17:05 Market Rasen
Wednesday 3 April 2019
All14:0014:3015:0515:3516:0516:3517:05
Download The Star Sports App Now! Maiden Open NH Flat Race
- 4YO to 6YO  |  Class 5  |  2m 148y  |  Good  |  8 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 17:05Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 4m 9.7s
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Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
Sixth foal; half-brother to the 2m4f-3m hurdle/chase winner Topper Thornton; likely to benefit for this experience; trainer 3-119 (3%) with NHF runners.
Cost £3,000 as a 3yo; first foal out of a 2m2f French chase winner; started 25/1 when finishing a tailed-off (eased) last of six on debut at Carlisle (2m1f, good to soft) in February.
Shirocco gelding; 11th foal; brother to six winners including Barbers Shop and Maestro Royal; holds an obvious chance on debut as the sole booked ride for Nico De Boinville.
From a versatile dam (1m2f Flat and 2m hurdles scorer); well beaten on both starts in junior bumpers (1m5f) in October 2018; could be stronger now, albeit will almost certainly need to be.
€28,000 foal, £75,000 3yo; third foal from the bumper/2m hurdle winner High Benefit; trainer 12-210 (6%) with NHF runners; interesting to see what the market makes of his chance on debut.
Sir Percy gelding with plenty of previous racecourse experience; regularly spotted doing his best work in the closing stages of his races, and he should find this company a fraction easier than at Newcastle (1m6f, soft) - beaten by Lossiemouth.
Sixth foal; half-brother to the hurdle winner Acertain Circus (2m7f) and the chase winner Popelys Gull (2m3f); dam was a 2m-2m4f winning hurdler; probably better with a run or two under his belt.
Third foal; half-sister to the hurdle winners Tarada (2m3f) and Royal Claret (3m1f); dam Kerada was a bumper and 2m-3m hurdle/chase winner; very much one to consider in receipt of the 7lb fillies allowance; trainer 44-278 (16%) with NHF runners.
Forecasts
Marada (2/1), Royal Reel (9/4), Takeit Easy (3/1), Stoner's Choice (8/1), Stormin Norman (12/1), Lord Roccoco (25/1), Just Marvin (33/1), Ladronne (40/1)
With solid previous racecourse form at a premium, this can go to a newcomer, with Royal Reel, Stoner's Choice and MARADA all of interest. Nico De Boinville takes the mount aboard the well-related Nicky Henderson-trained gelding who arrives late to the racecourse at the age of six. Ben Case wouldn't be a regular supplier of bumper winners, but then again he won't have trained too many that cost £75,000 as a three-year-old, and it's noteworthy that Carolyn Kendrick entrusts the Cheltenham Festival winning trainer with this 4yo. However, without the benefit of the market as a guide, the Skelton filly Marada is chanced in receipt of her handy 7lb fillies allowance.
- Marada
- Royal Reel
- Stoner's Choice
Prize Money
1st: £2,274.002nd: £668.003rd: £334.004th: £167.00
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