Yanworth may be the highlight at Exeter but some top-class hurdlers never manage to make the adjustment to fences
Yanworth’s debut over fences is the undoubted highlight of today’s cards, and while the betting suggests that he will scarcely break sweat on the way to an easy success, the switch from hurdles to fences is never one to be taken for granted. Efficiency outweighs accuracy over a hurdle, whereas over a fence, it is the other way around, and some top-class hurdlers never manage to make the adjustment.
Sternrubin is the only horse in today’s six-runner field at Exeter who promises to give Yanworth any sort of a test, but the 1-4 favourite ran no sort of a race when favourite for last season’s Champion Hurdle, from which he was subsequently disqualified after failing a drugs test.
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