17:30 Sedgefield

Sunday 21 October 2018

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Casino At toals.com Intermediate Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 17:30 | Winning time: 3m 57.10s

Ardglass Star

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Craig Nichol| T: R Dobbin

16/1

£10,000 3yo (sold privately recently); second foal out of an unraced dam who was a half-sister to the 2m4f hurdle winner Cuteasafox; market helpful in assessing his chance.

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Fields Of Fire³²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Callum Whillans⁽³⁾| T: A C Whillans

100/1

£2,200 yearling; well beaten on both starts so far, including at odds of 80/1 at Kelso (2m) just over a month ago; unlikely.

Form: 98

Honourary Gift

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: R Loughran| T: Peter Fahey

11/8

Third foal; half-brother to point/3m hurdle winner Mollies Glen; dam out of a bumper winning mare; first ever Sedgefield runner for County Kildare trainer Peter Fahey.

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Risk And Co²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: B S Hughes| T: Jamie Snowden

7/2

€4,000 3yo; half-brother to a couple of French winning chasers; very creditable (weakening) 3L third to Earlofthecotswolds at Market Rasen (2m+, good) in September; trainer 4-14 (29%) here since 2008.

Form: 4-3

Toi Storey^h1

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: C O'Farrell| T: R Menzies

14/1

First foal out of an unraced dam who was a half-sister to the 2m4f-4m hurdle/chase winner Universal Soldier and the 3m-3m1f hurdle winner Skipthescales; hooded for debut on ground likely to be riding plenty quick enough.

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Doyen Mckay^t1

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: S Bowen| T: Mrs S Dawson

25/1

Eighth foal; closely related to the 2m-2m2f hurdle/chase winner Kilmurry; tongue-tied for debut; her County Down trainer is 0-2 at Sedgefield since 2008.

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Emma Lamb¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Joe Colliver| T: Jedd O'Keeffe

9/4

Half-sister to bumper winner Tom Lamb, and the latest filly out of a fine family line; seemingly much improved for wind surgery, and her ¾L C&D second to C'Est Le Bonheur sets a mightily strong benchmark for the others.

Form: 552

Spy Fi

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Colm McCormack⁽³⁾| T: J R Norton

100/1

£2,200 yearling; third foal; dam an unraced half-sister to the French 1m4f Listed winner Christel Flame and the useful 2m-2m6f hurdle/chase winner Bold Fire.

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Forecasts

Honourary Gift (11/8), Emma Lamb (9/4), Risk And Co (7/2), Toi Storey (14/1), Ardglass Star (16/1), Doyen Mckay (25/1), Spy Fi (100/1), Fields Of Fire (100/1)

An informative race for the future, with a couple of these runners at least looking capable of winning races with the benefit of valuable experience under their belts. However, for the purposes of today the pair to concentrate upon (unless the market speaks strongly) are Risk And Co and EMMA LAMB. Jamie Snowden has a decent record at this track with his small sample of runners, but his No Risk At All gelding looks set to play second fiddle to a filly who showed masses of improvement for wind surgery when going down fighting behind a promising type over C&D 19 days ago.