked off for this yard with three wins in handicap chases and added a 2m4f novice hurdle at Worcester; not sure what happened back there last time in a handicap hurdle but it wasn't his true form; does have to carry a penalty.

6/4

8/11

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 1/1/31 CD

Last run: 21 days

W: 12st 2lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 128

Form & Verdict
7-11 in points and his rules form is useful, having finished third at Cheltenham last May and winning as he liked here last month; looks the one to beat.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

2nd

3

7th Apr 2026

Good

3m 0f 54y

Class 4

17:10 Exeter

Macklin

12st 2lb

J: Mr Joshua Newman

T: Will Biddick

7-11 in points and his rules form is useful, having finished third at Cheltenham last May and winning as he liked here last month; looks the one to beat.

8/11

1st

8

17th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

17:13 Exeter

Macklin

12st 2lb

J: Mr Joshua Newman

T: Will Biddick

Multiple point winner who was very respectable third of five at Cheltenham (3m2f, good) last spring and was clear winner of good-quality open point at Badbury Rings (3m, good) when back in action last month; looks the one to beat here.

6/5

3rd

3

2nd May 2025

Good

3m 2f 70y

Class 4

18:20 Cheltenham

Macklin

12st 4lb

J: Mr William Biddick

T: Will Biddick

raced in last but in touch with leaders, went fourth after 10th, disputing second when hit 15th, outpaced after 3 out, stayed on run-in

7/2

Form: 424-24

Last run: 29 days

W: 11st 12lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 110

Form & Verdict
Won over hurdles in 2023 for the Hobbs/White operation; beaten in two points before finishing well held at Stratford recently.
Place /
No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

4th

4

13th May 2026

Good

3m 1f 170y

Class 5

20:00 Newton Abbot

High Game Royal

12st 0lb

J: Mr Nicholas Romain

T: Mrs R A Romain

Beaten between 17l and 33l in his last three hunter chases, getting outpaced at trips from 2m5f to 3m1f; tongue-tie is now added; probably playing for minor money.

16/1

3rd

2

1st May 2026

Good

3m 1f 100y

Class 4

17:40 Warwick

High Game Royal

12st 0lb

J: Mr Nicholas Romain

T: Mrs R A Romain

Outpaced on all four starts this year, latterly in hunter chases at Stratford (2m5f) and Exeter (3m), on which evidence the marathon on this card might have been a more comfortable fit; others are more persuasive.

20/1

3rd

8

7th Apr 2026

Good

3m 0f 54y

Class 4

17:10 Exeter

High Game Royal

11st 12lb

J: Mr Nicholas Romain

T: Mrs R A Romain

Won over hurdles in 2023 for the Hobbs/White operation; beaten in two points before finishing well held at Stratford recently.

20/1

Form: 21472P D

Last run: 21 days

W: 12st 2lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 112

Form & Verdict
18-1 when pulled up in Macklin's race here last month and only third of four runners in subsequent point.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

1st

2

30th May 2026

Good To Firm

2m 4f 205y

Class 4

20:20 Stratford

Gateau De Miel

11st 9lb

J: Tom Broughton

T: Fergal O’Brien

His second success over fences came at this track (2m6f, good) last June; has been beaten in hunter chases/points since and makes stable debut; may be better suited by 3m but not out of this.

2/1

4th

2

7th Apr 2026

Good

3m 0f 54y

Class 4

17:10 Exeter

Gateau De Miel

12st 2lb

J: Mr Thomas Stanley

T: Myles Osborne

18-1 when pulled up in Macklin's race here last month and only third of four runners in subsequent point.

25/1

6

17th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

17:13 Exeter

Gateau De Miel

12st 2lb

J: Mr Thomas Stanley

T: Myles Osborne

Won Class 4 Stratford handicap (2m6f, good) last June and returned from layoff with creditable second in Wincanton hunter chase (2m4f, good to soft) three weeks ago; that form puts him on the premises here and he stays 3m perfectly well but he's far too inconsistent to rely upon.

10/1

Form: 3-P

Last run: 340 days

W: 11st 12lb

9 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Only 2-34 in points and has struggled badly in that scene this year; no appeal.
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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: F-P

Last run: 340 days

W: 11st 5lb

10 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Sole point win came when finishing alone and that was in 2023; absent since last May.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

6th

10

7th Apr 2026

Good

3m 0f 54y

Class 4

17:10 Exeter

Daisy Yeats

11st 5lb

J: Mr Huw Edwards

T: Mrs S Prouse

Sole point win came when finishing alone and that was in 2023; absent since last May.

66/1

3

2nd May 2025

Good

3m 1f 56y

Class 4

18:55 Cheltenham

Daisy Yeats

11st 8lb

J: Mr James King

T: Mrs S Prouse

held up in last, in touch with leaders when hit 3 out, soon weakened, pulled up 2 out

25/1

3

2nd May 2025

Good

3m 1f 56y

Class 4

18:55 Cheltenham

Daisy Yeats

11st 8lb

J: Mr James King

T: Mrs S Prouse

held up in last, in touch with leaders when hit 3 out, soon weakened, pulled up 2 out

25/1

Form: /3F2-5 D

Last run: 21 days

W: 11st 12lb

11 yo Gelding

OR: 105

Form & Verdict
Four wins under rules divided between hurdles and fences but at an ordinary level; 66-1 when tailed off behind Macklin here last month.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
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

Non-runners

Mr Glass, Corporal Jackjones, Franco De Port

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £11.10
Straight Forecast £6.70
Trifecta £40.80

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Macklin

RP RATINGS:

Macklin

TOPSPEED:

Macklin

POSTDATA:

Macklin

The Times:

Macklin

Telegraph:

Macklin

The Guardian:

Macklin

Daily Mail:

Macklin

D Express:

Macklin

Daily Mirror:

Macklin

The Sun:

Macklin

The Star:

Macklin

Daily Record:

Macklin