17:10 Market Rasen

Saturday 29 September 2018

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Lincoln Lager Standard Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 17:10 | Winning time: 4m 2.10s

Earlofthecotswolds¹⁷⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

3/1

Cost £19,000 and hails from a yard which tends to do well with their bumper runners. Third at Fakenham on debut in April having looked green, off since and entitled to be in the mix on return.

Form: 3-

Fubar

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: David Bass| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls

6/1

€15,000 3-y-o, Le Fou gelding. Dam, lightly raced in bumpers, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/modest chaser Little Shilling. Stamina in pedigree.

Form:

Get An Oscar⁹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: S Bowen| T: P & M Bowen

3/1

Point-to-point winner, easily, and runner-up on rules bow at Stratford in June before opening account at Hexham later same month. Returns from a summer break, capable of better things.

Form: 2-R121

Havana Hermano¹⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: C Gethings| T: S Edmunds

5/1

Flemensfirth gelding. Brother to fair hurdler/chaser Havana Dancer. Dam a 2m-2m5f hurdle/chase winner, pulled up when last spotted in point-to-point in May.

Form: 3P

Leofric

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: B S Hughes| T: D O'Meara

9/2

Galileo gelding, makes plenty appeal on paper and related to multiple winners, well worth a close look in the betting on debut.

Form:

Nolans Hotspur²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Benjamin Poste| T: M C Chapman

100/1

Bushranger gelding that cost 4,000 gns as a two-year-old. Half-brother to 7f winner Born To Fly. Last to finish (beaten almost 30L) in a bumper at Southwell this month on debut.

Form: 7

Reader's Choice⁷³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: T J O'Brien| T: Ian Williams

14/1

Son of Redoute's Choice and a half-brother to a number of winning sprinters on the Flat ran with promise when third on debut at Uttoxeter in July. Faded late on there having looked booked for second. More needed but surely more to come.

Form: 3

Risk And Co¹⁷⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden

16/1

Doesn't jump off the page profile-wise considering he changed hands for just €4,000 but he's a half-brother to a couple of winning chasers, must improve on form of Fakenham fourth in April to figure when it matters on return to action.

Form: 4-

Prophets Prayer^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Patrick Cowley⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss E C Lavelle

12/1

Azamour filly. Sister to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Irish Prophecy. Wears hood on debut and makes some appeal on paper.

Form:

Truly Amazing¹⁸⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: Aidan Coleman| T: Miss E C Lavelle

10/1

Presenting mare who shaped well on her debut at Doncaster (only beaten 11L) in January but turned in a lesser effort over C&D (good to soft) in March and off since. More called for.

Form: 60-

Forecasts

Earlofthecotswolds (3/1), Get An Oscar (3/1), Leofric (9/2), Havana Hermano (5/1), Fubar (6/1), Truly Amazing (10/1), Prophets Prayer (12/1), Reader's Choice (14/1), Risk And Co (16/1), Nolans Hotspur (100/1)

David O'Meara isn't noted for his bumper runners but Leofric makes fairly decent appeal on paper and needs scrutiny here in what isn’t the strongest finale. If this turns into a speed test, he is well-equipped to have the answers. GET AN OSCAR however boasts the experience and, having scored at Hexham on second bumper start in June, the filly can take the honours here after a summer recess. Earlofthecotswolds was quite green at Fakenham (third) in the spring and could easily have more to offer now for the Twiston-Davies'.