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19:25 Exeter

She Always Makes Me Smile Novices' Handicap Chase (Class F) (Class F)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 7f 110y
  • Going: Good
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 6.40s
  • 11 Ran
1
Silk - EMERALD GREEN, YELLOW stars, striped sleeves, ROYAL BLUE and YELLOW striped cap
  • Form 450203-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-12

always towards rear, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out

2
Silk - DARK BLUE and YELLOW (halved), DARK BLUE sleeves, YELLOW cap
16/1
  • Form 0/40656-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-9

held up, headway 10th, ridden after 12th, weakened quickly and pulled up before next

3
Silk - Red, Black sash, Black and Red diabolo on sleeves
  • Form 243455-
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-3

always prominent, led 2nd until next, not fluent 6th, led after 8th until 10th, led after 4 out, clear 2 out, stayed on well

4
Silk - Black and White check, White sleeves, Black armlets
12/1
  • Form 0600P-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-2

held up, driven along from 9th, soon weakened, pulled up before 12th

5
Silk - Emerald green, orange hoops, white cap
  • Form 311P0P-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-1

prominent, led 10th, mistake 12th, ridden and headed approaching 4 out, one pace

7
Silk - Beige, Maroon Cross of Lorraine and diamond on cap
  • Form 1P350P-
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-0

led until 2nd, in touch until weakened 11th, pulled up before 12th

8
Silk - Grey and Maroon (quartered), Grey sleeves, Black cap
  • Form 0P/5P53-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-13

soon behind, tailed off from 8th, pulled up before 11th

9
Silk - White, Red Cross of Lorraine and armlets
  • Form 004165-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-11

in touch, ridden after 8th, weakened approaching 11th

11
Silk - WHITE, two PURPLE hoops and sleeves, GOLD cap
10/1
  • Form 2U444U-
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-6

held up rear, ridden and headway after 12th, every chance and blundered 4 out, kept on same pace

12
Silk - DARK BLUE and WHITE check, DARK BLUE sleeves, WHITE cap, DARK BLUE star
  • Form 0/P3310-
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-0

led 3rd until 8th, led after 12th, blundered and headed 4 out, soon ridden, weakened 2 out

13
Silk - Light Green, White diamond and sleeves, Yellow cap
12/1
  • Form 0065P5-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-0

chased leaders, ridden approaching 4 out, soon weakened, blundered last

6
NR
  • Form 235216-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-1

Nonrunner

10
NR
  • Form 31/6P1F-
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-10

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

Be The Tops might prove the answer here over Sterling Dot Com, Good Bone and Shannon Water's. This is an uninspiring contest in which Be The Tops is certainly no good thing, despite the fact that it represents a powerful stable. A winner twice over hurdles last summer, the six-year-old has shown nothing in three outings over fences so far, but can only get better, and this is just the sort of contest that he is likely to come good in, especially now that Tony McCoy is back on board. Sterling Dot Com does not always jump well but ran second in a slightly better race than this, here in December, and so has claims of a sort. Good Bone battled hard to score at Folkestone but then disappointed at Plumpton next time and is another that cannot be backed with confidence. Shannon Water's hacked up on her first start for the Pipe stable at Hereford in March but never looked like repeating the feat when falling at Plumpton later that month. Back over fences, she should should be noted in the market before committing. In a race in which bets are best kept to a minimum, Be The Tops is the pick.