16:15 Newbury

Thursday 7 November 2019

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British Horse Society Standard Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 16:15 | Winning time: 3m 52.2s

Major Dundee¹⁶⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King| D

10/1

Scorpion gelding; carries a 7lb penalty for his clearcut debut win at Southwell (1m7½f, good) in May; while the overall worth of that bare form is questionable, he was undoubtedly head and shoulders above his rivals.

Form: 1

Aquila Sky^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: S Bowen| T: H Fry

7/1

Hooded Arcadio gelding (cost €45,000 as a 3yo); seventh foal; half-brother to the point/2m7f hurdle winner Ocean Venture; it's advisable to give any Harry Fry trained runner maximum respect in bumpers; market helpful.

Form:

Cadzand²⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton

7/1

Easy winner of a 3m maiden at Charlton Horethorne (good to soft) for Sophie Lacey; makes his rules/bumper debut for Dan Skelton in the colours of the Chelsea Thoroughbreds.

Form: 1-

Carys' Commodity⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: B J Geraghty| T: J & A O'Neill| BF

11/1

Made a promising debut (second) at Newton Abbot in May, and would probably have won but for veering right and unseating his rider inside the final furlong at Worcester (2m, good) on seasonal reappearance; arguably this is tougher.

Form: 2U

Force Ten^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls

7/2

Hooded Al Namix gelding (cost £70,000 as a 3yo); fourth foal; half-brother to the French hurdle winner Call Me Cash (2m3f); on paper certainly rates as one to consider for Paul Nicholls and Harry Cobden.

Form:

Gastara²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr David Turner⁽⁷⁾| T: J Farrelly

50/1

Half-brother to six winners, including the useful hurdler Gaspara (2m-2m3f); posted a solid debut at Chepstow, but his eagerness to go faster than his rider would've liked proved to be his undoing back there subsequently; risky.

Form: 2-0

Irolin Jack

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Bryony Frost| T: N B King

40/1

Bollin Eric gelding (cost £9,000 as a juvenile); sixth foal; half-brother to the bumper and 2m-2m4f hurdle winner Legend Lady; will probably find a few of these rivals wiser and stronger.

Form:

Jovial Spirit¹⁷²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: D A Jacob| T: B Pauling

10/1

Kept on when finishing 9L third to Gunsight Ridge in a 3m maiden at Loughrea (good) in May; has since joined Ben Pauling for £46,000; rules/bumper debut.

Form: 3

Numitor²²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: T Scudamore| T: H Main

25/1

Schiaparelli gelding; 14-1 when finishing an outpaced fifth of 12 to Welsh Saint (Nicky Henderson) in a Warwick maiden bumper (2m, good) in March; off since and expected to fare better once eventually introduced to hurdles; not for today.

Form: 5-

Son Of Camas¹⁹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: James Bowen| T: N J Henderson| BF

8/1

Creachadoir gelding (cost €68,000 as a 3yo); sent off 2-1f, but found to be clinically abnormal when a heavily eased last of 19 in the Goffs Land Rover Bumper at the Punchestown Festival (2m+, yielding); stablemate of Timberman.

Form: 0

Timberman¹⁷³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson

4/1

Stablemate of Son Of Camas; joined Nicky Henderson for £87,000 in May after finishing runner-up to the Donnchadh Doyle-trained Kakamora in a 3m maiden point at Loughanmore (good); noteworthy that Nico De Boinville takes the mount.

Form: 2

Twominutes Turkish

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: L P Aspell| T: C GordonWS

50/1

Mahler gelding (cost €14,500 as a foal); second foal from an unraced dam who was a half-sister to the classy bumper/hurdle and chase winner Racing Demon; has undergone wind surgery ahead of racecourse debut; others are more likely.

Form:

Inawhilecrocodile

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Aidan Coleman| T: C E Longsdon

20/1

Robin Des Champs filly (cost €90,000 as a 3yo); half-sister to five winners including Monbeg Charmer (2m4f-3m) and Tokay Dokey (2m); evidently is well thought of by her trainer to be taking on the geldings in a very competitive bumper.

Form:

Non-Runners

Call Off The Dogs²²⁹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: G & J Moore J: J E Moore

Forecasts

Force Ten (7/2), Timberman (4/1), Cadzand (7/1), Aquila Sky (7/1), Son Of Camas (8/1), Major Dundee (10/1), Jovial Spirit (10/1), Carys' Commodity (11/1), Inawhilecrocodile (20/1), Numitor (25/1), Call Off The Dogs (33/1), Irolin Jack (40/1), Twominutes Turkish (50/1), Gastara (50/1)

A fascinating bumper which features any number of interesting recruits from powerful stables in addition to the penalised Southwell scorer Major Dundee. In truth this race is more about the future than the present and will undoubtedly highlight a number of future winners, so it's a case of trackers at the ready. Nicky Henderson saddles two runners, with Nico De Boinville booked for the £87,000 purchase Timberman and SON OF CAMAS clearly well regarded to be sent off at odds of 2-1f in a 19-runner bumper at the Punchestown Festival (clinically abnormal). Others to note include Aquila Sky, Cadzand, Force Ten and Inawhilecrocodile.