15:40 Haydock

Monday 30 December 2019

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Happy Birthday Susan Eldred Standard Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 3m 48.4s

Ask A Honey Bee³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Liam Harrison⁽⁷⁾| T: F O'Brien| D

7/2

Cost £38,000 out of the Irish point-to-point scene (Ballynoe winner); kept on strongly to nail a Dan Skelton-trained runner on rules/stable debut at Southwell (1m7½f, soft); penalised accordingly (now claimer ridden).

Form: 3341-1

Crypto³⁰⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: Miss V Williams| D

1/1

Made all, winning by a wide margin (16L) on debut for Micky Hammond at Newcastle (2m, good to soft) in March - form solid; sold for £200,000 a few weeks later; first start for the in-form Venetia Williams.

Form: 1-

Kiriglote³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Harrison Beswick⁽⁵⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| D

10/1

Cost the Beswick family £22,000 in August; 18-1 when making a winning rules/stable debut at Catterick (1m7½f, good to soft) in November, seeing off the heavily supported If Karl's Berg Did; penalised accordingly.

Form: 34-51

Dee Lane⁹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Alexander Thorne⁽⁷⁾| T: G HanmerWS

100/1

Tailed-off last of six on debut for Gary Hanmer in a Market Rasen bumper (2m½f, good); simply can't be the solution on that basis.

Form: 64-6

Foster'sisland²⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Emma Smith-Chaston⁽⁷⁾| T: Micky Hammond

50/1

With Chris Dawson when finishing third of five to Wingin A Prayer in a June Heslaker maiden (2m4f, good); set for rules/bumper debut for the doubly represented Micky Hammond (also previously responsible for Crypto).

Form: 3

Fou Detoi^h1¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Quinlan| T: M Mullineaux

150/1

Weakened, finishing out the back (80-1) on debut at Ludlow (1m6f, soft) 12 days ago; is very difficult to fancy on that admittedly limited evidence; wears a newly applied hood.

Form: 0

Jayaaah²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Danny Cook| T: J Parkinson & S Smith

7/1

Yeats gelding; finished well (catching the eye) on debut at Carlisle (2m1f, soft) and backed that up with another fair effort behind Third Time Lucki at Market Rasen (2m½f, soft); will be winning races sooner or later, possibly over hurdles.

Form: 22

Muse Of Fire^t³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: C J Todd⁽⁷⁾| T: J Groucott

33/1

With Sophie Lacey when justifying odds-on favouritism at Larkhill (2m4f, good to soft) in March 2018; low-key fourth on rules/stable debut at Hereford (2m, soft) 20 months later.

Form: 1/4

Onchan

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

5/1

Oscar gelding (cost €90,000 as a 3yo) who carries the Trevor Hemmings silks; tenth foal; brother to three winners, most notably the 2014 Gold Cup hero Lord Windermere; possibly one for the future unless the market speaks authoritatively.

Form:

Who's The Guv'nor³⁰²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Alain Cawley| T: Micky HammondWS

20/1

Stablemate of Foster'sisland; has had wind surgery since finishing a remote last of six to Onthefrontfoot at Sedgefield (2m1f, good to soft) in March; needs a virtual transformation.

Form: 66-

Forecasts

Crypto (1/1), Ask A Honey Bee (7/2), Onchan (5/1), Jayaaah (7/1), Kiriglote (10/1), Who's The Guv'nor (20/1), Muse Of Fire (33/1), Foster'sisland (50/1), Dee Lane (100/1), Fou Detoi (150/1)

Jayaaah will undoubtedly be winning races sooner or later (possibly over hurdles), while the newcomer Onchan (a brother to the 2014 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Lord Windermere) is probably one for further down the line unless the market speaks with authority. Therefore, this is best left to the penalised duo Ask A Honey Bee and CRYPTO. The former represents Fergal O'Brien who is a dab hand in bumpers, and it's notable that the 7lb claimer Liam Harrison is deployed in the saddle. However, the selection was hugely impressive on debut for Micky Hammond at Newcastle (form franked by the placed horses) and has since set current connections back a staggering £200,000.