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Exeter Course Guide
Situated on top of Haldon Hill, Exeter racecourse is considered to be one of the fairest National Hunt tracks in the country. Initially popular as a summer-jumping venue (when the track was officially titled Devon and Exeter) there has been a definite shift towards better quality racing over the last two decades and the course now races from October to May. The excellent drainage and galloping nature of the course make Exeter a popular venue to run a novice chaser.
Highlight of the year is the Haldon Gold Cup, a two and a quarter mile chase run in early November. The race has been won by some of the great names in steeplechasing including Very Promising, Barnbrook Again, Viking Flagship, Best Mate, Edredon Bleu and Azertyuiop.
This is a hilly course, galloping in nature. Conditions can get extremely testing in midwinter and the exact opposite in drier periods, the course being without an artificial watering system. Its right-handed two-mile circuit is laid out in a long oval, with eleven fences and a run-in of around 170 yards. The chase course is on the outside of the hurdles one, but the inside track is often used on the home turn regardless of whether the races are over fences or not. The half-mile home straight is on the rise all the way to the finish.
Exeter is a beautiful track - in my opinion definitely one of the best in Britain - and it’s a great place to take a novice chaser. The fences are very fair and the ground is usually lovely. Years ago, they seemed to struggle to water around there, partly, I imagine, because the course covers such a vast expanse of land. But it holds its condition really well now and it’s a great place to ride. It’s a fine test of a horse - really good - and it shouldn’t surprise anyone that so many top trainers like to go there.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 1f 109y Sir Valentino (Good) 01 Nov 2016 3m 58.8s 2m 3f 48y Gone Too Far (Good to Firm) 03 May 2016 4m 30.2s 3m 54y Pawn Star (Good to Firm) 06 Oct 2016 5m 43.3s 3m 6f 153y Only Gorgeous (Good to Firm) 18 Apr 2017 7m 35.12s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 175y Karl Marx (Good to Firm) 06 Oct 2016 3m 51.2s 2m 2f Daytime Ahead (Soft-Heavy in places) 01 Jan 2020 4m 9.71s 2m 5f 135y I'm In Charge (Good to Firm) 06 Oct 2016 5m 5.1s 2m 7f 25y Captain Buck's (Good) 26 Apr 2017 4m 41.9s 3m 54y Bertie Boru (Good to Soft) 21 Mar 2017 6m 35.9s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 5f 38y St John's (Good) 18 Oct 2016 3m 1.2s 2m 175y Challico (Good to Firm) 03 May 2016 3m 53.8s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L C L Tizzard 53 9 £105,513 16.98% -£12.79 Evan Williams 31 7 £72,303 22.58% £10.57 P F Nicholls 19 5 £80,230 26.32% -£4.83 Nick Williams 13 5 £58,396 38.46% £7.63 Harry Fry 14 5 £63,615 35.71% £10.00 P J Hobbs 41 4 £46,192 9.76% -£20.80 Miss V Williams 26 3 £32,693 11.54% -£14.50 N A Twiston-Davies 14 3 £44,661 21.43% -£2.50 Dr R D P Newland 6 3 £29,490 50% £7.75 Jack Barber 4 3 £28,729 75% £12.53 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P J Hobbs 72 19 £104,362 26.39% -£6.99 C L Tizzard 70 11 £64,713 15.71% -£18.00 P F Nicholls 42 10 £50,102 23.81% £0.54 D Pipe 68 9 £41,458 13.24% -£6.90 Mrs S Gardner 54 7 £44,382 12.96% -£13.00 Evan Williams 39 7 £26,500 17.95% £14.50 Harry Fry 25 6 £29,567 24% £4.45 J Scott 48 5 £20,014 10.42% -£18.55 Miss V Williams 21 5 £23,924 23.81% -£4.72 Miss E C Lavelle 20 5 £31,580 25% £9.50 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L D Pipe 11 2 £4,548 18.18% -£4.88 F O'Brien 3 2 £4,223 66.67% £2.30 P F Nicholls 10 1 £2,274 10% -£7.00 Miss E C Lavelle 5 1 £2,274 20% £3.00 P J Hobbs 9 1 £2,274 11.11% -£6.00 Harry Fry 7 1 £2,274 14.29% -£6.50 K C Bailey 3 1 £2,274 33.33% £6.00 Christian Williams 3 1 £1,949 33.33% -£0.38 J D Frost 2 1 £2,274 50% £15.00 M Scudamore 2 1 £2,274 50% £19.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Robert & Luke Price 3 0 £ 0% -£3.00 John Rolfe 2 0 £ 0% -£2.00 Matthew J Stephens 2 0 £ 0% -£2.00 Melissa Harrison 2 0 £ 0% -£2.00 Greg Stephens 2 0 £ 0% -£2.00 Lynda Bundy 2 0 £ 0% -£2.00 Natalie Jarvis 2 0 £ 0% -£2.00 Keith Dryden 2 0 £ 0% -£2.00 Luke Pepper 2 0 £ 0% -£2.00 Matthew Dale 1 0 £ 0% -£1.00 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Sam Twiston-Davies 18 7 £106,056 38.89% £9.00 R Johnson 36 6 £61,210 16.67% -£12.55 H Cobden 33 6 £80,545 18.18% -£7.49 James Best 37 5 £30,606 13.51% -£4.75 T Scudamore 37 5 £51,443 13.51% -£16.71 Adam Wedge 26 5 £51,120 19.23% -£10.43 T J O'Brien 23 5 £35,906 21.74% -£5.58 Nick Scholfield 32 4 £32,628 12.5% -£12.22 R M Power 13 4 £45,076 30.77% £2.13 S Bowen 20 3 £32,837 15% £0.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R Johnson 53 9 £51,993 16.98% -£29.13 T Scudamore 66 8 £48,548 12.12% -£27.03 H Cobden 47 6 £29,438 12.77% -£22.58 Lucy Gardner 36 5 £33,335 13.89% -£10.00 P J Brennan 22 5 £21,510 22.73% -£2.75 Aidan Coleman 19 5 £28,591 26.32% -£7.27 Charlie Deutsch 18 5 £23,079 27.78% £1.38 Adam Wedge 32 4 £17,285 12.5% £1.00 Sam Twiston-Davies 27 4 £16,570 14.81% -£0.59 Matt Griffiths 27 4 £16,895 14.81% -£1.55 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R Johnson 10 3 £6,497 30% £0.63 T Scudamore 12 2 £4,548 16.67% £11.50 B J Geraghty 4 2 £4,223 50% £1.30 Bryan Carver 5 1 £2,274 20% £12.00 N D Fehily 3 1 £2,274 33.33% -£0.50 Bryony Frost 5 1 £2,274 20% -£2.00 David Noonan 3 1 £2,274 33.33% -£0.38 Adam Wedge 3 1 £2,274 33.33% £5.00 David Bass 2 1 £2,274 50% £7.00 Sean Houlihan 8 1 £2,274 12.5% £0.50 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Jeff Penza 3 0 £ 0% -£3.00 Shaun Guymer 3 0 £ 0% -£3.00 Blaike Mcdougall 3 0 £ 0% -£3.00 Brendan Ward 2 0 £ 0% -£2.00 Simon Miller 2 0 £ 0% -£2.00 Chad Lever 2 0 £ 0% -£2.00 Michael Heagney 2 0 £ 0% -£2.00 Melinda Kinny 2 0 £ 0% -£2.00 Ellen Hennessy 2 0 £ 0% -£2.00 Brodie Loy 1 0 £ 0% -£1.00
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