Cheltenham Festival 2025 Race Result Exeter, Thu, 6th Oct, 2016, Richard Merton Memorial Novices´ Handicap Hurdle of £5,000.00 3-y-o plus| irishracing.com

2.20 Richard Merton Memorial Novices´ Handicap Hurdle of £5,000.00 3-y-o plus(Class 4) 2m. 5f. 135yds.

Exeter Results Thu, 6th Oct, 2016

Going - Good to Firm (Firm in places).

Placepot Pool - £58,699.94 Winning Units - 146.29 Dividend - £292.90. Quadpot Pool - £6,718.05 Winning Units - 387.15 Dividend - £12.80. Place Six Dividend - £88.62. Place Five Dividend - £31.19.

Richard Merton Memorial Novices´ Handicap Hurdle of £5,000.00 3-y-o plus (Class 4) 2m. 5f. 135yds.

1st - £3,249.00, 2nd - £954.00, 3rd - £477.00, 4th - £238.00 11 Ran

1st

I'm In Charge (GB) 11-8 (Mr J Grant Cann)
ts⁺ Rated 100
Rakaposhi King - Cloudy Pearl (GB)(Cloudings (IRE))
Breeder - Shade Oak Stud & Mr D. Jenks

(Morning price: 16/1 14/1 12/1)
(Ring price: 10/1 9/1 10/1 12/1) SP 12/1

J G Cann

Nick Scholfield

Tote Win £11.70 Place £2.70

held up towards rear on outside, slightly hampered on bend before 6th, closed 7th, led 3 out, clear flat, comfortably

10th Jun, 16 Aintree
p.u. Hcp Chs Rated 121 This
Race 14th Oct, 16 Wincanton
2nd Hcp Chs Rated 120

2nd

Somerset Lias (IRE) 11-8 (Mr D R Fear)
Rated 100
Golan (IRE) - Presenting Gayle (IRE)(Presenting (GB))

(Morning price: 7/1 5/1 11/2 5/1 6/1 11/2 6/1)
(Ring price: 9/1 17/2 9/1 17/2 8/1 15/2 7/1) SP 7/1

R Buckler

L Heard

Place £2.40

led, jumped left at times, headed before 6th, led after 4 out, headed 3 out, stayed on same pace last, no impression on winner

16th May, 16 Kempton
fell Hcp Chs Rated 100 This
Race 20th Oct, 16 Ludlow
5th Hcp Chs Rated 99

3rd

0.5L

Motts Cross (IRE) 11-11 (Mrs S M Trump)
cp⁶ Rated 103
Scorpion (IRE) - Rainy Season(Silly Season)
Breeder - K. P. O'Driscoll

(Morning price: 8/1 7/1 5/1 9/2 5/1 9/2 4/1 9/2)
(Ring price: 6/1 13/2 7/1 13/2) SP 13/2

C Down

L P Aspell

Place £2.30

held up in touch, lost place 2nd, closed from 7th, disputing 2nd 2 out, no impression on winner last, stayed on same pace

21st Jun, 16 Newton Abbot
7th Hcp Hdl Rated 103 This
Race 20th Dec, 18 Exeter
7th Hcp Hdl Rated 98

4th

1.5L

Court King (IRE) 11-10 (Mr Gwilym J Morris)
hd³ Rated 95
Indian River (FR) - Eliza Everett (IRE)(Meneval (USA))
Breeder - Cecil and Martin McCracken

(Morning price: 2/1 5/4 11/8 6/4 11/8 5/4 11/8 6/4 11/8)
(Ring price: 13/8 6/4 11/8 5/4 6/5 5/4 11/8 5/4) SP 5/4fav

Peter Bowen

Sean Bowen

tracked leaders, niggled along 8th, closed 3 out, disputing 2nd 2 out, 4th and beaten last

28th Sep, 16 Bangor-on-Dee
1st Hcp Hdl Rated 89 This
Race 25th Oct, 16 Bangor-on-Dee
2nd Hcp Hdl Rated 105

5th

1.25L

Layerthorpe (IRE) 10-12 (Mr C A Hanbury)
Rated 90
Vale Of York (IRE) - Strobinia (IRE)(Soviet Star (USA))
Breeder - Keatly Overseas Ltd

(Morning price: 33/1)
(Ring price: 25/1 20/1) SP 20/1

Mrs D Hamer

T E Whelan

held up in rear, hampered bend before 6th, headway after 4 out, never able to get on terms

30th Aug, 16 Worcester
fell Hcp Hdl Rated 96 This
Race 21st Jun, 18 Ffos Las
2nd Hcp Hdl Rated 83

6th

14L

Theboss On Thehill (IRE) 10-7 (Mr P Melarkey)
Rated 90
Bach (IRE) - Consproblem (IRE)(Mazaad)
Breeder - Con Collins

(Morning price: 40/1)
(Ring price: 40/1 50/1 40/1 33/1 28/1 25/1 20/1 16/1) SP 16/1

B Barr

Michael Heard(5)

pressed leader, led before 6th, headed after 4 out, no extra 2 out

6th Sep, 16 Worcester
5th Hcp Hdl Rated 95 This
Race 30th Oct, 16 Huntingdon
7th Hcp Hdl Rated 85

7th

10L

Trakeur (FR) 9-12 (Mrs Julie Whatley & Mrs Sandra Boggon)
cp⁷ Rated 81
Myrakalu (FR) - Nataly (FR)(Ragmar (FR))

(Morning price: 22/1 20/1)
(Ring price: 25/1 28/1 33/1) SP 33/1

S Hodgson

Thomas Cheesman(5)

chasing leaders 2nd, lost place before 3 out

12th Sep, 16 Worcester
4th Hcp Chs Rated 59 This
Race 14th Oct, 16 Wincanton
2nd Mdn Hdl Rated 74

8th

47L

Madam Be (GB) 10-1 (Brian Barr Racing Club)
ts¹cp¹ Rated 82
Kayf Tara (GB) - Mrs Be (IRE)(Be My Native (USA))

(Morning price: 20/1 18/1 20/1)
(Ring price: 16/1 14/1 12/1) SP 12/1

B Barr

Thomas Garner(3)

towards rear, hampered on bend before 6th, soon ridden and struggling

12th Sep, 16 Worcester
p.u. Hcp Chs Rated 80 This
Race

9th

17L

Replacement Plan (IRE) 10-11 (Eight Ball Partnership)
cp⁶ Rated 89
Flemensfirth (USA) - Shannon Pearl (IRE)(Oscar (IRE))
Breeder - R McCarthy

(Morning price: 14/1 11/1 10/1)
SP 14/1

R M Woollacott

D A Jacob

chased leaders, slipped badly and lost place in bend before 6th, well behind after

24th Aug, 16 Stratford
6th Hcp Chs Rated 87 This
Race 14th Oct, 16 Wincanton
3rd Hcp Chs Rated 85

p.u.

Juwireya (GB) 11-7 (The Juwireya Partnership)
Rated 104
Nayef (USA) - Katayeb (IRE)(Machiavellian (USA))

(Morning price: 12/1 9/1 15/2 8/1 15/2 11/2 6/1)
(Ring price: 11/2 6/1 13/2 7/1 8/1 17/2 9/1 10/1) SP 10/1

Philip Hobbs

C Gethings(5)

held up in touch, looked to be struck into and pulled up on bend before 6th

18th Sep, 16 Uttoxeter
3rd Hcp Hdl Rated 104 This
Race

p.u.

Vinnie Trenta (IRE) 11-0 (Mr A J Whiting)
Rated 92
Vinnie Roe (IRE) - Proud Trenta (IRE)(King's Ride)
Breeder - Jim Casey

(Morning price: 25/1 33/1)
(Ring price: 33/1 40/1 50/1) SP 50/1

A Whiting

W T Kennedy

in rear, jumped left and not fluent 1st, hampered bend before 6th, never involved, looked to go wrong and pulled up after last

7th Jun, 16 Fontwell
7th Hcp Hdl Rated 94 This
Race

Off 2.21
Time 5m. 5.10 secs, which is 8.82 secs faster than the course average on today's going
CSF- £91.53
Tricast- £601.39.

Non runners Desert Sensation , Jack Snipe (GB)
2015 Do We Like Him 5 11-9 Tom Cannon 8/1 (C Gordon)
2014 Ni Sin E Mo Ainm 6 11-4 Michael Byrne 7/2 (Neil Mulholland)
2013 Cruising Bye 7 10-6 T J O'Brien 10/3 (Peter Bowen)
2012 Annaluna 3 10-2 Aidan Coleman 11/4JFav (David Evans)
2011 Fresher Fishing 7 11-1 D F O'Regan 11/2 (V Dartnall)

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Exeter Results Thu, 6th Oct, 2016

Richard Merton Memorial Novices´ Handicap Hurdle of £5,000.00 3-y-o plus (Class 4) 2m. 5f. 135yds.