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Avalon Surfacing Handicap Hurdle

Exeter · 21 October 2014
  • TypeHurdle
  • ClassClass 4
  • Distance2m 3f
  • GoingGood To Soft
  • SurfaceTurf
  • Runners12
  • HandicapYes

Thundering Home (GB) (25/1) won the Avalon Surfacing Handicap Hurdle at Exeter on 21 October 2014, beating Jigsaw Financial (IRE) by a neck under Tom Bellamy for trainer Richard Mitchell. 12 ran on Good To Soft going over 2m 3f; the winning time was 4m 30.40s (slow by 13.40s). The 5/2 favourite, Bajan Blu (GB), finished 11th, beaten 47 lengths.

On the record: how often the favourite wins in a field of 12 — The market

Winner Thundering Home (GB)
SP: 25/1KTB Rating 112A J: Tom Bellamy T: Richard Mitchell
Won by a neckFav: Bajan Blu (GB) 5/2 · 11th
Pos Horse Btn Jockey Trainer Wgt ORKTB Time Prize SP
1st Thundering Home (GB) t 7g Tom Bellamy(5) Richard Mitchell 10-9 100112A 4:30.40 3,249 25/1
2nd Jigsaw Financial (IRE) 8g nk Dougie Costello Laura Young 10-5 91108A 4:30.47 954 16/1
3rd Mister Snowball (FR) 7g nk Tom Scudamore Chris Down 11-8 108125A 4:30.51 477 6/1
4th Worthy Award (IRE) 6g 4½ Maurice Linehan(3) Jonjo O'Neill 11-9 112121A 4:31.51 238.50 10/1
5th Avel Vor (IRE) 3c 1 Tom O'Brien Philip Hobbs 10-5 109102A 4:31.73 — 18/1
6th Go West Young Man (IRE) 6g 3¼ Jake Greenall Henry Daly 11-12 112119A 4:32.46 — 11/2
7th Royal Palladium (FR) 6g 3¾ Aidan Coleman Venetia Williams 11-4 104107A 4:33.29 — 8/1
8th Ray Diamond (GB) 9g 13 James Best(3) Jackie Du Plessis 11-1 10489A 4:36.18 — 12/1
9th Fuzzy Logic (IRE) 5g 9 Robert Williams(5) Bernard Llewellyn 11-1 10685C 4:38.18 — 12/1
10th Look For Love (GB) h 6g 8 Lucy Gardner(5) Sue Gardner 11-0 10584C 4:39.96 — 20/1
11th Bajan Blu (GB) t 6g 4 Richard Johnson David Brace 11-9 10993C 4:40.84 — 5/2 fav
PU Pirans Car (GB) t 8g — Sam Twiston-Davies Nigel Hawke 10-0 85— — — 16/1

Winning time 4m 30.40s (slow by 13.40s)

Non-runners Secret Dancer (unsuitable ground)

KTB figures KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 — what each horse ran to in this race, in pounds on the official-rating scale (11 of 12 runners have a figure). GB & Irish racing only · figures as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record of the race, not a forecast.

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Quick answers

Who won the Avalon Surfacing Handicap Hurdle at Exeter in 2014?
Thundering Home (GB) won the Avalon Surfacing Handicap Hurdle at Exeter on 21 October 2014, ridden by Tom Bellamy and trained by Richard Mitchell.
What was the finishing order of the 2014 Avalon Surfacing Handicap Hurdle at Exeter?
1st Thundering Home (GB) (25/1), 2nd Jigsaw Financial (IRE) (16/1), 3rd Mister Snowball (FR) (6/1).
What price was the winner of the 2014 Avalon Surfacing Handicap Hurdle at Exeter?
Thundering Home (GB) returned a starting price of 25/1.
How many horses ran in the 2014 Avalon Surfacing Handicap Hurdle at Exeter?
12 horses ran in the 2014 Avalon Surfacing Handicap Hurdle at Exeter. Non-runners: Secret Dancer (unsuitable ground).
What was the winning time of the 2014 Avalon Surfacing Handicap Hurdle at Exeter?
The winning time was 4m 30.40s (slow by 13.40s).

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