Exeter Racecourse

An oval-shaped, galloping type of track that’s about two miles round, Exeter has very fair fences and it’s no surprise that plenty of top trainers choose to introduce potentially top-class chasers here at the start of the season. It drains very well as it’s up on a hill, so ground can often be on the quicker side before the west country rain sets in for the season, but once it does, it can get fairly testing in the middle of the season. It’s a hilly track with a couple of climbs, and in the home straight over the last four you are always very slightly on the incline up to the line.