Horse Alert

30 Mar 2016 14:30 Exeter

Winner: £8,500 (Penalty: £5,523); Distance: 2m 175y; Class: 3; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Heavy (Soft in places).

City Of Exeter Challenge Cup Handicap Hurdle

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	1	-	Twentytwo's Taken (IRE) (mare, bay, 11 12)	121746- / 9	Jump (340)	David Noonan	D Pipe Mr K Alexander	4/0
		led and set steady pace, stayed on gamely run-in, ridden out, unchallenged
2^nd	8	1¼ L	Catchin Time (IRE) (gelding, bay, 10 8)	314424 / 14	Jump (27)	Kieron Edgar	L Hurley Mrs R Hurley	12/0
		held up in 6th, headway approaching 3 out, chasing leader when hit 3 out, went left last, ridden and stayed on same pace run-in
3^rd	3	3¾ L	Canadian Diamond (IRE) (gelding, chestnut, 11 8)	0-61441 / 10	Flat (163), Jump (40)	M Hamill	R Rowe Nicholls Family	7/0
		held up in rear, steady headway approaching 3 out, went 3rd between last two, never going pace of leading duo
4^th	6	2 L	Space Oddity (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 1)	2-41 / 10	Jump (27)	N D Fehily	H Fry Miss I T Walsh	11/0
		took keen hold in touch, chasing leaders on inside when blundered badly 2 out, not recover
5^th	2	½ L	Winning Spark (USA) (colt, bay, 11 8)	5-33F14 / 11	Flat (1120), Jump (67)	James Best	Miss J Du Plessis Miss J du Plessis	7/0
		last pair, outpaced before 3 out, plugged on run-in
6^th	7	½ L	Darwins Theory (IRE) (colt, bay, 10 13)	6-4P143 / 11	Flat (1265), Jump (31)	Mr M Legg	Mrs F M Shaw Mrs Fiona Shaw	8/0
		chased leading pair, pushed along before 3 out, hit 2 out, no impression when lost modest 3rd between last two, weakened run-in
7^th	5	16 L	Steel City (GB) (gelding, grey, 11 5)	82-9542 / 11	Jump (13)	J McGrath	J W Mullins Mr J T Brown	7/0
		chased winner until approaching 3 out where jumped right, weakening when blundered next
8^th	4	25 L	Phantom Prince (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 7)	1001P6 / 8	Flat (1204), Jump (39)	Bryony Frost	J D Frost Mr Geoff Martin	50/0
		in touch, weakened 4 out, soon behind, tailed off