15:25 Newcastle

Friday 15 November 2019

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Willington Youth Whites Standard Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 4m 21.3s

Abrach Road¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: D R Fox| T: I A Duncan

100/1

Stable have a modest record in bumpers and this Supreme Sound gelding was soon struggling on debut at Ayr (2m, soft) 18 days ago; look elsewhere with confidence.

Form: 8

Cheeky Ricco

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Billy Garritty⁽⁵⁾| T: S Regan

16/1

Cost £17,000 as a 3yo; second foal from an unraced mare; brother to the bumper winner Everlanes; likely to find others stronger.

Form:

Jeremy Pass²⁵⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls

2/1

Bought for £100,000 in March (fell at the last on sole point start) and now carries the silks of local owner John Dance; dam was an unraced half-sister to Monty's Pass; a rare Newcastle runner for Paul Nicholls.

Form: F-

Raemoir

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Ryan Mania| T: R M Smith

80/1

Rajsaman gelding from an Oasis Dream mare; it's very difficult to envisage him playing any sort of constructive role on debut.

Form:

Shouldn't Be Here¹⁶⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁷⁾| T: D Thompson

50/1

Bought for £6,000 in August after finishing runner-up in a point at Ballingarry (3m, good) earlier in the year; seemingly one for further down the line (fences).

Form: P2

Trooper Turnbull³³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Craig Nichol| T: R Dobbin

7/1

Cost £18,000 as a 3yo; dam was a 2m-2m4f hurdle winner; missed the second half of last season (stable had a virus) after finishing an encouraging fourth of 14 to Corrieben Reiver over C&D last December; of interest.

Form: 4-

Unohu

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: R Johnson| T: T Lacey

4/1

Kayf Tara gelding from an Alflora mare (Little Miss Flora) who represents a trainer among the winners this week; noteworthy that Richard Johnson travels north for the ride; market a helpful guide to expectations.

Form:

Wetlands

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: B S Hughes| T: N G Richards

7/4

Westerner gelding from the French mare Un Jour D Ete; carries high profile silks for racecourse debut (Trevor Hemmings); any Nicky Richards-trained/Brian Hughes-ridden bumper runner is to be massively respected.

Form:

Heatherlea¹⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: James Corbett⁽⁵⁾| T: S Corbett

125/1

Germany mare; has shown precious little ability in defeat at big prices so far (Sedgefield and Hexham); can't be considered as a realistic solution; better judged once sent over obstacles.

Form: 78

She's A Dancer^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: C O'Farrell| T: R Menzies

28/1

Jeremy filly who sports a hood on racecourse debut; first foal from a point/bumper and 2m4f hurdle and chase winner (Sugar Bullet); faces some interesting looking rivals and may well benefit from this initial experience.

Form:

Non-Runners

Empty Quarter¹⁹²

Weight: 10-12| Age: 4

T: A C Whillans J: Callum Bewley

Forecasts

Wetlands (7/4), Jeremy Pass (2/1), Unohu (4/1), Trooper Turnbull (7/1), Empty Quarter (14/1), Cheeky Ricco (16/1), She's A Dancer (28/1), Shouldn't Be Here (50/1), Raemoir (80/1), Abrach Road (100/1), Heatherlea (125/1)

Of those with previous bumper form the returning Trooper Turnbull makes most appeal for the Northumberland-based trainer Rose Dobbin, but in truth this race looks cherry-ripe for a newcomer with the shortlist including Wetlands (Nicky Richards), Unohu (Tom Lacey) and JEREMY PASS (Paul Nicholls). A final fence faller on his sole point start in March, the selection was picked up for £100,000 on behalf of the locally-based owner John Dance, and if making a winning rules debut would be providing Paul Nicholls (4-23, prior to today) with a rare Newcastle winner.