17:20 Wincanton

Thursday 5 March 2020

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Call Star Sports On 08000 521 321 Maiden Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 3m 50.62s

Cherubin De Pail

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: S Thomas

25/1

Unraced Blue Bresil gelding and a half-brother to multiple winner Cayo De Pail among others. Interesting to see how he performs on first racecourse appearance.

Form:

Frankie Baby⁷⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Lee Cosgrove⁽¹⁰⁾| T: W Greatrex| BF

16/1

Finished third on both starts to date including when beaten 27L in a heavy ground 2m bumper at Uttoxeter in December. Sent off favourite that day and is of interest once more.

Form: 33

Glentruan^h³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: R Johnson| T: P Hobbs & J White

33/1

Signs of ability when finishing 11½L eighth in a bumper over this C&D on soft ground when making his debut in January. Hood worn that day is retained.

Form: 8

Grangeclare Glory¹⁰³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: T Scudamore| T: D Pipe

7/2

Still held claims when making a very bad mistake at the last prior to finishing fourth in a point-to-point at Kirkistown (3m, soft-to-heavy) in November. Interesting runner on Rules debut for a yard with a 35% strike-rate (6/17) in recent weeks.

Form: 4

Oneupmanship⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Nick Scholfield| T: Jack Barber

10/1

Beaten a head on debut at Uttoxeter (2m, heavy) and finished a decent 14L fourth at Chepstow in similar conditions over the same trip the following month. Remains open to improvement and is worth a check in the market in this event.

Form: 24

Smurphy Enki⁹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon

14/1

Placed twice from four point-to-points starts including when 12L second at Ballindenisk (3m, soft) in December. Interesting to see how he fares on Rules debut.

Form: 7-342

Song Of The Hunter⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: David Noonan| T: Miss G Haywood

20/1

Placed on both completed starts in Irish point-to-points and got off the mark in that sphere when winning by 6L at Buckfastleigh (2m4f, soft) in January. Market support would be notable on Rules debut.

Form: 2P-3F1

That Ole Chestnut³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Matt Griffiths| T: J Scott

50/1

Ran well for a long way prior to weakening into tenth, beaten 13L in a bumper over this C&D on soft ground when debuting in January. Likely more needed if he's to take this race however.

Form: 0

Time To Tinker⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| BF

11/10

Performed well when finishing 1½L second in a 16 runner bumper at Exeter (2m1f, soft) when making his debut in December. Hails from a top yard and strong claims of going one better in this race.

Form: 2

Windance

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Aidan Coleman| T: A J Honeyball

6/1

Unraced Shirocco gelding bought for £30,000 at the sales as a three-year-old. Dam won twice over hurdles including in a Grade 3 event and he is worth a check in the market on debut.

Form:

Arctic Poet

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Sean Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: R H Buckler

100/1

Unraced Dylan Thomas gelding out of a mare who won twice on soft ground over hurdles. Probably best watched on debut for a yard with an 8% strike-rate (2/24) in bumpers in recent years.

Form:

Light Em Up Nigel

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: D A Jacob| T: Nicky Martin

40/1

Unraced gelded son of Leading Light purchased for €10,000 at the sales in May last year. Dam an unraced half-sister to the classy Shadow Leader and interesting to see how he performs on debut.

Form:

Non-Runners

Bobhopeornohope⁶⁴

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: K Bailey & M Nicholls J: David Bass

Captain Biggles⁹⁹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: O Murphy J: R Johnson

Forecasts

Time To Tinker (11/10), Grangeclare Glory (7/2), Bobhopeornohope (7/2), Windance (6/1), Oneupmanship (10/1), Captain Biggles (12/1), Smurphy Enki (14/1), Frankie Baby (16/1), Song Of The Hunter (20/1), Cherubin De Pail (25/1), Glentruan (33/1), Light Em Up Nigel (40/1), That Ole Chestnut (50/1), Arctic Poet (100/1)

TIME TO TINKER finished a good second on debut and he looks capable of getting off the mark at the second time of asking in the concluding bumper. Frankie Baby has shown ability on both starts to date and he can finish runner-up ahead of Bobhopeornohope who was placed on his Rules debut earlier this season.