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13:50 Exeter
EBF Mares' Novices' Chase (Class 3)
- 3 Runners
- Distance: 2m 1f 109y
- Going: Heavy
- Surface: Turf
- £12,900 added
- Winner: £7,473
- 2nd: £2,194
- 3rd: £1,097
- 4th: £549
- Form 10/2F-21
- Age 8
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 131
- Trainer A J Honeyball
- Jockey Aidan Coleman
made all, went right 2 out, shaken up and went clear last, stayed on well, unchallenged
- Form 15/216P-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 122
- Trainer D G Bridgwater
- Jockey Brendan Powell
chased winner throughout, awkward 2nd, not fluent 4th, ridden between last 2, held
- Form 12P9-F4
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 122
last throughout, outpaced and struggling 4th, no chance when went right 4 out (normal 5 out), tailed off
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Winning point-to-pointer Sea Destination has been beaten a long way in her two starts over regulation fences. Outofthisworld has won a bumper and scored over hurdles but her jumping has been sketchy to say the least over timber. She may do better over the bigger obstacles, a remark that also applies to Dame du Soir, a dual bumper winner in France and a winner at Leicester over timber, who ended the last campaign in the Grade 2 Mares' Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham. MIDNIGHT TUNE is very smart over hurdles, winning a Grade 2 at Sandown last year. She was a long odds-on chance when making all over fences at Uttoxeter last month and will be very difficult to catch.
Formwatch
Midnight Tune 4-9fav (10-12) Made all, clear 3 out, unchallenged, won at Uttoxeter 3m (3) hvy in Nov beating The Toojumpa (10-12) by 32l, 4 ran.
Dame du Soir (FR) 100-1 (11-2) Held up, mid-division when not fluent 3 out, lost place before 2 out, well behind when pulled up before last, at Cheltenham 2m 1f (1) gs in Mar.
Outofthisworld (IRE) 15-2 (12-1) Tracked leader, not fluent and stumbled 6th, ridden 3 out, led approaching next, soon headed, kept on one pace, 4th of 8, 1 3/4l behind Mabela (11-0) at Taunton 2m 3f hcp (4) gd in Nov.
Sea Destination (IRE) 66-1 (10-9) Held up last, gained a place at 5th, detached 8th, tailed off, 5th of 6, dist behind Esprit Du Large (11-2) at Exeter 2m 3f (3) sft in Nov.