16:50 Stratford

Monday 7 October 2019

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Acorns Children's Hospice Standard Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 16:55 | Winning time: 3m 50.8s

Leroy Brown²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| D

4/1

Saw off a previous winner by 3L in a bumper over 2m at Worcester (good) when making his debut last month. Notable runner for a stable with a 25% strike-rate (7/28) in recent weeks.

Form: 1

Act Accordingly¹⁰³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: J E Moore| T: J C Fox

150/1

Well beaten in two starts in 2016 most recently when 44L 12th in an AW bumper at Lingfield in December of that year. Others make more appeal.

Form: 00/

Full Of Roque¹⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Alan Johns| T: Tim Vaughan

6/1

Finished runner-up on all three starts so far including in a bumper restricted to point-to-point graduates at Exeter (2m1f, good-to-soft) in April. Beaten favourite in a point-to-point subsequently and is interesting on his return from a break

Form: 22-2

Highway One O Two^h1²¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon

10/1

Signs of ability in two Newbury bumpers so far but was beaten 28L when 11th over an extended 2m on good-to-soft ground here on his most recent start and wears a hood for the first time on this occasion.

Form: 50-

Master Mead

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Adam Wedge| T: Alexandra Dunn

33/1

Unraced son of Malinas out of multiple winning hunter chaser and hurdles winner Double Mead. Market support would be notable on first racecourse appearance.

Form:

Phoenix River³¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Max Kendrick⁽³⁾| T: P R Webber

66/1

Held in two starts so far including when 39L fifth on the AW at Lingfield (2m) in November last year. Probably best watched at present.

Form: 75-

Shantou Express²⁰⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Ned Curtis⁽³⁾| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls| BF

5/6

Good second in a 2m bumper at Ludlow (good-to-soft) when debuting in March. Likely to have improved for the experience and is one to note on seasonal debut.

Form: 2-

Witness Protection³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: R Johnson| T: M Keighley

6/1

Point-to-point winner over 3m at Ballynoe (good) in March and ran well to be beaten just ½L in a bumper at Worcester (2m, good) on Rules debut early last month. Of interest once more.

Form: F/3FP1-3

Courteva³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Charlie Hammond⁽³⁾| T: R J Price

100/1

Tailed off when finishing fifth of six in a bumper over C&D on good ground when making her debut a month ago. Others hold stronger claims.

Form: 5

Ioweu⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: Paul O'Brien⁽³⁾| T: B Barr

100/1

Fair form in two starts so far most recently when beaten 15½L when fifth in a 2m1f bumper at Newton Abbot (good-to-soft) in August. More needed if she's to take this contest however.

Form: 7/5

Radmores Journey

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Benjamin Poste| T: J G M O'Shea

100/1

Unraced home-bred daughter of Universal out of a mare who was placed once from 11 starts under Rules. Probably best watched on debut.

Form:

Forecasts

Shantou Express (5/6), Leroy Brown (4/1), Witness Protection (6/1), Full Of Roque (6/1), Highway One O Two (10/1), Master Mead (33/1), Phoenix River (66/1), Ioweu (100/1), Courteva (100/1), Radmores Journey (100/1), Act Accordingly (150/1)

SHANTOU EXPRESS showed ability when finishing runner-up on his sole start last season and he can go one better than when finishing runner-up that day. The selection can see off Leroy Brown who is the only previous Rules winner in the field while Witness Protection who finished third on his stable debut last month can fill the same position in this contest.