3.50 2m. 161yds. 4 Declared. City Of Exeter Handicap Hurdle (Class 4 ) of £10,000.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €5,281.00 2nd - €2,430.00 3rd - €1,215.00 4th - €608.00 5th - €303.00
Formscan - PIRATES' TALE showed a likeable attitude when justifying market support to score over C&D earlier this month, pulling clear with the runner-up, and now pitched into a handicap for the first time with conditions to suit, he may prove tough to stop. The consistent Classic Maestro heads the dangers, but arrives 6lb above his last winning mark and that asks a question of him. The unexposed Another Folly may bounce back from being pulled up in extreme conditions at Ffos Las in December and he looks capable of making his presence felt on his handicap debut off an opening mark of 107.