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Going - Good-good to soft in places. 

1st - £7,922.00 2nd - £3,645.00 3rd - £1,822.00 4th - £912.00 5th - £454.00

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Certainly Red (GB) 12,ch g

Midnight Legend (GB)-Venetian Lass(First Trump)

(67) (The Venetian Lad Partnership)
Rated 137 Won When Rated 139-135-127-122-116

Last Three Runs
NH StatisticsRunsWinsPlaces€Level
UK357108.12

7th Mar 26 Sandown(3m 42yds Hcap Chase, Soft (Good to Soft in places)) Rated 137 50/1 12-2 M Goldstein 3rd of 8 runners, 1.75L and 1.5L behind Calimystic and Tune In A Box

7th Dec 24 Sandown(3m 4f 146yds Hcap Chase, Hurdle: Heavy; Chase: Soft-Heavy in places) Rated 142 9/1 11-13 M Goldstein pulled up(10 ran) in race won by Mr Vango

10th Nov 24 Sandown(3m 37yds Hcap Chase, Good to Soft (Good in places)) Rated 139 15/8Fav 12-0 M Goldstein 1st of 4 runners, by 1.75L and 28L from Copperhead and Good Boy Bobby

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Excello (FR) 7,gr g

Cokoriko (FR)-Pafadas(Martaline)

(33) (Mrs Angela Yeoman)
Rated 128

Last Three Runs
NH StatisticsRunsWinsPlaces€Level
UK1515-11.25

10th Apr 26 Aintree(2m 5f 19yds Hcap Chase, Good to Soft (Good in places)) Rated 130 28/1 10-2 N de Boinville 11th of 27 runners, 21.25L behind Will The Wise

12th Mar 26 Cheltenham(3m 2f 70yds Hcap Chase, Good (Good to Soft in places)) Rated 132 50/1 10-10 Mr Henry Main (5) 9th of 23 runners, 13.38L behind Ask Brewster

1st Jan 26 Cheltenham(3m 1f 56yds Hcap Chase, Good) Rated 132 12/1 10-13 N de Boinville fell of 8 runners, in race won by Herakles Westwood

Head to Head

In the last 3 years Excello (FR) has met

HorseNo. Of times
Viroflay (FR)1
10th Apr 2026 Aintree(2m 5f 19yds, Hcap Chase, Good to Soft (Good in places)) Excello (FR) 11th (28/1 10-2 Rated 130) N de Boinville 29.50L in front of Viroflay (FR) 17th (10/1 10-4 Rated 141) Miss O Nicholls (27 ran)
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Hoe Joly Smoke (GB)1
8th Mar 2025 Sandown(3m 37yds, Hcap Chase, Good to Soft (Good in places)) Hoe Joly Smoke (GB) 1st (9/4Fav 11-2 Rated 127) Harry Skelton .88L in front of Excello (FR) 4th (4/1 11-7 Rated 132) N de Boinville (6 ran)
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Hoe Joly Smoke (GB) 8,b g

Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)-My Miss Lucy(Alflora)

(26) (Babbitt Racing)
Rated 128 Won When Rated 127-120

Last Three Runs
NH StatisticsRunsWinsPlaces€Level
UK1527-8.50

17th Apr 26 Ayr(2m 4f 110yds Hcap Chase, Soft (Good to Soft in places)) Rated 130 9/4Fav 10-10 Harry Skelton 6th of 9 runners, 20.78L behind Twinjets

21st Feb 26 Kempton(3m Hcap Chase, Good to Soft (Soft in places)) Rated 131 7/1 10-8 Harry Skelton 6th of 13 runners, 7.75L behind Lookaway

13th Dec 25 Cheltenham(2m 4f 127yds Hcap Chase, Good to Soft) Rated 131 11/2 10-5 Harry Skelton 5th of 10 runners, 9.5L behind Glengouly

Head to Head

In the last 3 years Hoe Joly Smoke (GB) has met

HorseNo. Of times
Excello (FR)1
8th Mar 2025 Sandown(3m 37yds, Hcap Chase, Good to Soft (Good in places)) Hoe Joly Smoke (GB) 1st (9/4Fav 11-2 Rated 127) Harry Skelton .88L in front of Excello (FR) 4th (4/1 11-7 Rated 132) N de Boinville (6 ran)
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Lord Baddesley (IRE) 11,b g

Doyen (IRE)-Tropical Ocean(Anshan)

(9) (Mr Richard & Mrs Carol Cheshire)
Rated 122 Won When Rated 121-125

Last Three Runs
NH StatisticsRunsWinsPlaces€Level
UK3559-16.52

4th May 26 Fakenham(3m 38yds Hcap Chase, Good) Rated 122 9/2 10-2 Sam Twiston-Davies 6th of 7 runners, 70.75L behind Time To Bite

4th Apr 26 Haydock(2m 3f 203yds Hcap Chase, Good-Good to Soft in places) Rated 125 18/1 10-10 Sam Twiston-Davies 7th of 17 runners, 19.25L behind Outlaw Peter

7th Feb 26 Warwick(2m 4f Hcap Chase, Heavy-Soft in places) Rated 127 11/1 10-10 Ben Godfrey 5th of 7 runners, 81.5L behind Guard Your Dreams

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Viroflay (FR) 9,b g

Air Chief Marshal (IRE)-Red Vixen(Agnes World)

(33) (Mr Paul Nicholls & Mr John Bolton)
Rated 140 Won When Rated 136

Last Three Runs
NH StatisticsRunsWinsPlaces€Level
IRE101-1.00
UK11351.17

10th Apr 26 Aintree(2m 5f 19yds Hcap Chase, Good to Soft (Good in places)) Rated 141 10/1 10-4 Miss O Nicholls (5) 17th of 27 runners, 50.75L behind Will The Wise

21st Feb 26 Kempton(2m 4f 110yds Hcap Chase, Good to Soft (Soft in places)) Rated 140 7/2 11-4 Miss Olive Nicholls (5) 2nd of 9 runners, 2.5L behind Califet En Vol

27th Dec 25 Kempton(3m Hcap Chase, Good) Rated 136 5/1 11-10 Miss Olive Nicholls (5) 1st of 7 runners, by 1.25L and 3.5L from Bective Abbey and Kap Vert

Head to Head

In the last 3 years Viroflay (FR) has met

HorseNo. Of times
Excello (FR)1
10th Apr 2026 Aintree(2m 5f 19yds, Hcap Chase, Good to Soft (Good in places)) Excello (FR) 11th (28/1 10-2 Rated 130) N de Boinville 29.50L in front of Viroflay (FR) 17th (10/1 10-4 Rated 141) Miss O Nicholls (27 ran)
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The superscript number on headgear bl2 indicates number of times worn. A plus bl+ indicates more than 10 times where as red background bl1indicates first time.

Trainers In Form last 21 days

Trainer
Wins
Runs
%
D Skelton
15
42
35

Nicky Henderson
7
28
25

Paul Nicholls
7
33
21

A J Honeyball
4
18
22

For Trainers in this race

NH Trainer Stats for Newton Abbot

Trainer
Wins
Runs
%
Paul Nicholls
146
497
29

Nicky Henderson
29
91
32

A J Honeyball
24
106
23

D Skelton
14
44
32

Mrs L Richards
0
4
0

For Trainers in this race

Course Form for Newton Abbot

Horse
Wins
Runs
Lord Baddesley (IRE)
0
1