← Horse Racing · Exeter · Fri 5 Dec

JCB Hydrogen 'Chasing Excellence' Beginners' Chase (GBB Race).

Exeter · Friday, 5 Dec · 17:23 · 2m 1f 109y · Class 3 · TURF

WEIGHEDIN

Status

13:23

Off time

Runners

Soft

Going

🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3

Sporting Life pick

🏆 Top pick

JOYEUSE (FR

🥈 Second

BRENTFORD HOPE

            #2 · 5
          

🥉 Third

BEAT THE BAT (IRE

Market prediction · 4 runners · sorted by price

01 · 🏆 FAV

Joyeuse

2.10

11/10

02 · 🥈 2nd

Beat The Bat

2.88

15/8

03 · 🥉 3rd

Brentford Hope

5

4/1

04 · —

Mirabad

15

14/1

Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
3rd	1	—	Beat The Bat (G) Useful hurdler, including fine fourth of 26 in Coral Cup at last season's Cheltenham Festival. Tackles some strong opposition now going chasing after 7 months off.	Bryan Carver	H Fry	7	72.1 kg	2.88 15/8
4th	2	—	Brentford Hope (G) [T] Smart hurdler and translated most of that ability to fences at the first time of asking when 12¼ lengths fourth of 6 to July Flower in Grade 2 at Cheltenham (2m, soft) on reappearance 3 weeks ago. Bold show likely.	Paul O'Brien	Harry Derham	8	72.1 kg	5 4/1
1st	3	—	Mirabad (G) [H1T] Pretty useful hurdle winner for Dr Richard Newland and Jamie Insole. Weakened into midfield after racing keenly in the Greatwood at Cheltenham on last month's stable debut. Now switches to fences with a hood added to his tongue tie.	Tristan Durrell	D Skelton	6	72.1 kg	15 14/1
2nd	4	—	Joyeuse (M) FAV Ex-French bumper winner who developed into a useful hurdler last season, the highlight coming when winning the William Hurdle at Newbury. Below that level when 19 lengths second is listed event on Bangor chase debut/reappearance but could …	N de Boinville	N J Henderson	6	68.9 kg	2.10 11/10

Betting forecast: Joyeuse (11/10), Beat The Bat (15/8), Brentford Hope (4/1), Mirabad (14/1)