Racecards
13:53 Exeter
Watch Irish Racing On RacingTV Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Class 4)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 2m 5f 137y
- Going: Good to Soft (Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £7,500 added
- Winner: £4,084
- 2nd: £1,882
- 3rd: £940
- 4th: £471
- Form P/2-151
- Age 7
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 137
- Trainer K C Bailey
- Jockey David Bass
Made all, not fluent 3 out, pressed and ridden after 2 out, kept on, edged left run-in, always doing enough
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer R Mitford-Slade
- Jockey M G Nolan
in rear, ridden and struggling 5 out, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out
- Form 3-423P1
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 113
- Trainer C L Tizzard
- Jockey Brendan Powell
chased front pair, pushed along and pressed leader after 2 out, ridden and every chance last, kept on but always held
- Form 56-226
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer B Lund
- Jockey Benjamin Poste
rear mid-division, headway into 4th after 4 out, pushed along before 2 out, ridden and hung left after last, never troubled leaders
- Form 833
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Nicky Martin
- Jockey David Prichard
front mid-division, went prominent before 5 out, ridden before 3 out, ran on one pace
Pencil (IRE)
40- Form P
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Nicky Martin
- Jockey Charlie Deutsch
unruly start, tracked leader, pushed along and lost position 4 out, soon well behind, unseated rider 2 out
- Form P-205
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer J Tickle
- Jockey David Noonan
towards rear, ridden after 4 out, tailed off
Verdict
FAIR FRONTIERES looks a cut above these and can defy a double penalty. He added to an earlier maiden success when beating a subsequent winner in a novices' race at Warwick last month and Kim Bailey’s charge is clear of Earth Business on today’s terms. The latter opened his account with victory in a conditionals’ handicap over a shorter trip here and escapes a penalty while Lucky So And So posted his best effort so far when third of four runners at Hereford and is preferred to stablemate Pencil of the remainder.
Formwatch
Fair Frontieres (IRE) 5-1 (11-7) Made all, not fluent when pressed 2 out, not fluent last, driven out, won at Warwick 2m 5f (4) gs in Feb beating Earth Lord (11-7) by 1 1/4l, 3 ran.
Crafty Mastercraftsman gelding out of Kya One.
Earth Business (IRE) 15-2 (11-9) Tracked leaders, travelled strongly and made headway to challenge at 3 out, joined leaders at 2 out, ran on well to lead after final hurdle, won comfortably, won at Exeter 2m 3f hcp (4) gs in Feb beating Bari Breeze (11-2) by 2 3/4l, 11 ran.
Glengeever (IRE) 28-1 (11-3) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 6f out until 4f out, soon weakened, 6th of 7, dist behind Ernest Gray (11-10) at Warwick 2m (5) gs in Mar.
Lucky So And So (IRE) 3-1 (10-12) Raced in last, outpaced after 9th, went 3rd before 2 out, kept on flat, almost took 2nd, no impression on winner, 3rd of 4, 8 1/2l behind Grace A Vous Enki (10-12) at Hereford 3m 2f (4) gs in Feb.
Pencil (IRE) 16-1 (11-7) Towards rear, tailed off and pulled up before 4 out, at Ffos Las 2m 6f mdn (4) sft in Feb.
School For Scandal (FR) 40-1 (11-5) Last pair, outpaced and struggling 4 out, tailed off, 5th of 6, dist behind Bluffmeifyoucan (11-5) at Exeter 2m 3f (4) sft in Feb.