George ace the talk of Exeter

Tom George found the ground and Idle Talk did the rest as the seven-year-old battled to a hard-fought victory in muddy conditions at Exeter.

Forced to miss planned appearances at Lingfield, where the meeting was abandoned due to frost, and then at Sandown, when the going was too quick in places, the 4-1 chance came into the Hatch Marquee Hire Novices’ Chase without a run for two months.