Racecards
16:00 Exeter
Racing Welfare Week Novices' Chase (Class D)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 2m 1f 110y
- Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
Bow Strada
17- Form 11F01-2
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey S Durack
chased leader, led 3rd, clear 5th, ridden approaching 4 out, headed 2 out, rallied last, no extra final 50 yards
- Form 200120-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
held up in touch, not fluent 3rd, mistake 4th and lost touch and jumped left 7th and 8th, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
- Form P-43225
- Age 9
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer D Turner
- Jockey Mrs A Hand
always behind, tailed off from 7th
Ruby Gale (IRE)
187- Form 210212-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey Ruby Walsh
chased leaders, challenged 3 out, ridden and every chance and fell 2 out
- Form 0/11004-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Miss H Knight
- Jockey J Culloty
led to 3rd, chased leader, ridden approaching 4 out, led 2 out, hard ridden and ran on from last
In depth
Verdict
An cracking novice chase for this time of year, and you can guarantee there will be plenty of winners come out of this. Bow Strada was just about the best of these over hurdles and he is sure to run well, as is Idaho D'Ox, who is sure to have been well schooled, but the one reservation about the latter is, he did fall twice as a five-year-old, when tackling fences in France. This could rest between Stars Out Tonight and Ruby Gale. The former is a nice scopey sort, who is sure to do better over the larger obsacles, but he did finish six lengths behind Ruby Gale on his last outing and the latter is taken to come out on top again. The stable won this last year with the useful St Pirran and Ruby Gale is taken to win a fascinating contest.